A school Site Mentor is defined in the Act as, "professional employed at a school who is designated as the advocate for a particular student, and who works in consultation with classroom teachers, counselors, related service personnel, and the employer of the student to design and monitor the progress of the School-to-Work Opportunist program of the student " A Workplace Mentor is defined in the Act as, "an employee or other individual, approved by the employer at a workplace, who possesses the skills and knowledge to be mastered by a student, and who instructs the student, critiques and the performance of the student, challenges the student to perform well, and works in consultation with classroom teachers and the employer of the student "
an individual that guides students in their work by offering hints, feedback, reminders, and redirection while at the same time allowing students to take complete responsibility for their own learning; a mentor focuses on providing facilitation to the learning process rather than telling students what they should know