Mentoring Practice

Here we provide the latest science of different approaches to mentoring practice, from how to encourage engagement to managing closures —and everything in between.

FORUM: How do you encourage mentors to support students academically?

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For the longest time, policymakers, school districts, and educators…

2014 SAFE Training Certification

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Friends for Youth has been the leader in the youth mentoring…

FORUM: What does it mean for a mentor to be an “advocate” for a young person?

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Last week, we began exploring the connections between advocacy…

Why matching on shared interest matters!

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Posted by Adam Gorlick-Stanford Simply sharing a love for…

BBBS Mass Bay announces a new blog: Being Big

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Please see the new blog for stories and interviews about men…

Short Course on Youth Mentoring in the Digital Age

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The MENTOR/UMass Boston Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring invites you to a short course on Youth Mentoring in the Digital Age.

POLL: What are your mentoring program’s biggest professional development needs?

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As a training and technical assistance provider, I’ve spent…

Teaching Youth to Recruit Supportive Adults

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 by Sarah Schwartz The story of 15-year-old Davion Only has…

MENTOR, Pivot TV Pair Pop Culture with Social Action

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October 2013 Joe Halpern, MENTOR Writer MENTOR has begun…

FORUM: Should we be devoting more time and resources to “natural” mentoring?

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There has been a lot of research in recent years examining the…