What Mentees Should Know Before Beginning a Mentoring Relationship Most mentors receive pre-match training and resources from their mentoring program’s staff to prepare for their mentoring relationships before meeting their mentee for the first time. However, many mentees do not receive pre-match training that teaches them strategies to contribute to their mentoring relationship, and mentees […]

Mentoring Central Publishes Cutting-Edge Research Findings and Strategies for Mentoring Programs Mentoring Central is dedicated to developing and delivering products and services designed to produce effective mentoring relationships and positively impact the lives of youth. In addition to developing high-quality, research-based mentoring training programs, our team of research scientists and subject matter experts write publications […]

Resources to Support the Mental Health of Mentees May is National Mental Health Awareness Month, which is an important time to recognize the efforts and contributions of positive youth development organizations across the country that are making strides to advance the mental health and wellbeing of Americans. Mentoring programs and organizations consistently contribute to the […]

School’s Out! Tips for Promoting Mentoring Relationship Closeness Over the Summer The end of the academic year is quickly approaching, which means many matches, particularly those involved in school-based mentoring programs, must consider the future of their mentoring relationships. Matches that regularly meet in a school setting or plan match meetings according to the mentee’s […]

How Mentoring Programs Can Promote Safe Driving Among Young People April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, which is an important time to spread awareness of the dangers of distracted driving and strategies to prevent it. Distracted driving can significantly increase the chance of vehicle crashes as well as death or injury for drivers and […]

Tips for Promoting Healthy Mentoring Relationship Closure For some mentoring programs, particularly school-based mentoring programs, the lifecycle of the mentoring relationship follows the schedule of the academic year. This means that many mentoring relationships will soon come to a close, or matches must redefine their relationship. As summer approaches and the school year comes to […]

The Importance of Training Mentors to Build Critical Consciousness and Cultural Humility Abbey N. Collins, B.A Cultural competency training of mentors and mentoring program staff members has many direct and indirect benefits to mentors, mentees, mentoring relationships, and mentoring programs, as we described in a previous article. The central goal of cultural competency training for […]