College and Career Success Mentoring Toolkit

Description of Resource:

This toolkit provides guidance on the design and development of mentoring programs that promote college and career success for youth. It contains recommendations on how to design a college and career mentoring (CCM) program by utilizing data, creating buy-in from stakeholders and building partnerships, and explains how these programs can select, prepare, and support mentors. It reviews ways to create communities of support for mentors and mentees, provides suggestions for programming related to college and career readiness, and lists additional resources, data tools, and program examples.

Goals:

To guide mentoring coordinators through the design and development of a college and career mentoring (CCM) program.

Target Population/Eligibility of Target Sites:

Mentoring programs designed to promote college preparation activities. Although the resource references Indiana, its recommendations are applicable to other states.

Corresponding Elements of Effective Practice:

All

Key Personnel:

N/A

Additional Information:

This resource was produce in partnership by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education and the Indiana Youth Institute with support from the U.S. Department of Education.

This resource does not necessarily include comprehensive consideration of the latest evidence-informed standards for effective practice in mentoring. Users of the resource are advised to consult the Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring^TM, Fourth Edition and incorporate careful attention to these into any initiatives to provide mentoring in support of college and career success. Furthermore, given that the audience to whom this resource is directed is quite broad, users of this resource should confirm that the resources-based practices to be implemented are not identified as contraindicated or proscribed in the Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring for their specific population of mentors, mentees, program context or goals.

Resource Name:

College and Career Success Mentoring Toolkit

Publisher/Source:

Indiana Commission for Higher Education and the Indiana Youth Institute

Author:

Not specified

Date of Publication:

Not specified

Resource Type:

Program Management Resources

Evaluation Methodology:

Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness

Evaluation Outcomes:

Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness

Evaluation Validity:

Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness

Accessing and Using this Resource:

This resource can be accessed freely online in PDF form, at:
http://s3.amazonaws.com/indiana-mentoring-partnership/files/CCM-Toolkit.pdf

References:

None

Evidence Base:

N/A

Additional References:

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