Business Career High School Mentor Survey

Past research examining mentoring programs have explained the benefits student mentees received from having an adult as a mentor. For the mentee, the documentation shows that mentoring relationships have positive impacts on academic achievement, social attitudes, communication skills, and career goals (Mentoring.com, 2018). However, there has been very little research from the perspective of the mentor regarding their experiences of being in a mentoring relationship. This qualitative study will build upon the Berning (2013) study that extracted the thoughts and opinions of retiree and teen mentors who worked with elementary students. A recommendation from the Berning report suggested further studies need to be done on adults still involved in the workplace giving their off time to be mentors. The Business Careers High School mentoring program matches high school students with adult business professionals in the San Antonio community. Using an online questionnaire, mentors in this program were surveyed to further explore the themes developed in the Berning study.