Ignite Team Members will work with your building staff to select and train upperclassmen that represent a cross section of your school community. These students will become your mentors and will be empowered to become leaders in their own right as they provide yearlong guidance to the mentees (incoming students) in your building. The mentors will learn about the building's goals and objectives and become partners with teachers and administrators in supporting the successful transition of incoming students to your school.

Personal gain for Ignite Mentors:

• Academic skills such as Cornell Note taking strategies
• SMART goal strategies for short and long term planning
• Problem solving and an awareness of every aspect of their social and academic life
• Practice using the 4 Keys to develop performance character and moral character (Smart & Good Schools)
• Increased confidence and improvement in oral presentation skills
• Pride and ownership in their school
• Leadership skills including facilitation techniques and self-reflection tools
• Self-Respect and a sense of responsibility to their community
• New, positive friends in their building and around the country