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Your How-to Guide to Start a Mentoring Program
Thinking about starting a mentoring program? Use this helpful guide to find out how to [...]
What Is the EEPM and How Can Your Mentoring Program Meet the Standards for the Field?
Implementing the benchmark practices described in the Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring (EEPM) is [...]
Mentoring Programs for Youth in Foster Care: Preparing Your Mentors
According to the most recent data, more than 400,000 youth are in foster care. Many [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Mentoring Guidelines to Support a Safe and Ethical Program
Mentoring comes with rules, boundaries, and policies to ensure the safety of the mentee and [...]
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-wide Mentoring Goals That Reach Every Mentoring Pair
Mentoring goals differ across positive youth development programs. It’s important to identify the mentoring goals [...]
Equipping Your Mentoring Program for Effective Mentor Orientation
Orientation and training are often used interchangeably. Yet, they are different experiences that serve different [...]
