Pioneer Clubs Curriculum
• Encourage your mentee to become familiar with and use the Pioneer Clubs curriculum.
  
• Help your mentee understand the strengths of the curriculum.
  
• Recommend curriculum resources that you have used.
  
• Guide mentee to the Leader Resource Center (password: kids) at www.pioneerclubs.org for helpful tools and resources - and to order materials from the Online Store.
  

Activities
• When suggesting a special event, activity, club promotion, or fundraiser, always express to your mentee the need to first discuss these plans with appropriate church personnel.

Assistance from Pioneer Clubs
• Pioneer Clubs staff are available to provide support.
  
• Please contact the Pioneer Clubs office at 800-694-CLUB (2582) for assistance.

Communication

E-mail
• Contact between mentor and mentee will be primarily through e-mail.
  
• Please notify Pioneer Clubs if your or your mentee’s e-mail address changes.
  
• The choice to communicate via telephone is the responsibility of the mentor and mentee.
  

Contact

• Mentor/Mentee
  
  • The mentor/mentee will develop the frequency of contacts to meet their needs.
    
  • Pioneer Clubs recommends contact at least once or twice per month.
    
  • Prompt response to e-mails is important. Pioneer Clubs recommends a turnaround response time of 48 hours; however, the response time should be determined by the mentor/mentee.

Prayer

• Prayer should be an integral part of your support system. The mentor/mentee can pray for each other and provide prayer for requests from others.
  

Mentoring Tools

Sharing

• Share your experience. Relate what has and hasn’t worked for you.
  

Examples

• Provide examples of what you have done. This gives your mentee a vision for what you are relating and helps to further his or her understanding.
  

Guiding

• Guide your mentee, offer resources, and let him or her find the answers.
  

Suggestions

• Suggest alternate or new ways of problem-solving. Your suggestions should stimulate ideas for the mentee.
  

Training

Pioneer Clubs Web site (www.pioneerclubs.org)

• The Leader Resource Center provides online training for coordinators and leaders. Currently, three areas are offered: Basic Training, Goals and Philosophy, and Bible Memory.
  
• If mentor has not yet completed this online training, we urge you to do so. Once you complete this training, you will have a better understanding of it and can encourage your mentee to complete it.
  
• Mentee should be urged to complete these three training blocks as soon as possible in the following order: Basic Training, Goals and Philosophy, and Bible Memory.
  
• The Pioneer Clubs eNewsletter is sent to all leaders and coordinators whose e-mail address is on file. This is another training tool that provides monthly tips for recruitment, discipline, special events, and more. The eNewsletter is also available on the Pioneer Clubs Web site in the Leader Resource Center.

Teleconferencing

• Pioneer Clubs offers periodic training teleconferences. Be sure to take advantage of this helpful resource.

Pioneer Clubs Materials/Resources

Web site (www.pioneerclubs.org)

• Encourage the use of the Pioneer Clubs Web site.
  
• The following resources are available in the Leader Resource Center (password: kids):
  
  Online Store
  Ideas That Work
  Training
  Bulletin Board
  Creative Meeting Ideas
  eNewsletter
  Clip Art
  And more!

Pioneer Clubs Catalog and Online Store

• Materials are available to assist the mentor and mentee with training needs. Pioneer Clubs recommends all coordinators have the following resources:
  
  Club Coordinator’s Manual – #2703
  Promoting Your Club Program – #2771
  Leader Training Outlines – #2754
  Leader Recruitment Video – #2775
• Pioneer Clubs’ service representatives are available to assist the mentor/mentee in identifying resources to answer questions that may come up.
• Ideas That Work, in the Leader Resource Center provides tips, ideas, suggestions, and first-hand experiences to assist club leaders.

Discipline

Church’s Guidelines

• As discipline concerns are addressed with the mentee, the mentor can offer suggestions, but it is essential for mentor to stress the need to follow the church’s policies and guidelines regarding discipline.

Pioneer Clubs

• Pioneer Clubs has resources available to assist the mentor/mentee with discipline issues.
  
• The Pioneer Clubs Web site addresses discipline in Ideas That Work, the Pioneer Clubs eNewsletter, and the bulletin board in the Leader Resource Center (password: kids).