TRAINING - Elements of Effective Practice, Third Edition

Join MENTOR and MetLife Foundation for an upcoming webinar on MENTOR's newly revised Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring™, third edition. This webinar is geared toward mentoring programs and will provide an overview of the third edition of the Elements, highlighting the research and studies that underpin the benchmarks and suggested enhancements. Featured speakers include Dr. Jean Rhodes, Chair, MENTOR's Research & Policy Council and Professor of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston; and Dr. Janis Kupersmidt, President and Senior Research Associate of innovation Research & Training. Dr. Kupersmidt managed the revision of MENTOR's Elements.

Throughout 2010, MENTOR will host a series of webinars designed to train mentoring programs on MENTOR's Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring™, third edition. The Elements webinar series will address each of the six evidence-based standards featured in the third edition to include the operational standards addressing: recruitment; screening; training; matching; monitoring and support; and closure.

In the second half of 2010, webinars will be held on the program design, management and evaluation of mentoring programs. Many of the webinars will feature a prominent researcher to discuss the impact that a particular research study has on an operational standard. Further, all webinars will include a Mentoring Partnership and mentoring program to discuss their success and experience with a particular standard.

MENTOR's 2010 Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring™ Webinar series is sponsored by the MetLife Foundation. The Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring, Third Edition, was funded by a generous grant from MetLife Foundation.

>>>Click here for additional information about MENTOR's Elements series.