Mentoring Central Recognized on the 2024 National Corporate Mentoring Honor Roll Mentoring Central, a division of innovation Research & Training (iRT), is pleased to announce that it has joined MENTOR’s 2024 National Corporate Mentoring Honor Roll.
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How Mentoring Programs Can Promote Safe Driving Among Young People
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
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
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 […]
Latest Funding Opportunities for Mentoring Programs
Latest Funding Opportunities for Mentoring Programs The U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) recently announced 2024 funding opportunities for youth-serving organizations and programs, including youth mentoring programs. The OJJDP’s Youth Mentoring Program Grants program is the only mentoring-specific grant program funded by U.S. Congress. The OJJDP’s latest announced solicitations that are relevant […]
Recent Research Supporting STEM Mentoring for Traditionally Underrepresented Youth
Recent Research Supporting STEM Mentoring for Traditionally Underrepresented Youth Recent research indicates that opportunities for students to explore their interests in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are growing. The Afterschool Alliance’s 2021 America After 3PM Special Report states that among approximately 31,000 randomly selected parents of school-aged children in the United States, 39% reported […]
Customize Mentoring Trainings to Reflect Your Program
Customize Mentoring Trainings to Reflect Your Program When offering training to mentors, mentees, and parents/caregivers of mentees involved your mentoring program, you likely want to be sure that the trainings you offer not only provide essential information participants need for a successful mentoring relationship but also reflect your program’s specific mission, policies, practices, and branding. […]
Mentoring Central Shares STEM Mentoring Research at 2024 National Mentoring Summit
Mentoring Central Shares STEM Mentoring Research at 2024 National Mentoring Summit Mentoring Central Researchers Dr. Katie Stump, Dr. Rebecca Stelter, and Yontii Wheeler co-led an interactive workshop at the 2024 National Mentoring Summit in Washington, DC, last month. Each year, mentoring professionals and advocates from across the nation gather for the annual National Mentoring Summit, […]
Why Cultural Competency Training Should Be Offered to Mentors and Mentoring Program Staff
Why Cultural Competency Training Should Be Offered to Mentors and Mentoring Program Staff Abbey N. Collins, B.A In the United States, the number of youth involved in mentoring programs has grown considerably over the past century since the establishment of the first organized mentoring programs such as Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.1,2 In particular, […]
Why Your Mentoring Program Should Provide Training to Parents/Caregivers of Mentees
Why Your Mentoring Program Should Provide Training to Parents/Caregivers of Mentees A common misconception about mentoring is that an impactful mentoring experience for a child consists solely of a supportive relationship between a mentor and a mentee. In truth, the model of successful mentoring is complex and consists of various interdependent relationships between the mentor, […]