Purpose
Mentoring is an element of ROMA National Goal 1: Low-Income People Become More Self-Sufficient as reflected in benefits to mentors, in addition to a growing number of studies that have revealed significant associations between youth’s involvement in mentoring relationships and positive developmental outcomes.
Description
Please LET US KNOW if you have suggestions of any MENTORING PROGRAM items that might be added.
This posting offers many great tools and resources to help help with the development of mentoring initiatives:
MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership was established to expand the world of quality mentoring. MENTOR works with a strong network of state and local Mentoring Partnerships to leverage resources and provide the support and tools that mentoring organizations need to effectively serve young people in their communities. Items available through MENTOR include:
National Mentoring Center
The Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory's National Mentoring Center has developed a comprehensive set of program development materials and curriculum, along with other resources, that are available for use by any mentoring program.
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Program design
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Mentor recruitment
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Participant training
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Volunteer screening
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School-based mentoring/tutoring
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Relationship support
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Sustainability and fundraising
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Mentoring special populations
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Mentoring Research
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Program Design
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Screening and Background Checks
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Mentor Training
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Program Evaluation
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Serving Special Youth Populations: Foster Youth – Children of Prisoners – Youth with Disabilities
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Sustainability Planning and Fundraising
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Faith-Based Mentoring
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Sample Forms
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The Mentoring Resource Center MRC) serves as the training and technical assistance provider for the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools' mentoring grantees. Items available through MRC include:
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Publications featuring guidebooks, toolkits, fact sheets, case studies, and web seminar training materials
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- Academic Support/Tutoring
- Background Checks & Screening
- Mentor/Mentee Training
- Mentoring Research
- Program Design & Management
- Program Evaluation
- Sample Mentoring Forms
- School/Community Partnerships
- Serving Special Youth Populations
- Foster Youth
- Youth with Disabilities
- Children of Prisoners
- Sustainability Planning & Fundraising
- Volunteer Recruitment & Management - Generic Mentor Recruitment Postcard
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The Mentoring Technical Assistance Project provides free technical assistance and training to community and school-based organizations throughout California.
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What Makes Mentoring Work?
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Starting a Mentoring Program
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Orientation for Mentors
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Finding Mentors
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Orientation for Mentees
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Mentoring Programs: Improving Academic Performance
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Creating a Safe and Effective Mentoring Program
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Designing An Effective Training Program for Your Mentors
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Foster Youth Mentorship Training for Program Managers
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Mentoring Program Basics for New Managers
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Preparing Mentees for Success: A Program Manager’s Guide
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Responsible Mentoring
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Risk Management for Mentoring Programs
Mentoring is one area of focus for EMT, which addresses evaluation, management, and training needs of public and non-profit organizations nationwide.
- Mentoring Fact Sheets
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Best Practices for Mentoring Programs
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Designing and Customizing Mentor Training
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Incorporating an Understanding of Youth Culture and Development Into Your Program
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Mentoring Essentials: Risk Management for Mentoring Programs
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Responsible Mentoring: Talking About Drugs, Sex and Other Difficult Issues
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Creating and Sustaining A Winning Match
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Preparing Mentees for Success: A Program Manager's Guide
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Responsible Mentoring
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SHOW US THE MONEY! Fundraising for Mentoring Programs
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Foster Youth Mentorship Training for Program Managers
Mentors Peer Resources is a source of documents, manuals, training materials, and mentor program details.
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Mentor Guide from the Mentoring Partnership of Southwestern Pennsylvania
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I Could Be website connects students with mentors from various careers representing over 200 professions.
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Northcoast Mentor Program is a program of Redwood Community Action Agency (CA) that promotes a community ethic to guide youth toward becoming productive and capable adults.
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Across Ages Intergenerational Mentoring Program is an intergenerational mentoring program working to increase the protective factors for high risk youth in order to prevent, reduce, or delay the use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs and the problems associated with such use.
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Young Men in Development is a mentoring program for youth ages 8-18 to provide the N.E.E.D. for the next generation (Nourishment, Encouragement, Education, Direction).
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Bridges to Success provides former welfare recipients with access to credit and transportation, as well as other services that can help remove barriers to work and self-sufficiency.
Outcomes
Mentoring is an element of ROMA National Goal 1: Low-Income People Become More Self-Sufficient as reflected in benefits to mentors, in addition to a growing number of studies that have revealed significant associations between youth’s involvement in mentoring relationships and positive developmental outcomes.
