MENTORING CURRICULUM
Give Students A Chance To Improve Mental Health Across Campus!
Mentoring programs are a must have for every school community, but many lack structure and curriculum needed to find success. TEEN TRUTH’s mentoring curriculum is a peer-to-peer approach that provides crucial aspects of social-emotional learning while also focusing on the relationship building that every great mentoring program should manifest. Whether you are a school leader, caring adult, or club advisor, running an effective mentoring program requires a plug and play curriculum that is fun for student leaders to teach, and also engaging enough for their student mentees to want to learn.
What is a Mentoring Curriculum?
A mentoring curriculum is a peer-to-peer program that provides a structure for students to connect on campus. It serves as the backbone of a mentoring program that pairs older students with younger students. TEEN TRUTH’s mentoring curriculum is unique in that it provides twenty socially and emotionally focused modules for student mentors to teach in-class over the course of a semester or school year. These SEL lessons are critical in developing resiliency, as well as supporting the relational bonds created through the mentoring program. Our schools have found that mentoring programs are a great way to empower student voice and build school culture from the inside out!
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Build Stronger Connections Through Mentorship
The most powerful tool a school can offer students isn’t technology or testing—it’s relationships. The Mentoring Curriculum by TEEN TRUTH was created to help schools strengthen connections between students and staff through structured, meaningful mentorship. This program gives schools a simple, effective framework to develop mentoring relationships that promote trust, leadership, and accountability across campus. Whether you’re trying to boost student engagement, reduce behavior issues, or improve school culture, our mentoring model helps students feel seen, supported, and valued.
What the Mentoring Curriculum Offers
The Mentoring Curriculum provides a ready-to-use structure that allows teachers, coaches, and counselors to lead intentional mentoring sessions with students. Each lesson focuses on topics that shape both character and connection—such as communication, empathy, goal-setting, resilience, and community involvement. The curriculum is built to spark honest conversations, encourage reflection, and help students apply these lessons to real-life situations.
“TEEN TRUTH’s Mentoring Curriculum has been a game changer for our students and our counseling program!”
Social & Emotional Guidance Programs For Schools
Peer-to-Peer Program
Our Mentoring Curriculum is infused with student voice and designed to teach teens how to develop valuable life skills that will enhance their self-development. Focused on inspiring students to build resiliency and find growth in adversity, this innovative program will help schools extend their guidance efforts on campus. Working with a select group of “peer coaches” our mental health curriculum is built to strengthen students at both younger and older grade levels. Ideal for high school and middle school aged audiences, this curriculum is used by school counselors, after-school professionals, and campus administrators across the country.
Mentoring Curriculum
Bullying and suicide prevention efforts are top of mind on every campus, but in many states, the student to counselor ratio is 500 to 1. In some schools that ratio is over 800 to 1! With counselors spread so thin, how is it even possible to create solutions for these important social-emotional issues? Our mentoring curriculum was created to solve this problem. School counselors need to extend their guidance efforts beyond the one on one counseling services that they have traditionally been expected to provide. This SEL curriculum puts student leaders in the position to keep these valuable lessons moving forward.
Build Student Leaders
Ideally, when working in this program, older students (coaches) will be trained during an interactive workshop with a certified trainer. This session will teach students the importance of “coaching” younger students to a better understanding of themselves and the world around them. Coaches then go into classrooms to teach SEL lessons to younger students. Easily modified or expanded, this curriculum is ideal for 8th graders to work with 6th graders or for juniors to work with freshman. It is also perfectly designed to provide B- and C+ students a leadership opporuntity that will positively change their engagement on campus.
Curriculum Implementation
All coaching sessions can be completed during in-class guidance sessions, advisory periods, special meetings, workshops, or through after-school/lunch time activities. Aligned with the ASCA School Counseling Model this mentoring curriculum has been used in anti-bully efforts and heralded as a suicide prevention program that changes lives and strengthens school culture from the inside out. It has been proven to:
- Excite Students to Help Others
- Build Connections Across Campus
- Inspire Personal & Relational Growth
SEL Lesson Plans
All of the SEL lesson plans in the RISING UP: Coaching Program were developed to help with the social-emotional needs of students. Specific lessons that our peer mentors teach include:
- The Power of Building Relationships & Understanding Self
- The Importance of Decision-Making & Goal Setting Skills
- The Joy of Career & Family Exploration
- The Impact of Both Positive & Negative Choices
- The Strength of Overcoming Adversity & Building Resilience
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Trainer Certification Available
In addition to our student training, we also offer a Trainer Certification Course for schools, districts, or organizations that want to implement the mentoring curriculum on a wider level. This interactive workshop will teach all attendees the importance of peer-to-peer programming and the philosophy behind our social-emotional curriculum. The training includes an overview of the program, a hands-on explanation of the lesson plans, and in-depth insight into how to build resilient students.
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Why Schools Need a Mentoring Curriculum
Schools with active mentoring programs see higher attendance rates, better academic outcomes, and stronger emotional health among students. Research consistently shows that when young people have trusted adult mentors, they are more likely to stay engaged, make positive choices, and reach their goals. The Mentoring Curriculum gives your school a proven pathway to make those connections intentional instead of accidental. It turns mentorship from an occasional gesture into a core part of your campus identity.
For principals and school leaders, implementing this program is a strategic way to build a sustainable culture of care and accountability. Instead of relying on reactive interventions, this approach gives students proactive support—helping them navigate challenges before they become crises.
How the Mentoring Curriculum Works
Each module in the Mentoring Curriculum is designed for easy implementation, whether your mentoring program meets weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly. Schools can integrate it into advisory periods, leadership programs, or after-school sessions. Every lesson includes discussion guides, reflection prompts, and actionable takeaways that help mentors and mentees connect in meaningful ways.
The flexible format allows your school to adapt the curriculum to fit your unique needs. Some campuses use it to build leadership capacity, others to strengthen student-teacher relationships, and many combine it with existing initiatives focused on social-emotional learning or school culture. Whatever the goal, the structure ensures your mentoring efforts stay consistent, organized, and impactful throughout the year.
Lasting Impact on Students and Staff
Mentorship changes schools because it changes people. When students know they have someone in their corner, they feel empowered to make better choices and reach higher goals. Teachers and staff, in turn, rediscover why they got into education in the first place—to make a difference. The Mentoring Curriculum doesn’t just create better students; it helps build better communities where everyone feels connected and invested in one another’s success.
Mentoring Curriculum (Frequently Asked Questions)
What is included in the Mentoring Curriculum?
The program includes structured lesson plans, reflection activities, and discussion prompts designed to guide mentoring conversations. It can be delivered digitally or through printed materials for easy classroom or group use.
Who is this curriculum designed for?
The Mentoring Curriculum is designed for schools that want to build or improve mentoring programs for students in grades 6–12. It works for teachers, counselors, coaches, and administrators who want to create consistent, intentional relationships on campus.
How long does it take to implement?
Implementation is flexible. Schools can run the full curriculum over a semester or spread sessions throughout the school year, depending on their schedule and mentoring structure.
What outcomes can we expect?
Schools using the Mentoring Curriculum often report stronger student-staff relationships, improved student behavior, and greater overall engagement. Many also see positive effects on attendance, leadership involvement, and school climate.
Can the curriculum align with SEL or leadership goals?
Yes. The Mentoring Curriculum complements existing social-emotional learning and leadership initiatives, making it easy to integrate into programs already focused on student growth and school culture.
Is training required to use it?
The curriculum is designed for simple rollout—no formal certification or extensive training is needed. However, optional professional development is available for schools that want in-depth facilitation guidance.
Is it appropriate for middle and high schools?
Absolutely. The lessons are age-appropriate for both middle and high school students and can be customized to fit your school’s unique needs and culture.
How Can We Help You Extend Guidance Efforts?
Contact Us To Learn More About TEEN TRUTH’s Mentoring Curriculum!
JC Pohl, LMFT
President & CEO
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