MENTOR offering Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring Webinar series in March
2/26/2010
By Cynthia Hobgood
Throughout 2010, MENTOR will host a series of webinars designed to train mentoring programs on MENTOR's Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring™, third edition.
Being offered twice and free of charge, the next webinar will highlight the research and studies that underpin the benchmarks and suggested enhancements. Featured speakers include Dr. Jean Rhodes, Chair, MENTOR's Research & Policy Council and Professor of Psychology, University of Massachusetts – Boston; and Dr. Janis Kupersmidt, President and Senior Research Associate of innovation Research & Training. Dr. Kupersmidt managed the revision of MENTOR's Elements.
Participants can select which works best for their schedule:
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Monday, March 8, 2010 from 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm, EST Register Now
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010 from 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm, EST Register Now
The Elements webinar series will address each of the six evidence-based standards featured in the third edition to include the operational standards addressing recruitment, screening, training, matching, monitoring and Support, and closure.
In the second half of 2010, webinars will be held on the program design, management and evaluation of mentoring programs. Many of the webinars will feature a prominent researcher to discuss the impact that a particular research study has on an operational standard. All webinars will include a Mentoring Partnership and mentoring program to discuss their success and experience with a particular standard.
Additional information about MENTOR's Elements series can be found at
www.mentoring.org/elementswebinars
MENTOR's 2010 Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring™ Webinar series is sponsored by the MetLife Foundation. The Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring, Third Edition.
For more than a decade, MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership has been working to expand the world of quality mentoring. MENTOR believes that, with the help and guidance of an adult mentor, each child can discover how to unlock and achieve his or her potential. MENTOR, a founding partner of America’s Promise Alliance, is widely acknowledged as the nation's premier advocate and resource for the expansion of mentoring initiatives nationwide. For more information, visit www.mentoring.org.