Going the Distance: A Guide to Building Lasting Relationships in Mentoring Programs

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Going the Distance

This guidebook provides advice as well as tools that are intended to help ensure long-lasting relationships in site- and community-based mentoring programs.

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Going the Distance

This guidebook provides advice as well as tools that are intended to help ensure long-lasting relationships in site- and community-based mentoring programs.

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Description of Resource:

This guidebook focuses on the many aspects of program design and management that may have an impact on match length. It offers advice for specific practices that can help create and support longer matches, as well as tools and templates for program use.

 

Goals:

This resource is intended to help programs create long-lasting mentoring relationships by recruiting appropriate participants and training, matching, and supporting them intentionally.

 

Target Population/Eligibility of Target Sites:

None.

 

Corresponding Elements of Effective Practice:

Recruitment
Screening
Training
Matching
Monitoring and Support

 

Key Personnel:

None.

 

Additional Information:

This resource was developed under the Student Mentoring Program initiative, which was a jointly funded project of the U.S. Department of Education and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

Resource Name:

Going the Distance: A Guide to Building Lasting Relationships in Mentoring Programs

 

Publisher/Source:

Mentoring Resource Center (a joint project of EMT and Education Northwest)

 

Author:

Dr. Susan Weinberger (Mentor Consulting Group) with Michael Garringer and Patti MacRae (Education Northwest)

 

Date of Publication:

2005

 

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 is free to download in PDF format on the Education Northwest website at:
http://educationnorthwest.org/sites/default/files/resources/
going_the_distance.pdf

References:

None

  • Description of Resource:

    This guidebook focuses on the many aspects of program design and management that may have an impact on match length. It offers advice for specific practices that can help create and support longer matches, as well as tools and templates for program use.

     

    Goals:

    This resource is intended to help programs create long-lasting mentoring relationships by recruiting appropriate participants and training, matching, and supporting them intentionally.

     

    Target Population/Eligibility of Target Sites:

    None.

     

    Corresponding Elements of Effective Practice:

    Recruitment
    Screening
    Training
    Matching
    Monitoring and Support

     

    Key Personnel:

    None.

     

    Additional Information:

    This resource was developed under the Student Mentoring Program initiative, which was a jointly funded project of the U.S. Department of Education and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

  • Resource Name:

    Going the Distance: A Guide to Building Lasting Relationships in Mentoring Programs

     

    Publisher/Source:

    Mentoring Resource Center (a joint project of EMT and Education Northwest)

     

    Author:

    Dr. Susan Weinberger (Mentor Consulting Group) with Michael Garringer and Patti MacRae (Education Northwest)

     

    Date of Publication:

    2005

     

    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 is free to download in PDF format on the Education Northwest website at:
    http://educationnorthwest.org/sites/default/files/resources/
    going_the_distance.pdf

  • References:

    None