Providing ongoing monitoring and support to youth and adults is often the most critical — yet overlooked — aspect of managing a high -
quality youth mentoring program.
The Elements provide research - informed standards for creating and sustaining
quality youth mentoring programs and meaningful mentoring relationships.
The Mentoring Connector is a free service that helps
quality youth mentoring programs across the country recruit more local volunteers while greatly increasing visibility for their organizations.
Not exact matches
He has developed, implemented and supported key legislation, policies and
programs related to various issues such as educational opportunity and academic outcome improvements;
mentoring, leadership and literacy support for targeted Milwaukee
youth; poverty; neighborhood revitalization; job creation, opportunity,
quality and security for Milwaukee residents; and the development, success and achievement of young men of color in Milwaukee.
Tammy Tai is the Chief
Program Officer at MENTOR: The National
Mentoring Partnership which is the lead champion for expanding the quantity and quality of youth mentoring in the Unite
Mentoring Partnership which is the lead champion for expanding the quantity and
quality of
youth mentoring in the Unite
mentoring in the United States.
Once your
youth mentoring program is designed, implemented, and up and running, you will need to determine how you will maintain both the
quality and activities over time.
Leveraging grassroots and corporate support, collaborations with national
youth - serving organizations and innovative research, MENTOR advocates for public investments in
quality mentoring programs and policies to ensure safety and effectiveness.
The present research develops and validates a
youth mentoring relationship
quality inventory, based on data from a national evaluation of Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS)
mentoring programs (N = 347
youth).
Mentoring programs are also available, so
youth have
quality role models to look up to.
Researchers at the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation conducted this study in partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana to investigate whether three types of parent / guardian
mentoring variables (parent / family characteristics, parent engagement in the match, and parenting style) influence match
quality, match length, and
youth program outcomes.
These opportunities are sourced from MENTOR's
Mentoring Connector, which is the only national database of mentoring programs that are screened for safety and effectiveness using the national standards for quality youth mentoring, The Elements of Effective Practice for Men
Mentoring Connector, which is the only national database of
mentoring programs that are screened for safety and effectiveness using the national standards for quality youth mentoring, The Elements of Effective Practice for Men
mentoring programs that are screened for safety and effectiveness using the national standards for
quality youth mentoring, The Elements of Effective Practice for Men
mentoring, The Elements of Effective Practice for
MentoringMentoring ™.
Youth mentoring programs meeting baseline quality standards as outlined in the Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring ™ will be added to the publicly - searchable referral
mentoring programs meeting baseline
quality standards as outlined in the Elements of Effective Practice for
Mentoring ™ will be added to the publicly - searchable referral
Mentoring ™ will be added to the publicly - searchable referral database.
Evaluations of
youth mentoring programs have provided evidence that high -
quality, enduring relationships can lead to a range of positive outcomes for the young people involved.
By incorporating such findings into practice and guidelines, MENTOR is dedicated to helping bring
youth mentoring to scale, while also prioritizing
program quality and effectiveness.
Whether you are an experienced researcher new to
youth mentoring contexts, or a
program thinking about improving the
quality of your evaluation efforts this event will offer key lessons learned and strategies from several of the leading researchers in the
mentoring field.