Training New Mentees: A Manual for Preparing Youth in Mentoring Programs

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Training New Mentees

This manual provides mentoring programs with a framework and sample materials to help them prepare, develop, and train mentees prior to matching them with mentors.

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Training New Mentees

This manual provides mentoring programs with a framework and sample materials to help them prepare, develop, and train mentees prior to matching them with mentors.

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Description of Resource:

This manual, developed by the OJJDP National Mentoring Center, provides mentoring programs with a framework and sample materials to help them prepare, develop, and train mentees prior to matching them with mentors. It features information about the need for and goals of mentee training, as well as sample activities that can be used to create program-specific mentee training sessions. This resource also provides sample materials for a mentee handbook to accompany these training sessions.

 

Goals:

To equip mentoring program staff with information and tools to design effective mentee trainings.

 

Target Population/Eligibility of Target Sites:

This resource provides guidance on developing mentee trainings for youth of a variety of ages. It is oriented toward a community-based program model but most activities and recommendations can be applied to a variety of program models.

 

Corresponding Elements of Effective Practice:

Training

 

Key Personnel:

N/A

 

Additional Information:

This project was supported by Award No. 1999-JG-FX-K001 awarded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Resource Name:

Training New Mentees: A Manual for Preparing Youth in Mentoring Programs

 

Publisher/Source:

National Mentoring Center

 

Author:

Judy Strother Taylor and National Mentoring Center staff

 

Date of Publication:

2003

 

Resource Type:

Resources for Mentees and Families

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://educationnorthwest.org/sites/default/files/training-new-mentees.pdf

References:

Evidence Base: N/A

Additional References: N/A

  • Description of Resource:

    This manual, developed by the OJJDP National Mentoring Center, provides mentoring programs with a framework and sample materials to help them prepare, develop, and train mentees prior to matching them with mentors. It features information about the need for and goals of mentee training, as well as sample activities that can be used to create program-specific mentee training sessions. This resource also provides sample materials for a mentee handbook to accompany these training sessions.

     

    Goals:

    To equip mentoring program staff with information and tools to design effective mentee trainings.

     

    Target Population/Eligibility of Target Sites:

    This resource provides guidance on developing mentee trainings for youth of a variety of ages. It is oriented toward a community-based program model but most activities and recommendations can be applied to a variety of program models.

     

    Corresponding Elements of Effective Practice:

    Training

     

    Key Personnel:

    N/A

     

    Additional Information:

    This project was supported by Award No. 1999-JG-FX-K001 awarded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.

  • Resource Name:

    Training New Mentees: A Manual for Preparing Youth in Mentoring Programs

     

    Publisher/Source:

    National Mentoring Center

     

    Author:

    Judy Strother Taylor and National Mentoring Center staff

     

    Date of Publication:

    2003

     

    Resource Type:

    Resources for Mentees and Families

  • 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://educationnorthwest.org/sites/default/files/training-new-mentees.pdf

  • References:

    Evidence Base: N/A

    Additional References: N/A