Encouraging Greatness: How Boys and Young Men of Color Define High-Quality Mentoring for Career and College Readiness

Autor/in	Dolberry, Maurice
Institution	MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership
Titel	Encouraging Greatness: How Boys and Young Men of Color Define High-Quality Mentoring for Career and College Readiness
Quelle	(2020), (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Mentors; Males; Minority Group Students; Career Readiness; College Readiness; Cultural Relevance; African American Students; Hispanic American Students; Racial Bias; At Risk Students; Self Concept; Group Activities; African Americans; Racial Factors; Program Effectiveness; Student Attitudes; Interpersonal Relationship; Self Esteem; New York; California (Los Angeles); Illinois; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Male; Männliches Geschlecht; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Selbstkonzept; Gruppenaktivität; Schülerverhalten; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit
Abstract	Mentorship, and the notion of who is a mentor, both hold a revered place for boys and young men of color (BYMOC). Mentoring programs must help mentees build intellectual confidence, academic self-esteem, and an overall belief that they are capable of overcoming the systemic barriers to their success in school. MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership began this work in a resource guide titled "Finding the Greatness Within," which detailed the attributes and purposes of quality career and college-readiness mentoring for BYMOC. Building upon that work, MENTOR commissioned A Line in the Sand, LLC, to conduct a subsequent study. This new study involved conducting focus groups, interviews, and surveys of mentees in multiple programs, resulting in this issue brief. Its purpose is to provide advice to all mentors and mentoring programs, directly from BYMOC in mentoring programs, on what works in supporting their preparation for college and career. The Findings section organizes what was learned from mentees in the study into four emergent themes that address the ways their programs effectively helped them build a sense of community, craft a scholarly identity, and challenge systemic barriers to their success. [For "Finding the Greatness Within: Supporting College and Career Success for Young Men of Color," see ED603665.] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	MENTOR: National Mentoring Partnership. 1600 Duke Street Suite 300, Alexandria, VA 22314. Tel: 703-224-2200; Fax: 703-226-2581; e-mail: community@mentoring.org; Web site: http://www.mentoring.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01