Entries by Jean Rhodes

Podcast describes an online mentoring program for aspiring composers

http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/97022/vt-students-learn-music-composition-through-mentor/ Vt. Students Learn Music Composition Through Mentoring Program Thursday, 01/03/13 4:50pm LISTEN (5:18) MP3 | Download MP3 Neal Charnoff  (reprinted from VPR) Music composition is alive and well in Vermont schools, thanks to an online mentoring program. Music-COMP is a non-profit service which brings together music teachers and professional mentors to insure that composition […]

January 17th Webinar: Looking Back, Looking Forward

January Webinar Looking Back, Looking Forward: Collaborative Mentoring Webinar Series Thursday, January 17, 2013 10:00-11:15 AM Pacific/ 11:00-12:15 PM Mountain/ 12:00-1:15 PM Central/1:00-2:15 PM Eastern We did it! We successfully held 12 collaborative webinars in 2012, reaching hundreds of youth mentoring professionals and talking about important topic to the field. In this month’s webinar, we’ll […]

Program Corner: Enhancing Your Ability to Train Mentors through Technology

  In this post, I have asked Butch Schuck and Amy Steinhilber to comment on how technology has enhanced mentor training in the National Guard Youth Challenge Program (www.ngycp.org).  Butch Schuck serves as the Deputy Program Director for the National Challenge Institute – the training arm for the Youth Challenge program.  Amy Steinhilber is the […]

Michael J. Karcher, Ed.D., Ph.D.

Michael J. Karcher, Ed.D., Ph.D., is the K-12 editor. He is a Professor of Counseling in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he coordinates the School Counseling Training Program. He conducts research on school-based and cross-age peer mentoring as well as on adolescent connectedness and pair counseling. He authored […]

David DuBois

David DuBois serves as the Evidence Editor and will write and oversee the Chronicle’s new Evidence Corner. The Evidence Corner will serve as David’s platform to cover issues related to program evaluation and the interpretation and application of evaluation and research findings. David brings a strong foundation for this analytic role. He is a Professor […]

Dave Van Patten

Dave Van Patten serves as the Program Editor, through which he will write and oversee the Chronicle’s new Program Corner blog. The Program Corner will serve as Dave’s platform to cover emerging issues in youth mentoring programs and government initiatives. Dave serves as co-Chair of MENTOR’s Research and Policy Council, and brings years of experience to […]

Marty Martinez, M.A.

Marty Martinez, M.A. serves as the Practice Editor and will write and oversee the Practice Corner blog. The Practice Corner will serve as Marty’s platform to cover issues related to MENTOR’s network of State Partnership. Marty Martinez is the president and CEO of the Mass Mentoring Partnership (MMP). He has been a leader in shaping and implementing MMP’s […]

W. Wilson Goode, Sr.

W. Wilson Goode, Sr. writes and moderates the Policy Corner blog. This blog serves as Dr. Goode’s platform to cover issues that stand at the intersection of mentoring and public policy. As the President of Amachi, Inc., — an acclaimed national model faith-based program for mentoring children of incarcerated parents — Dr. Goode brings years of experience […]

New short film explores power of mentoring.

As a member of the MacArthur Foundation’s Network on Connected Learning, I wanted to share with you a great new short on mentoring. The Foundation commissioned filmmaker Nic Askew to make a series of short film that explores the underlying thinking of our six principles of Connected learning: interests, peers, youth as producers, networks, shared purpose, and […]

New study explores individual differences in youth’s preferences for matched-ethnic mentors in STEM

. Syed, M., Goza, B.K., Chemers, M.M. & Zurbriggen, E.L. (2012). Individual differences in preferences for matched-ethnic mentors among high-achieving ethnically diverse adolescents in STEM. Child Development, 83 (3), 896-910. (reviewed by Stella Kanchewa) Problem: Significant ethnic disparities exist in adolescents and young adults’ participation in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education, including undergraduate and graduate academic […]