Mentor/Mentee Program

[Kansas Ref]

The comments/suggestions made in this thread are great and if implemented will certainly add to both the skill as well as the retention of beginner refs. I would also suggest that you take it one small step further: have each 'mentor' give each of his/her 'mentee' a "new ref whistle" when you first meet up with him/her. Hear me out on this now, this is a small thing that the new ref will remember forever that someone as skilled, polished, and knowledgeable as you'all would think to give a new ref a new whistle [which is the icon of our profession] as a token of kindness, collegiality, and concern. This will add to the "affective domain" of the relationship.