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Next Live Webinar: Cultural and Class Conflicts in Mentor-Mentee Matches: Strategies for Mentoring Organizations and Professionals

Cultural and Class Conflicts in Mentor-Mentee Matches: Strategies for Mentoring Organizations and Professionals September 17, 2015 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM EDT REGISTER NOW Far too many of us are uncomfortable discussing race, culture and class. Responding to conflict of “cultural and class tension” can be challenging for even the most experienced professional, but lack […]

Andy Mecca on the Mentoring Today podcast

August 19, 2015/0 Comments/in Webinars, Podcasts and Forums /by Jean Rhodes

Listen to Vince Reardon, host of Mentoring Today, interview Andy Mecca on “Providing Youth with Tools for a Lifetime of Achievement” on Thursday, August 20 at 2:00 p.m. ET on Blog Talk Radio. Mecca is uniquely qualified to discuss guiding youth to achievement. He is author of 12 books about youth development, drug prevention, and mentoring young adults, including […]

New video underscores importance of children’s relationships

August 18, 2015/0 Comments/in Webinars, Podcasts and Forums /by Jean Rhodes

From the Harvard Center for the Developing Child Science tells us that the foundations of sound mental health are built early in life. Early experiences—including children’s relationships with parents, caregivers, relatives, teachers, and peers—interact with genes to shape the architecture of the developing brain. Disruptions in this developmental process can impair a child’s capacities for […]

The late Sir David Frost recalls his high school English teacher

July 15, 2015/0 Comments/in Content for Mentors, Content for Non-Profits & Policy-Makers, Profiles in Mentoring, The Person Who Changed My Life /by Jean Rhodes

Chapter 77 of Matilda Raffa Cuomo’s book: The Person Who Changed My Life, journalist, comedian, writer, media personality and television host David Frost recalls his high school English teacher who encouraged him to think critically and for himself.

Edward Asner remembers the enduring influence of his high school football coach and his journalism teacher

June 23, 2015/0 Comments/in Content for Mentors, Content for Non-Profits & Policy-Makers, Podcasts, Profiles in Mentoring, The Person Who Changed My Life /by Nancy McNamara

In Chapter 7 of Matilda Raffa Cuomo’s book: The Person Who Changed My Life,Edward Asner, film, television, and stage actor and former president of the Screen Actors Guild, remembers the enduring influence of his high school football coach and his journalism teacher.

The late Walter Cronkite’s reflection on his high school mentor, Fred Birney

June 16, 2015/0 Comments/in Content for Mentors, Content for Non-Profits & Policy-Makers, Podcasts, Profiles in Mentoring, The Person Who Changed My Life /by Nancy McNamara

In Matilda Raffa Cuomo’s book, The Person Who Changed My Life, acclaimed broadcast journalist and anchorman Walter Cronkite discussed his high school mentor — a man who was instrumental in setting him on his lifelong career path of journalism. Here is an excerpt by Walter Cronkite: I went to San Jacinto High School in Houston, Texas, in […]

Now online: The new science of mentoring: Leveraging evidence to improve outcomes

June 5, 2015/0 Comments/in Content for Researchers & Academics, Webinars, Podcasts and Forums /by Jean Rhodes

See the keynote address that Professor Jean Rhodes gave at the European Mentoring Congress last year. https://vimeo.com/89859321 Keynote address from the 2014 Mentoring Congress in Heerenveen, The Netherlands on March 20th, 2014. Dr. Jean Rhodes, Frank L. Boyden Professor of Psychology at University of Massachusetts Boston and Research Director of The Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring, […]

Tactful mentors: A mentor is often someone older, but must she also be wiser?

May 7, 2015/0 Comments/in Content for Mentors, Content for Non-Profits & Policy-Makers, Podcasts, Practice /by Michael Karcher

When I train mentors, especially those with considerable life and work experience, or when I discuss training with mentoring professionals who provide training to such mentors in their programs, I try to make clear my belief that mentors need to know that a youth mentor’s job is not to “talk at” or “inform” the mentee […]

“Brokering:” A key strategy for supporting youths’ interests

May 1, 2015/0 Comments/in Content for Researchers & Academics, Webinars, Podcasts and Forums /by Jean Rhodes

Ching, D., Santo, R., Hoadley, C., Peppler, K. (2015). On-ramps, Lane Changes, Detours and Destinations: Building Connected Learning Pathways in Hive NYC through Brokering Future Learning Opportunities. New York, NY: Hive Research Lab. [link] Summarized by Dixie Ching and Rafi Santo, Project Leads of the Hive Research Lab. In the summer of 2014, Hive Research […]

Download a Free Chapter from Using Research Evidence in Education

April 23, 2015/0 Comments/in Content for Researchers & Academics, Mentoring in the News, Webinars, Podcasts and Forums /by Jean Rhodes

“Building the Infrastructure to Improve the Use and Usefulness of Research in Education” Vivian Tseng and Sandra Nutley point the way forward for education researchers and policymakers, summarizing the key points made throughout Using Research Evidence in Education, and concluding: “Research is not the next silver bullet for education reform, and simply mandating its use […]

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