Building Relationships: A Guide for New Mentors

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This guide for mentors provides an overview of basic skills and concepts that may contribute to effective mentoring relationships. After summarizing what may make a mentoring relationship successful, the guide reviews ten recommended principles of mentoring, and includes questions for mentors to consider as they reflect on their mentoring relationships, and handouts for mentors.

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This guide for mentors provides an overview of basic skills and concepts that may contribute to effective mentoring relationships. After summarizing what may make a mentoring relationship successful, the guide reviews ten recommended principles of mentoring, and includes questions for mentors to consider as they reflect on their mentoring relationships, and handouts for mentors.

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Description of Resource:

This guide for mentors provides an overview of basic skills and concepts that may contribute to effective mentoring relationships. After summarizing what makes a mentoring relationship successful, the guide reviews ten recommended principles of mentoring, from setting realistic goals and expectations, to giving mentees a voice and choice in deciding mentoring activities. The resource also includes questions for mentors to consider as they reflect on their mentoring relationships as well as handouts for mentors that introduce them to the mentoring relationship cycle and relationship stages.

 

Goals:

To equip mentors with an understanding of skills and principles that may contribute to successful mentoring relationships.

 

Target Population/Eligibility of Target Sites:

This resource is relevant to all mentors, but contains some information that is specific to community-based mentors.

 

Corresponding Elements of Effective Practice:

Training, Monitoring and Support, Closure

 

Key Personnel:

N/A

 

Additional Information:

This resource was published by the Hamilton Fish Institute on School and Community Violence & the National Mentoring Center at Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, with support from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice.

Resource Name:

Building Relationships: A Guide for New Mentors

 

Publisher/Source:

The Hamilton Fish Institute on School and Community Violence & the National Mentoring Center at Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory

 

Author:

Michael Garringer & Linda Jucovy

 

Date of Publication:

September 2007

 

Resource Type:

Mentor Guides and Handouts

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/effective-strategies-for-providing-quality-youth-mentoring-in-schools2.pdf

References:

None

 

Evidence Base:

N/A

 

Additional References:

N/A

  • Description of Resource:

    This guide for mentors provides an overview of basic skills and concepts that may contribute to effective mentoring relationships. After summarizing what makes a mentoring relationship successful, the guide reviews ten recommended principles of mentoring, from setting realistic goals and expectations, to giving mentees a voice and choice in deciding mentoring activities. The resource also includes questions for mentors to consider as they reflect on their mentoring relationships as well as handouts for mentors that introduce them to the mentoring relationship cycle and relationship stages.

     

    Goals:

    To equip mentors with an understanding of skills and principles that may contribute to successful mentoring relationships.

     

    Target Population/Eligibility of Target Sites:

    This resource is relevant to all mentors, but contains some information that is specific to community-based mentors.

     

    Corresponding Elements of Effective Practice:

    Training, Monitoring and Support, Closure

     

    Key Personnel:

    N/A

     

    Additional Information:

    This resource was published by the Hamilton Fish Institute on School and Community Violence & the National Mentoring Center at Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, with support from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice.

  • Resource Name:

    Building Relationships: A Guide for New Mentors

     

    Publisher/Source:

    The Hamilton Fish Institute on School and Community Violence & the National Mentoring Center at Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory

     

    Author:

    Michael Garringer & Linda Jucovy

     

    Date of Publication:

    September 2007

     

    Resource Type:

    Mentor Guides and Handouts

  • 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/effective-strategies-for-providing-quality-youth-mentoring-in-schools2.pdf

  • References:

    None

     

    Evidence Base:

    N/A

     

    Additional References:

    N/A