NCJ Number
151859
Date Published
1992
Length
211 pages
Annotation
This manual is designed to help schools and their community partners establish organized programs in which adults act as mentors to students identified by the schools as most likely to benefit from such a relationship.
Abstract
There are many possible types of school-based mentoring programs, in which young professionals can work with students who have no model of adult achievement, senior citizens can act as surrogate grandparents, and adult women can help pregnant adolescents stay in school and care for their infants. The steps outlined here for planning a mentoring program include creating awareness, assessing needs, identifying potential resources, setting goals and objectives, and designing the program. The actual program implementation involves recruiting mentors and identifying students, conducting an orientation session, assigning and training mentors, recognizing and retaining mentors, and evaluating students' progress and the overall mentoring relationship. 15 references and 1 appendix