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E-Mentoring: A Model and Guide for a New Concept in Mentoring
YouthTrust, 1999
Copies: 2
Pages:47
This manual covers program structure, recruitment ideas, training
tools and evaluation methods for e-mentoring programs. This program
model focuses on a partnership between a school and an employer
or community group.
E-Mentoring
Vermont Initiative for Mentoring, VT Chamber of Commerce Business-Education
Partnership
Copies: 1
Pages: 45
This manual is a program model for e-mentoring programs. This model
was designed for a program between a school and an employer. The
model is flexible and accessible for any e-mentoring program.
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A Career Journal for Mentors
Jennice Taylor
Copies: 2
Pages: 17
This is a booklet that outlines how a mentor can keep a career
journal. A career journal is defined as journal to help gather your
thoughts, plans, ideas and experiences during the mentoring relationship.
Student Career Journal, Hand in Hand: Mentoring Young Women
Center for Sex Equity, Portland OR
Copies: 2
Pages: 60
This is a journal designed for mentees and mentors to keep together
to explore their feelings on different careers. It has questions
that the mentee can ask the mentor to learn what their job means
to them and how they got their job, and is a tool to get mentees
thinking about what they might like to do in the future.
Connections from School to Career: A Journey with my Mentor
in to the World of Work
Faggella & Horowitz, 1995
Copies: 1
Pages: 55
This is a journal that is meant to be kept by the mentee while
learning from his/her mentor about getting a job. It is filled with
valuable skills and scenarios helpful in transitioning into the
workforce.
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Mentor Training Curriculum
National Mentoring Working Group/United Way of America, 1991
Copies: 1
Pages: 110
This manual addresses the issues and needs of organizations operating
and interested in mentoring youth. This includes models to train
both the trainer and mentors. A great resource for anyone involved
in the training aspect of a mentoring program. Also covers how to
prepare for a training as well as ideas for more specialized trainings.
Mind Over Matter
Diane Ravenscroft
CEO and Founder
Ravenscroft Management Consultants
Copies: 1
Pages: approx. 50
This training manual is for mentors and covers good mentor qualities
and insights into what it will be like to be in a mentor/mentee
relationship.
Mentoring 101
The Mass Mentoring Partnership, 1999
Copies: 1
Pages: 60
This is a training manual that is used as a four hour training
designed to prepare mentors for the mentoring experience. It covers
topics such as the role of the mentor, communication skills, stages
of the relationship and diversity issues.
Mentor Training Guidebook
Robin Morton
Copies: 1
Pages: 43
This is a print out of a power point presentation (also available
on disk) that covers the history of mentoring, what a mentor is,
statistics what makes a good mentor, benefits of mentors to youth
and other interesting information about mentoring.
Training of the Trainers Manual
Dr. Susan Weinberger
Mentor Consulting Group
Copies: 2
Pages: 65
This is a manual that models a Train the Trainer workshop. It covers
all the basics, such as good mentoring skills, ice breakers, goal
setting and confidentiality.
Mentoring 101…the Mentee
The Mass Mentoring Partnership
Copies: 2
Pages: 23
This is a Train the Trainer manual focusing on training youth to
get the most out of having a mentor. It covers icebreakers, what
is a mentor, diversity and communication skills.
A Training Guide for Mentors
by, Jay Smink
National Dropout Prevention Center, 1999
Copies: 1
Pages: 70
This training guide was written to meet the need for high quality
mentor programs. It is broken into 6 sections. It covers what a
mentor is and gives a lot of examples for training techniques. This
guide has a lot of great information and is great to read prior
to training or becoming a mentor.
A MentorActive Approach to Reclaiming Youth at Risk
Dare Mighty Things Inc., 2000
Copies: 1
Pages: 140
This is a folder with audio tapes, a mentor’s study guide,
a puzzle, and a leader’s guide. These are all used for a training
meant to last about 4 hours. It focuses on 4 stories of troubled
youth and helps mentors see life through their eyes, understand
their problems and discover how they can help.
Mentoring A-Z Training Manual
The Mass Mentoring Partnership
Copies: 3
Pages: 60
This training manual covers characteristics of a quality program,
sample handouts/forms, sample applications and evaluations. This
is a good manual for training people how to start mentoring programs.
Partnerships for Success: A Mentor Program Manual
The Enterprise Foundation/United Way of America, 1990
Copies: 1
Pages: 66
This manual is composed of an overview of mentoring, how to develop
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What's Working?
Search Institute, National Mentoring Partnership, Minnesota Mentoring
Partnership
Copies: 1
Pages: 120
This is a manual full of tools to evaluate your mentoring program. It
starts with ideas on how to decide which tools are best for you, and then
gives you examples of surveys, interview questions, tally sheets and
tables that are useful in evaluation. With many different tools to choose from,
this books offers evaluation methods for all types of mentor programs.
A Resource Guide to Mentoring in Vermont
Vermont State Dept. of Education, 1992
Copies: 2
Pages: 60
This book covers hints on how to make your mentoring program work.
There is information on existing mentoring programs in the state,
as well as sample forms for things like mentor applications and
program policies.
Mentors Make a Difference Guidebook to Mentoring
Vermont Chamber of Commerce Business-Education Partnership
Copies: 2
Pages:120
This guidebook serves a resource in helping you develop a sustainable
mentor program. It covers program design, recruitment, application/screening
process, matching mentors with mentees, fundraising and evaluation
of the program. It also has a lot of sample forms, statistics and
outside articles.
Danville Elementary School Mentor Manual
Danville Elementary School
Copies: 1
Pages: approx. 30
This booklet is a compilation of useful articles, statistics, handouts,
resource and activity lists. A lot of information that would be
interested in anyone interested in becoming a mentor or setting
up a program.
Yes,You Can: Establishing Mentoring Programs to Prepare Youth
for College
U.S. Dept. of Education, 1998
Copies: 3
Pages: 60
This book is a guide for employers, community-based organizations,
college students, senior citizens, or others who are interested
in starting a mentoring program. Included is practical information
about starting a program as well as examples of successful programs
and resources to call upon for more information and support.
One on One: A Guide for Establishing Mentor Programs
U.S. Dept. of Education
Copies: 1
Pages: 58
This book is a guide to developing and implementing mentor programs
in your community. It covers what a mentor is, guidelines for mentor
programs and resources for programs. It also profiles a few successful
mentoring programs.
ABC’s of Mentoring
Vermont Initiative for Mentoring/VCCBEP, 1996
Copies: 1
Pages: 150
This booklet contains the standards and criteria developed in collaboration
with a diverse group of Vermont mentor programs and nationally recognized
mentor programs. Included are standards in program assessment, goals,
recruitment and training, to name a few.
More Than a Matter of Trust: Managing the Risks of Mentoring
Nonprofit Risk Management Center, 1998
Copies: 7
Pages: 59
This book contains information on risk management fundamentals
for mentoring programs, including legal liability issues and further
resources.
Guide to Workplace Mentoring Programs
One to One Partnership, 1992
Copies: 1
Pages: 74
This is a guide that has been developed to assist businesses in
establishing high quality, sustainable mentoring programs to support
the youth of their communities. It covers the steps to developing
a program, gives program models, points out useful resources, and
even touches on why creating a mentoring program is good for the
business.
Mentoring for Resiliency: Setting Up Programs for Moving Youth
from "Stressed to Success"
Resiliency in Action Inc., 2000
Copies: 1
Pages: 87
This book promotes the message that the quality of person-to-person
relationships is the most important consideration in fostering youth
resiliency. It describes programs that have been successful at building
resiliency, and what makes them more successful than others.
Linking College Students and At-Risk Youth
Campus Compact: The Project for Public and Community Service, 1990
Copies: 1
Pages: 46
In 1988 Campus Compact launched a 3-year effort to support the
involvement of university and college students as mentors of youth
in need of caring and support. This manual has strategies for planning
and conducting campus-based mentoring programs.
Career Links: An Employment-Related Mentorship Program for Economically
Disadvantaged Teen Girls
Illinois State Board of Education, 1990
Copies: 1
Pages: 30
This program guide is designed for social service agencies, educational
institutions, and other organizations interested in conducting an
employment-related mentorship program for economically disadvantaged
young women and girls.
A Hand Up, Guide to Mentoring
by, Eleni Papadakis and Ann Petter
Corporation for Business, Work, and Learning
This is a handbook designed for developing mentoring programs,
with a complete mentor training curriculum, including handouts.
Curriculum Book for the Mentorship Project
University of Vermont
Copies: 1
Pages: 120
This is an overview of a project set up between the University
of Vermont, Rutland High School and the Vermont Federation of Families.
It is filled with activities to improve team building, goal planning,
problem solving, decision making, conflict resolution, community
service and self appraisal skills.
The Maryland Mentoring Partnership Strategic Plan Outline
June 2001
Copies: 1
Pages: 20
This is a booklet that includes information regarding the Maryland Mentoring Partnership in the areas of cost, need for expansion and an overview of the program as a whole.
Mentoring Programs for At-Risk Youth
National Dropout Prevention Center, 1990
Copies: 1
Pages: 15
This booklet discusses what a mentorŐs role in dropout prevention is, examples of some successful programs and gives twelve steps to setting up a mentoring program.
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Some Things Do Make a Difference for Youth: A Compendium of
Evaluations of Youth Programs and Practices
American Youth Policy Forum, 1997
Copies: 1
Pages: 172
ISBN 1-887031-58-8
This book highlights research findings that improve the lives of
young people in areas such as education, employment, community programs
and provides ideas on where to best invest scarce resources.
Big Brothers/ Big Sisters: A Study of Program Practices
Public/Private Ventures, 1993
Copies: 1
Pages: 65
This booklet covers a four-year study conducted by the P/PV to
determine the usefulness of mentoring as an intervention for at-risk
youth. The study examines the implementation of the Big Brother/Big
Sister program model among eight BB/BS agencies to reflect differences
in recruiting, screening, training, matching and supervision.
Big Brothers/Big Sisters: A Study of Volunteer Recruitment and
Screening
Public/Private Ventures, 1994
Copies: 1
Pages: 50
This booklet covers research conducted by the P/PV regarding outcomes
of recruitment/screening tools, different techniques, and how potential
volunteers react to the different tools and techniques.
Mentoring in the Juvenile Justice System: Findings for Two Pilot
Programs
Public/Private Ventures, 1994
Copies: 1
Pages: 70
This booklet covers P/PV’s research in their pilot mentor
model designed to bridge a youth’s incarceration in a juvenile
justice institution and his/her discharge to the community through
mentoring.
Mentoring School-Age Children: A Classification of Programs
Public/Private Ventures, 1999
This booklet covers research done to answer the questions: (1)
How can we usefully characterize the new types of mentoring programs
operating today, and (2) Are any of these new types effective in
developing meaningful relationships between mentors and mentees.
This report also includes a classification of mentoring programs
based on the collected data.
Making A Difference: An Impact Study of Big Brothers/Big Sisters
Public/Private Ventures, 1995
Copies: 1
Pages: 65
This research covers the impact of having a big brother or big
sister on children’s antisocial behaviors, family/peer relationships,
self-concept, and social/cultural enrichment. This book is filled
with tables and statistical findings in these areas.
Mentoring: A Synthesis of P/PV’s Research 1988-1995
Public/Private Ventures
Copies: 1
Pages: 67
This book contains major findings made by P/PV around mentoring
from 1988-1995. Included are studies around college students as
mentors, big brother/big sister programs, mentoring in the juvenile
justice system and how relationships between mentees and mentors
is formed.
Mentoring School-Age Children: A Classification of Programs
Public/Private Ventures, 1999
Copies: 1
Pages: 5
This is a booklet of findings to the questions: (1) How can we
usefully characterize the new types of mentoring programs operating
today, and (2) Are any of these new types effective in developing
meaningful relationships between mentor and youth? It also classifies
the mentoring programs where the data came from.
School-based Mentoring
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, 1999
Copies: 1
Pages: 20
This booklet is an evaluation of five pilot programs at BBBS agencies.
They looked at issues such as self-confidence, school performance
and relationships toward peers over a two year period. This booklet
is full of interesting stories, insights and statistics.
Strategic Growth Plan
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, 2000
Copies: 1
Pages: 24
This booklet covers the Big Brother Big Sister of America’s
strategic plan from July 2000-June 2004 to enroll 1,000,000 children
in mentoring relationships by the year 2010. It covers goals, principles,
and action plans. It has a lot of statistics and other research
data.
School-Based Programs
Public/Private Ventures, 2000
Copies: 1
Pages: 46
This study explores volunteer’s experiences and relationship
development within school based programs and community based programs.
The study focuses on the issues of what mentoring is, do these programs
make a difference in the lives of the mentors and what programs
can do to ensure optimal development of supportive relationships,
and is it different for school based and community based programs.
Building Relationships with Program Youth in Program Settings
Public/Private Ventures, 1995
Copies: 1
Pages: 125
This study was conducted to refine earlier P/PV research and address
the questions: (1) Do our earlier findings hold when matches consist
of youth and volunteers drawn from a more general population? (2)
Can we refine our classification of mentoring relationships beyond
"satisfying" and "non-satisfying"? , and (3)
Are there distinguishable expectations, behaviors or interactions
associated with different types of relationships, or do they change
over time?
The Future of Children: Critical Health Issues for Children
and Youth
Center for the Future of Children, 1994
Copies: 1
Pages: 139
This is a book full of statistics and research information pertaining
to children’s health issues. It focuses on violence, insurance,
HIV/AIDS and smoking. Information compiled from numerous agencies
and physicians.
Understanding Mentoring Relationships
Search Institute Report, 1992
Copies: 1
Pages: 60
This study was designed to investigate and document the nature
and quality of actual mentoring relationships and the processes
used to establish and support such relationships. It provides mentors
with information about different programs, so they can best chose
where to volunteer, it gives organizations a systematic way of describing
their mentoring programs and their unique characteristics, and gives
policy makers and others interested in mentoring a framework for
understanding mentoring programs.
Relationships in a Career Mentoring Program: Lessons Learned
from the Hospital Youth Mentoring Program
Public/Private Ventures, 1998
This study examines one mentoring program that has attempted to
unite older youth’s need for both emotional and instrumental
adult support. It answers the question: ‘Is career mentoring
viable for disadvantaged youth?’
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Parent Involvement Handbook
Education Today, 1994
Copies: 1
Pages: 100
This book covers how parents can get involved in their child's
education,
what to do when extra help is needed, how home life effects a child's
education and how parents can stay involved as the child grows.
Mentoring Answer Book
Cyndi Klapperich, 2002
Copies: 1
Pages: 70
This book is a guide for mentors, and covers real issues/questions that a
mentor might face. It covers manners, hygiene, health, financial, family,
behavior, academic and mental health issues. It also lists some low-cost
activities you can do with your mentor, as well as service project ideas.
How to be a Great Mentor, Get Involved
State of California Alcohol and Drug Program
Copies: 1
Pages: 8
A short booklet with an overview of what a mentor is, sample activities
for mentors/mentees, and lists by state of mentoring programs available.
My Mentor & Me
Dr. Susan G. Weinberger, 2000
Copies: 2
Pages:40
This booklet lists 36 weekly activities for mentors and mentees
to do together. It focuses on elementary school aged children.
Mentors Make a Difference
Girls First/Boyz First Mentoring Program
Copies: 1
Pages: approx. 50
This is a manual for a mentor that covers the roles of a mentor,
adolescent development, communication, goal setting and conflict
resolution skills, activity ideas and tips and resources for mentors.
Mentors Strengthen Community Service
Cynthia Parsons, 1999
Copies: 2
Pages: 18
This is a booklet that encourages all students (Pre-K to Graduate)
to do voluntary community service integrated with academic coursework.
Published in Vermont, this booklet is filled with personal experiences
and really gets you thinking about the benefits and importance of
mentoring.
Reflections on the Mentoring Movement
Marc Freedman, 1992
Copies: 1
Pages: 80
This booklet focuses on Freedman’s study, The Kindness of
Strangers, and looks at the roots, current shapes, and social and
operational implications of mentoring. Although not based on reality,
the study does illuminate mentoring’s possibilities and limitations.
The study concludes that under popular banner, like mentoring, lie
important truths with important possibilities, if we only take the
time and effort to carry them out.
Elder Mentor Handbook
Center for Intergenerational Learning, Temple University, 1993
Copies: 1
Pages: 46
This booklet covers what a mentor is, information on adolescents
and how to build a mentor/mentee relationship. Has a lot of good
and interesting information, including a large form resource section.
Mentoring Young People Makes A Difference
Education Commission of the States, 1990
Copies: 1
Pages: 21
This booklet examines the concept of mentoring at-risk youth. It
looks at the concept of mentoring and discusses several existing
and successful mentoring programs.
The Mentor Handbook
Educational Resources Network Inc., 1990
Copies: 1
Pages: 31
This handbook was created to serve as a guide for all individuals
engaged in one-to-one relationships in mentoring programs. It includes
mentor roles, responsibilities, and successful strategies and techniques.
Mirror Mirror on the Wall: A Book about Me
Kathy Faggella and Janet Horowitz Inc., 1995
Copies: 2
Pages: 48
This is a book full of activities meant to build the relationship
between mentor and mentee. It is a tool used so the mentor and youth
can get to know the other’s interests and feelings better.
It has about 45 activities.
Elders as Mentors: A Training Program for Older Adults
Center for Intergenerational Learning, Temple University 1993
Copies: 1
Pages: 20
This guide is based on four years of experience from two intergenerational
mentoring initiatives. It reflects the feedback from elder mentors
and youth as well as the observations of program coordinators.
Playing Their Parts: Parents and Teachers Talk About Parental
Involvement in Public Schools
Public Agenda, 1999
Copies: 1
Pages: 50
This book clarifies some areas of miscommunication among parents,
teachers, and school officials. It reveals explicit conversation
about what parents and schools should do — jointly and separately
— to advance out children’s academic success.
Mentoring Revolution: Growing America One Child at a Time
Andrew M. Mecca, 2001
Copies: 1
Pages: 56
Dr. Mecca has made a lifelong commitment to mentoring, and has written many books on self-esteem, and health promotion. This book expresses the need for a new national strategy, the benefits of mentoring and a model for America.
Read To Me: Raising Kids Who Love to Read
Bernice E. Cullinan, 1992
Copies: 1
Pages: 150
ISBN: 0590466135
This book covers when to start reading to your child, how to use television wisely, and how to make a reader out of your child. It also contains a list of read-aloud books for preschoolers to preteens.
Stand By Me: The Risks and Rewards of Mentoring TodayŐs Youth
Jean E. Rhodes, 2002
Copies: 2
Pages: 165
ISBN: 0674007379
In this book, Dr. Rhodes draws on the latest findings on mentoring and her own extensive, groundbreaking studies. Rhodes examines the psychological process of mentoring in itŐs many forms, the bond that develops between mentors and youth, what each group brings to the processes and what they get out of it, and the important role that adults who are not their parents can play in the development of children.
Parenting from the Heart
Jack Pransky
Copies: 1
Pages: 150
ISBN: 0965905705
Jack Pransky is the director of the NorthEast Health Realization Institute and is an international prevention consultant and parenting trainer. This book demonstrates how every parent can access the wisdom and perspective needed to raise healthy, happy and even wise children.
Homework Tips for Parents
U.S. Department of Education, 2002
Copies: 1
Pages: 16
This is a short pamphlet written in both English and Spanish with hints on how parents can help their children with homework.
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