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e-Mentoring is….
A relationship that is conducted online via a secure, web-based
platform. It shares the goal of face-to-face mentoring: establishing a
trusting, nurturing, positive relationship between the mentor and a
young person.
e-Mentors are...
Trained college students from Eastern Kentucky University, who interact
with middle and high school students through the Kentucky Department of
Education’s Virtual School web-based platform (BlackBoard).
e-Mentors provide through purposefully designed curriculum:
· College
awareness information
· Career
awareness choices and preparation information
· Curriculum
topics that provide reinforcement of Kentucky’s required Practical
Living/Vocational Studies Core Content
· Positive
real-models
for college and work success
e-Mentoring offers:
· Capacity
to mentor middle and high school students statewide
· Kentucky
GEAR UP II students a relationship with a trained and
supervised college student (mentee-mentor ratio: 10:1)
· Flexible
mentoring option for youth/adults
· Youth
opportunities to utilize high-tech communications
School Role:
· Identify
“targeted” students for participation
· Determine
how and when the mentoring content will be utilized
· Establish
guidelines, ground rules, and boundaries to include safety measures
· Participate
in teacher and student BlackBoard training
· Provide
necessary permissions for internet usage
Role of College Campus:
· Identify
mentoring curriculum
· Select
mentors
· Provide
training for mentors and mentees
· Conduct
screening, comprehensive background checks, and
confidentiality training for mentors
· Provide
a supervised and controlled electronic platform
· Provide
ongoing oversight and support during the mentoring experience
· Implement
archive system for online discussions
· Evaluate
mentoring process
The e-Mentoring experience will utilize an electronic platform, i.e.
BlackBoard which:
· Requires
log-in and password
only
access for program
participants and supervisors
· Blocks
spam
· Blocks
inappropriate e-mail
· Allows
for review of mentor/mentee discussion and participant usage
Project Sustainability
An
online mentor training course (Virtual Mentoring) has been developed in
partnership with the Kentucky Department of Education, Kentucky GEAR UP
II, and Eastern Kentucky University. Contact Bob.Fortney@education.ky.gov
for information regarding this course availability and cost.
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