Join a network of more than 120 schools across the country who are empowering students with learning and attention differences through Eye to Eye’s Mentoring Program! We engage students in meaningful service-learning experiences through weekly mentoring and community-building events, while also developing leadership abilities and crucial social and emotional skills in both the middle school mentees and high school and college student mentors. Our art projects and weekly activities are designed to spark meaningful conversations between student mentors with learning disabilities (such as dyslexia and processing disorders) and/or ADHD, and the 5th to 8th-grade students they mentor with similar labels.
Thousands of students over the past two decades are living proof of the effectiveness of the program – with multiple independent studies confirming significant improvement in a wide range of social and emotional skills crucial to persisting through school and successfully transitioning to college and career. Specifically, the program has demonstrated direct improvement in self-esteem, grit, resilience, metacognition, attitude towards school, response to failure, hope for the future, and self-advocacy (among others), as well as increased awareness and utilization of resources and accommodations.
How do you get Eye to Eye at your school? It’s easy as 1-2-3!
Supportive School Leaders
Eye to Eye’s program works best when School Leaders understand the unique challenges students with learning and attention issues face inside and outside of the classroom, while also appreciating the valuable role that strengths-based mentoring, social and emotional skill development, and extracurricular community building activities play in helping students overcome those challenges.
Dedicated Program Advisor
Each school must identify a Program Advisor to volunteer as the local champion for the program at their school site. This is a commitment of no more than 1.5 hours per week and is typically a teacher or faculty member, advisor, counselor, specialist, psychologist, or paraeducator who is passionate about supporting students who learn differently. The Program Advisor’s primary role is to recruit students and liaison with Eye to Eye staff regarding program logistics and implementation.
Annual Membership Fee
Each school pays an Annual Membership Fee to participate in Eye to Eye’s Mentoring Program, which includes a one-year license of Eye to Eye’s proven social and emotional art curriculum, promotional materials to support student recruitment, training and background checks for mentors, the Young Leaders Organizing Institute for two student leaders per chapter; art supplies, materials, and snacks for the weekly art room; ongoing coaching and support from a dedicated Program Coordinator, and all food, materials and event planning support for quarterly community-building, recognition, and celebration events.
Get Started!
Let us know you’re interested. From there, we’ll reach out to schedule a free, 30-minute informational call with a member of our team. Email us at [email protected].