Mentor Training Online: Preparing Your Program for Training in a Virtual World
Is mentor training online worth it? Learn about asynchronous mentoring training, and where to find the most valuable courses that are backed by science. […]
Mentorship Training Program: The 6 Skills Your Mentors Need to Learn That Strengthen Your Program’s Value
There are many crucial elements to learning mentoring. Find out the elements that your mentorship training needs to cover to enhance your organization. Connecting with a mentee requires a certain skillset. Discover the top mentoring [...]
5 Tips for Onboarding New Volunteer Mentors to Your Program
Every mentoring program has common elements but their uniqueness is important, but new mentors need to know about the specific history, policies, rules, and regulation of your program. It’s important for mentors to know about [...]
Mentoring Guidelines to Support a Safe and Ethical Program
Mentoring comes with rules, boundaries, and policies to ensure the safety of the mentee and mentor. Discover some key areas where mentoring programs need to create and implement policies and practices to reduce risk. [...]
Professional Development of Mentoring Program Staff: Mentoring Best Practices That Your Team Needs to Master
The heart and soul of an effective mentoring program are the staff who run the program. They are the unsung heroes and engines that host and support everyone involved in a mentoring relationship, from the [...]
Program-wide Mentoring Goals That Reach Every Mentoring Pair
Mentoring goals differ across positive youth development programs. It’s important to identify the mentoring goals of your program as well as the goals for each individual mentee. Find out how to create goals that support [...]
Equipping Your Mentoring Program for Effective Mentor Orientation
Orientation and training are often used interchangeably. Yet, they are different experiences that serve different purposes. In the context of a mentoring program, orientation introduces volunteers to a new experience, whereas training teaches new skills [...]
What Is the EEPM and How Can Your Mentoring Program Meet the Standards for the Field?
Whether your mentoring program is just getting off the ground or you’re already established in the community, the use of state-of-the-art program practices that are informed by research findings and seasoned practitioners is integral to [...]
What to Look for in a Mentor Training Course
The foundation for engaging volunteers to be impactful mentors is an evidence-based, interactive training program. The ultimate goal is that the mentoring relationship will affect, in some way, the course of the lives of mentees. [...]
Mentoring Matching: Best Practices in Pairing Mentors and Mentees
Matching or pairing mentors with mentees for achieving maximally positive outcomes is the goal of any mentoring program. Long-term mentoring relationships, lasting one year or more, typically result in the most effective youth outcomes. Cultivating [...]
