Mentors

MentorPRO Integration in
Thunderbird Post-Residential

Thunderbird, under the guidance of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program (NGYCP) works to guide young adults in finding the right path for them, whether that be finishing their GED, exploring further education, enlisting in military service, or seeking a job placement.

The NGYCP and MentorPRO partnership works to advance the post-residential phase of the program, facilitating secure, streamlined communication between cadets and their mentors.

What is a MentorPro?

MentorPRO is the graduates personalized support tool for the Post-Residential phase of the ChalleNGe Program. It’s a free browser and mobile app platform that helps them stay connected to the people who are here to help them succeed after graduation. Graduates will use MentorPRO to touch base with their case manager, share their progress, ask for help, and get advice from mentors as they work toward your PRAP goals.

MentorPRO helps Graduates:

  • Stay on track with monthly updates and PRAP goal progress.

  • Get support from your case manager when challenges come up.

  • Connect with flash mentors—people who’ve been where you’re going and can offer real-world advice.

  • Build on the hard work you’ve already done.

Want to Be a Mentor?

We’d love to hear from you. Share your interest in supporting Thunderbird graduates, and our team will reach out with more details about the mentor program.

I’m Interested in Mentoring

Mentors

Anchor Mentor:

This is a cadet’s primary mentor, and home base - someone they can always come back to.

This is typically the Cadet / Graduates case manager from Thunderbird. This will be someone who will be active regularly on MentoPRO, both initiating and responding to conversations with cadets often. They are responsible for connecting with the cadets they are assigned to.

An anchor mentor will appear at the top of the cadet’s “Connect” tab in MentorPRO.

Web/Flash Mentors:

These are additional mentors that cadets can reach out to at any time through MentorPRO to ask questions or receive specific support, a practice often called “Flash Mentoring.”

Flash Mentors Responsibilities

There will never be any face-to-face contact, only messages through the MentorPRO app. 

Every graduate will complete a profile where it will show their career interests. Graduates can type in a certain career field and any mentors in that field will be shown and then they can send a message with any questions they may have about that career to that mentor.  The flash mentors will need to respond to those messages with any advice they may have. Once the cadet has initiated contact with a mentor, mentors can send those graduates positive messages about setting their goals and what they want to achieve.  Any advice on that career would be helpful to the graduate.