Academics & Mentoring
Wayne County Community Schools connects students with appropriate tutoring and mentoring services in and around Wayne County.
Mentoring
Systemic inequities continue to create gaps in opportunity, access, and supportive relationships beyond the family. As loneliness and isolation rise, mentoring offers a powerful, unifying response by fostering connection, belonging, and access to opportunity. (Mentor New York)
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Wayne County Community Schools is proud to partner with Mentor New York and the New York State Mentoring Program. These partnerships give all 11 school districts the opportunity to develop mentoring programs that reflect their unique needs — not limited by a one-size-fits-all model.
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Across the county, schools offer peer-to-peer, group, and adult mentoring, all grounded in the Mentoring Mindset — a focus on building authentic, supportive, developmental relationships. (Search Institute)
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We are deeply grateful for our partners and school districts, who understand that when we invest in relationships, we invest in the future of our youth.
A Public Private Ventures Study shows:
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Mentees are 46% less likely to start using illegal drugs than their peers.
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Mentees are 52% less likely than their peers to skip a day of school and 37% less likely to skip class.
Mentor New York: Youth with mentors are:
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More likely to feel supported in their well-being - 58% of young people say that their mentor has supported their mental health
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22% more likely to have experienced a strong sense of belonging while growing up
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More prone to feeling confident in their ability to tackle academic challenges. 85% of young people with a mentor say this key relationship helped them with issues related to school and their education
Child & Adult Literacy Programs
Literacy Volunteers of Wayne County’s child programs include school collaborations, Books from Birth, and more. Adult programs include literacy, English language, math improvement, job training, and more.
Hobart-William Smith Tutoring & America Reads Program
Starting as a partnership in 2017, Hobart and William Smith (HWS) Colleges has shared students with local school districts to provide two forms of tutoring support. Students at the middle- and high school levels in participating districts have had the opportunity to attend learning labs after school. These labs allow the HWS students to interact on either a one-on-one or small-group basis, focusing on work completion and test preparation. Just as important, the HWS students serve as role models to the adolescent attendees.
After the success of this model, HWS students started implementing the America Reads Program for elementary students who would benefit from additional support with their literacy skills. Each elementary student was partnered with an HWS student to work on various critical reading and writing skills. In both forms of tutoring, students are excited to attend and often improve their academic performance. Additionally, students have the opportunity to build relationships with young adults.
