{"id":3976,"date":"2020-12-10T16:40:28","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T16:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irtinc.us\/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=3976"},"modified":"2021-12-22T18:52:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T18:52:31","slug":"evaluation-of-web-based-mentor-training-program","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/irtinc.us\/es\/avada_portfolio\/evaluation-of-web-based-mentor-training-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Evaluation of Web-Based Mentor Training Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

Enhancing mentor efficacy and preparedness through web-based, pre-match training.<\/h2>\n

Kupersmidt, J. B., Stelter, R. L., Rhodes, J. E., Stump, K. (2017). Enhancing mentor efficacy and preparedness through web-based, pre-match training. <\/span>Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership. 7<\/span><\/i>(3), 197-<\/span>216<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Abstract<\/h2>\n

Objectives<\/b>:\u00a0<\/span>Self-efficacy and a sense of preparedness are key cognitions for retaining volunteer mentors and achieving positive youth outcomes. The primary goal of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a research-informed, Web-based pre-match training program, <\/span>Preparing for Mentoring<\/span><\/i>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Method<\/b>:\u00a0<\/span>Fifty-one mentoring programs with 127 volunteers were randomly assigned to the training (n = 80) or wait-list control (n = 47) group.<\/span><\/p>\n

Results<\/b>:\u00a0<\/span>Intent-to-treat regression analyses, controlling for baseline levels and demographic characteristics, revealed that trained volunteers were more self-efficacious, ready to mentor, and knowledgeable about the roles mentors should and should not play (particularly mentors with higher baseline scores), and had less unrealistically positive expectations than the control group.<\/span><\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/b>:\u00a0<\/span>Results are discussed in terms of the need for mentoring programs to provide standardized, evidence-based training delivered with fidelity to volunteers to enhance their preparedness to mentor. Carefully designed research-informed, Web-based training can be more effective in accomplishing these preparedness goals than business-as-usual in-person training.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":3493,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"portfolio_category":[204,220,207,420,214],"portfolio_skills":[],"portfolio_tags":[],"class_list":["post-3976","avada_portfolio","type-avada_portfolio","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_category-e-learning-pub","portfolio_category-mentoring-central-pub","portfolio_category-mentoring-pub","portfolio_category-preparing-for-mentoring-pub","portfolio_category-violence-prevent-pub"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/irtinc.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/3976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/irtinc.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/irtinc.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/avada_portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irtinc.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irtinc.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3976"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/irtinc.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/3976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5358,"href":"https:\/\/irtinc.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/3976\/revisions\/5358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irtinc.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/irtinc.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irtinc.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_category?post=3976"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_skills","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irtinc.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_skills?post=3976"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irtinc.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_tags?post=3976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}