Mentoring Central

Building the Foundation

Course Title	Building the Foundation
Description	Web-delivered training course for building the foundation for developing a mentoring relationship with children or adolescents. View a Free Demonstration (registration required)
Objectives	Learn about the impact of mentoring on youth. Develop realistic expectations for mentoring youth. Develop awareness of your motivations for mentoring and the implications of different types of motivations. Learn about the roles that mentors should and should not play in the lives of youth. Learn about the key behavioral characteristics of effective mentors. Learn about the importance of having fun.
Topics	Lesson 1: Introduction to Mentoring Central Lesson 2: Motivation and Expectations Lesson 3: Roles Mentors Should and Should Not Play Lesson 4: Behavioral Characteristics of Effective Mentors Lesson 5: The Importance of Having Fun in a Mentoring Relationship
Target Audience	Pre-match or early match mentors
Course Delivery	Interactive Rich multi-media
Assessments	Pretraining surveys including information about basic demographic and mentoring background information; your motivation to be a mentor; your expectations of mentoring; your preferences for mentees; and your readiness to begin mentoring. Final brief Quiz designed to assess knowledge of the core concepts. Mentors are provided with immediate feedback to each quiz question to facilitate learning. Brief post-training survey to reflect upon expectations and perceived readiness to mentor after having completed the course.
Additional Resources	A Mentor Training Journal that allows mentor to reflect upon the core concepts of the course in relation to their own personalities, strengths, and perceived challenges. Downloadable PDF containing a summary of the tips, key concepts, and facts included in the Building the Foundation course. Downloadable Certificate of Completion PDF indicating completion of the five Building the Foundation lessons and successfully passing the Knowledge Application Quiz.
Instructors	Self-administered and Self-paced Commentary provided by Dr. Janis Kupersmidt, innovation Research & Training, and Dr. Jean Rhodes, University of Massachusetts at Boston
Acknowledgements	Developed with funding from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NICHD or the National Institutes of Health
Time to Complete	1 - 1.5 hours
Cost	Place an Order