Yes. Families, students and young adults anywhere in Wisconsin can work with a dedicated Blackburn mentor by video. Wisconsin is on Central time, two hours ahead of our Los Angeles team, and we schedule every session in your local time. For high school students, a parent or guardian joins the intro call, helps set goals and gets regular updates.
Lakes, farms and a lot of road
Wisconsin sits between two Great Lakes, Michigan and Superior, and holds thousands of inland lakes besides. The southeast is the most urban, with Milwaukee on Lake Michigan and Madison inland. Farther north, towns thin out into dairy country and then into the Northwoods, where winters are long and the nearest city can be a serious drive.
Winter driving is the deciding factor for many families. Weekly appointments across town are hard to keep in January. Online sessions keep going in any weather.
The state by region
- Milwaukee and its suburbs, including the North Shore and Waukesha County.
- Madison, the capital, with state government and a fast-growing tech and health sector.
- Green Bay and the Fox Valley, including Appleton and Oshkosh.
- Western Wisconsin, around La Crosse and Eau Claire, close to Minnesota.
- The Northwoods and Door County, known for lakes, tourism and small towns.
Manufacturing, dairy and more
Wisconsin calls itself America’s Dairyland, and cheese is only part of the story. The state has a deep manufacturing base: machinery, engines, paper and food processing among them. Milwaukee has a long brewing history, and the region is home to insurance, finance and health care employers. Madison adds government, software and medical technology. Tourism, from Door County to the Wisconsin Dells to the Northwoods, keeps many small towns going.
A practical economy produces practical questions from young adults: trade or degree, stay near home or move to the city, take the steady job or try something new.
How Wisconsin students move through school
Most Wisconsin students attend public schools, and the state also has a large number of private and parochial schools, many of them Catholic or Lutheran. After high school, students choose among the state’s public university system, with campuses spread across the state, a well-regarded statewide technical college system, and many private colleges. Plenty of students cross into Minnesota or Illinois for college, while Wisconsin campuses draw many students from those same states.
The technical college route deserves a mention. Many Wisconsin students go straight into programs in health care, skilled trades and manufacturing, and they benefit from a weekly mentor as much as anyone heading to a four-year campus.
A mentor for each stage
High school students
Weekly goals, study habits and a clear plan for after graduation. See mentoring for high school students.
College and technical college students
Routines, deadlines, money and the long winter stretch of the semester. See mentoring for college students.
Young adults and professionals
A first job, a first apartment or a career change, broken into steps. See young adult mentoring.
How to start
Getting going takes three steps: a five-minute assessment, a free intro call with our team, then a match with one mentor. From there, sessions are 30 or 60 minutes by video on a weekly or monthly plan, booked in Central time.
For details, see how online mentoring works and what parents can expect, or find mentoring in every state.
Pages for areas in Wisconsin
- Online mentoring in Milwaukee
- Online mentoring in Madison
- Online mentoring on the Chicago North Shore (nearby)
- Online mentoring in Minneapolis (nearby)
Related
- Online mentoring in Milwaukee
- Online mentoring in Minnesota
- Online mentoring in Illinois
- Career and education mentoring
Common questions
What time zone are Wisconsin sessions in?
Central time, statewide. That is two hours ahead of Los Angeles, so a 4 pm session in Wisconsin is 2 pm for the mentor.
Is mentoring useful for a student in a technical college program?
Yes. Technical programs move quickly and often run alongside a job, and a mentor helps with schedules, follow-through and planning the next step.
Do sessions continue through snowstorms and holidays?
Yes. Sessions are online, so weather does not cancel them, and plans can pause or shift around family holidays.
Get started
Thinking about a mentor for someone in Wisconsin? Call (888) 305 5422, email contact@blackburnmentoring.com or start with a short assessment. A member of our team reviews every assessment personally and sets up a free intro call.