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About MENTOR - National Mentoring Partnership
MENTOR is the nation's leading advocate and expert resource for youth mentoring, delivering the research, policy recommendations , advocacy and practical performance tools that facilitate expansion of mentoring initiatives. MENTOR believes that, with the help and guidance of an adult mentor, each child can unlock his or her potential.
For nearly two decades, MENTOR has worked to expand the world of quality youth mentoring. In cooperation with a strong national network of mentoring partnerships throughout the country and with more than 4,100 mentoring programs nationwide, MENTOR helps to connect young Americans who want and need caring adults in their lives with the power of mentoring.
MENTOR is committed to continued service as the national clearinghouse for best practices and national standards, tools and resources, advocacy and public opinion and collaboration with partners nationwide in pursuit of the greater good: Closing the national mentoring gap, 15 million, so that all of America's youth may benefit from a caring adult.
Youth Mentoring
- Does tutoring in school work the same as mentoring? -- Yes or No
- Do girls work better with female or male mentors? -- Female or Male
- Are children of prisoners less likely to commit crimes if helped by mentors? -- Yes or No
- Tips for teen mentors: How to make connections with teens
- E-mentoring: The benefits of using online tools to mentor teens
- The pros and cons of online mentoring
- Testimonies: How serving as a youth mentor enriched my life
- Testimonies: How a mentor enriched my life
- The pros and cons of teens mentoring schoolchildren
- Successful fund-raising ideas for youth mentoring programs
- How to recognize and retain mentors in your youth mentoring program
- Successful strategies to market youth mentoring programs
- Effective Web 2.0 strategies to support youth mentoring programs
- What makes a mentor different from a parent or teacher?
- What makes an effective youth mentor?
- Reflections: Imagining a world without mentors
- Same race versus cross-race youth mentoring: Does it make a difference? -- Yes or No
- Do boys work better with male or female mentors? -- Male or Female
- Can mentoring teens in the workplace help build career paths? -- No or Yes
- Should teens mentor school-aged children? -- No or Yes
- Should mentor programs consider race when connecting mentors with children? -- No or Yes
- Do mentoring programs provide safe learning environments for gay and lesbian youth? -- No or Yes
- Should minority mentees be matched only with same minority mentors? -- No or Yes
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Partner Resources
- MENTOR's homepage
- Find Local Mentoring Opportunities
- Screen Volunteer Mentors with SafetyNET
- Funding for Mentoring Children of Incarcerated
- Start a Mentoring Program
- Advocate for Mentoring
- Take Action: National Agenda for Action
- Research-based Field-tested Mentoring Guidelines
- Mentoring Theory into Practice: Research in Action
