Entries by Cyanea Poon

Profiles in Mentoring: Roger Jarjoura on future directions in mentoring

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Interviewed by Cyanea Poon Roger Jarjoura is a principal researcher at AIR. Previously he spent 19 years as a faculty member in the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs, where he served as a fellow on Community Engagement. Dr. Jarjoura has served as an investigator on several evaluation studies, including an OJJDP-funded, national […]

Webinar: Group Mentoring Models and Practices

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   Group Mentoring: Models and Practices February 21, 2019 1:00-2:15pm EST   Group mentoring has become increasingly popular within youth serving programs, in part because agencies can serve more mentees with fewer mentors. Yet, with few official guidelines, many organizations struggle to understand what group mentoring is, and how to integrate actual “mentoring” into their […]

New study on the risks and rewards of school-based mentoring

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Lyons, M. D., & McQuillin, S. D. (2019). Risks and rewards of school-based mentoring relationships: A reanalysis of the student mentoring program evaluation. School Psychology Quarterly, 34(1), 76–85. https://doi.org/10.1037/spq0000265 Summarized by Rachel Thompson Notes of Interest: The current study reanalyzed a RCT of a SBM program, with attention on how mentee-reported relationship quality can affect academic and […]

Iconic fashion brand AnnTaylor Retail, Inc. partners with Vital Voices to mentor young women

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By Tatiana Pile, AOL.com For young women aspiring to become leaders in their communities, mentorship can be vital aspect to their success. Currently, only 5 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs are women — but AnnTaylor Retail, Inc. and Vital Voices want break the status quo with HERLead, a fellowship which equips young women with the tools they need to become the […]

New study on Friends of the Children program

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Salazar, A.,Haggerty, P., Walsh, S., Noell, B & Kelley-Siel, E. (2019). Adapting the Friends of the Children programme for child welfare system‐involved families, Child & Family Social Work. doi:10.1111/cfs.12622 Summarized by Rachel Thompson Notes of Interest: This study highlighted the importance of paid mentors in providing crucial long-term relationships, for both foster care children and […]

Evidence is only as good as what you do with it

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By Mark Lipsey, William T. Grant Foundation We are living in a time of unprecedented systematic research on the effectiveness of interventions that are intended to produce better outcomes. This level of effort is producing a substantial volume of intervention research, but a critical question is what to do with these studies? The federal government […]

Webinar: Maximizing Volunteer Engagement

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  Maximizing Volunteer Engagement January 24, 2019 1:00-2:15pm EST   Mentoring programs are focused on recruiting and engaging volunteers as mentors, but is there potential for volunteers to support our programs in other ways? Learn how to maximize the potential of your volunteers beyond mentoring, and engage them in recruiting other mentors and mentees, supporting […]

NMRC quality member spotlight: The garage community and youth center

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By Abigail Ellis, National Mentoring Resources Center The Garage Community and Youth Center has been a haven for middle and high school youth living near their two sites in Kennett Square and West Grove, Pennsylvania. Amongst diverse out of school time, programs like arts, community service activities, career coaching, and tutoring, their longstanding mentoring program was a […]