Going the Distance: A Guide to Building Lasting Relationships in Mentoring Programs
Resources for Mentors
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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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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View GuideDescription 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
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Overview 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 SupportKey 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.
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Profile 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
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Evaluation and Evidence 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
-
Access and Usage 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 References:
None