Check and Connect Mentor Training - Rapid City

The Check & Connect Mentor training is a competency-based training designed to provide Check & Connect mentors with the information, competencies, and skills needed to be an effective Check & Connect mentor at their local site.

Participants will learn about and understand—

• The core components and elements of Check & Connect o The role and expectations of the Check & Connect mentor

• The population of students they are mentoring and how to best meet their needs

• How to implement the "Check" and "Connect" procedures with fidelity

• The competencies and skills needed to be an effective mentor, such as:

• Building relationships with students, families, and school personnel
• Using data to determine interventions
• Reflective listening and Problem–solving
• Engaging with families

Training to be held in: 

Rapid City-December 11 and 12, 9:00AM-4:00PM

21 St. Joseph St, Rapid City, SD 57701.  Jefferson: Room 26

12 CECHs available

Please contact Becky Cain at rebecca.cain@state.sd.us with any questions.