Essay On Mentoring Program

Introduction: The present research would seek to expand upon the current research base of mentor programs. Having an adult mentor is one of the greatest predictors of whether as student with finish high school, but more is information is needed. Indeed, mentoring programs are already associated with improved outcomes such as higher graduation rates, better grades, better jobs, and less drug abuse, but what makes for a successful program? Obviously, the goal behind these programs is to benefit children, but making sure your program is getting the most from its funding is imperative when budgets are as tight as they are in educational community.

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Research Question: If you want to develop such a program there are certain questions you need to ask as a researcher. For example, what strategies are most associated with the best outcomes? What is the ideal length of interaction? What role should academics play in these programs? The present study aims to address these questions of size and scope as well as to provide concrete evidence pertaining to length, training, and frameworks that can be used in the future development of mentoring programs. The present study will investigate the impact of a highly structured new mentoring program on educational and real world outcomes compared with outcomes from students who participate in other programs or no programs at all. Specifically, the present study seeks to compare and examine the differences in grades (GPA) and education attainment (highest grade completed) between the control group and the experimental group. In addition, further analysis will be performed to investigate any differences between the mentor program and the control condition in regards to drop out ra...

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...us on grade level, location, school performance, and individual performance. Counselors will identify appropriate students in a variety of ways, most often asking school staff (such as teachers or counselors from the participating schools) to identify and refer students in need of mentoring to the program.

Schools were selected based upon being in the bottom 10 percent on national benchmark assessments and were varied geographically. As a control, students in the program will be compared to similar students who signed up but were not assigned to participate in the programs. These students will receive a small amount of compensation for participation, detailed later in the present paper. Thus, the study provides experimental evidence about the efficacy of the current school-based mentoring programs when implemented at numerous urban schools around the country.