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SUMMARY:Hope as Resistance: A Black History Month Panel
DESCRIPTION:Register here.   \nBlack History Month is a time to celebrate and honor the contributions of Black American to the foundation of our country. Not the least of these contributions was a resilient hope and determination that mirrored the ideals of a nation yet to be formed. Join us for our Black History panel discussion about hope as resistance and its importance in society. Our speakers\, James Gordon\, principal of Glen Lea Elementary School\, Alicia Randolph\, Founder and Director of ArtOfMeRVA\, and Tamice Spencer-Helms\, author of Faith Unleavened and the Training and DEI Manager at MENTOR Virginia\, will pull from their own experiences and the text Hope Rising to discuss: \n\nHow hope is a tool to overcome trauma\, adversity\, and struggles\nWhy hope is so important for our young people today\nThe impact that hope has on its community.\n\nRegister for the discussion here.
URL:https://archive.mentorva.org/event/hope-as-resistance-a-black-history-month-panel/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Learning Session,Q&A,Special Event,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Community Spotlight: R.E.A.L. Richmond History with Ma'asehyahu Isra-Ul
DESCRIPTION:Register Here  \nJoin MENTOR Virginia for our Community Spotlight event featuring the University of Richmond Adjunct Professor and RPS History/Social Science Specialist Ma’asehyahu Isra-Ul as he discusses the creation of the R.E.A.L. Richmond History Class utilized by Richmond Public Schools that highlights the often untold stories\, contributions\, and set-backs of Blacks and other marginalized groups in the city. \nIn this session\, you will gain insight into the conversations and questions shared throughout this history course as well as a preview of concerns and aspirations your mentees may have from the impact of such lessons. \nCelebrate Black History Month by learning a little more about Richmond’s real history and how we can collectively reimagine the future! \nThis event is free and open to the public; however\, please consider making a donation to support our work of empowering\, elevating\, and encouraging young people: https://archive.mentorva.org/donate/ \nRegister Here \n 
URL:https://archive.mentorva.org/event/community-spotlight-r-e-a-l-richmond-history-with-maasehyahu-isra-ul/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Community Spotlight,Q&A
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SUMMARY:Community Q&A Hour: Program Evaluation
DESCRIPTION:Register here. \nTake a lunch break on Wednesday\, February 23rd and join us for Q&A time with expert mentoring program evaluator\, John Harris. Evaluation doesn’t have to be complicated\, and to prove it\, John will join us in his famous Hawaiian shirt to help demystify the process and answer questions like: \n–How can my program get started with program evaluation or take our evaluation to the next level?\n–How much should my program be budgeting for evaluation?\n–If my program doesn’t have a budget\, how can we still do evaluation? \nNot sure what evaluation questions you have? No problem. John can ask some helpful questions to get your program thinking about your evaluation plans. Regardless of how long you’ve been operating a mentoring program or how long you’ve been working on evaluation\, you will leave the meeting with helpful action steps your program can take to make progress on your evaluation goals. \nThis opportunity is free and open to any youth mentoring programs that have questions about how to get started with or enhance their program evaluation efforts. \nRegister here.
URL:https://archive.mentorva.org/event/community-qa-hour-program-evaluation-6/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Q&A
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SUMMARY:Community Q&A Hour: Program Evaluation
DESCRIPTION:Take a lunch break on Thursday\, December 2nd and join us for Q&A time with expert mentoring program evaluator\, John Harris. Evaluation doesn’t have to be complicated\, and to prove it\, John will join us in his famous Hawaiian shirt to help demystify the process and answer questions like: \n\n\nHow can my program get started with program evaluation or take our evaluation to the next level?\nHow much should my program be budgeting for evaluation?\nIf my program doesn’t have a budget\, how can we still do evaluation?\n\nNot sure what evaluation questions you have? No problem. John can ask some helpful questions to get your program thinking about your evaluation plans. Regardless of how long you’ve been operating a mentoring program or how long you’ve been working on evaluation\, you will leave the meeting with helpful action steps your program can take to make progress on your evaluation goals. \nThis opportunity is free and open to any youth mentoring programs that have questions about how to get started with or enhance their program evaluation efforts. \nTo get the link to drop into this lunch hour session\, register here. We will be providing this space every first Thursday of the month from 12 – 1 pm through the end of the year. Register once and you will be able to drop into any/all of the sessions. \nIf you have 20 minutes and want a quick overview of program evaluation for mentoring programs\, check out our July Community Coffee Hour recording\, featuring evaluation ideas and strategies from MENTOR’s Director of Research & Evaluation. \nAbout John Harris: \nJohn Harris specializes in program evaluation and survey development with a particular focus on assessing match characteristics. He has worked as an independent consultant supporting mentoring programs since 2000. He joined the MENTOR Virginia team as a Technical Assistance Consultant in 2016. John is the lead author of the Match Characteristics Questionnaire (MCQ) and the Youth Mentoring Survey (YMS)\, which are recommended by the National Mentoring Resource Center (NMRC) and used around the world. His publications have focused on mentoring relationship quality and include peer-reviewed journal articles\, toolkit contributions\, and the chapters\, “Assessing Mentoring Relationships\,” in both editions of the Handbook of Youth Mentoring (DuBois & Karcher\, Ed.s). In 2015\, John partnered with the School Volunteer Program (now EdConnect) in Australia to develop an evaluation toolkit that won a National Social Impact award.
URL:https://archive.mentorva.org/event/community-qa-hour-program-evaluation-5/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Q&A
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SUMMARY:Community Q&A Hour: Program Evaluation
DESCRIPTION:Take a lunch break on Thursday\, November 4th and join us for Q&A time with expert mentoring program evaluator\, John Harris. Evaluation doesn’t have to be complicated\, and to prove it\, John will join us in his famous Hawaiian shirt to help demystify the process and answer questions like: \n\n\nHow can my program get started with program evaluation or take our evaluation to the next level?\nHow much should my program be budgeting for evaluation?\nIf my program doesn’t have a budget\, how can we still do evaluation?\n\nNot sure what evaluation questions you have? No problem. John can ask some helpful questions to get your program thinking about your evaluation plans. Regardless of how long you’ve been operating a mentoring program or how long you’ve been working on evaluation\, you will leave the meeting with helpful action steps your program can take to make progress on your evaluation goals. \nThis opportunity is free and open to any youth mentoring programs that have questions about how to get started with or enhance their program evaluation efforts. \nTo get the link to drop into this lunch hour session\, register here. We will be providing this space every first Thursday of the month from 12 – 1 pm through the end of the year. Register once and you will be able to drop into any/all of the sessions. \nIf you have 20 minutes and want a quick overview of program evaluation for mentoring programs\, check out our July Community Coffee Hour recording\, featuring evaluation ideas and strategies from MENTOR’s Director of Research & Evaluation. \nAbout John Harris: \nJohn Harris specializes in program evaluation and survey development with a particular focus on assessing match characteristics. He has worked as an independent consultant supporting mentoring programs since 2000. He joined the MENTOR Virginia team as a Technical Assistance Consultant in 2016. John is the lead author of the Match Characteristics Questionnaire (MCQ) and the Youth Mentoring Survey (YMS)\, which are recommended by the National Mentoring Resource Center (NMRC) and used around the world. His publications have focused on mentoring relationship quality and include peer-reviewed journal articles\, toolkit contributions\, and the chapters\, “Assessing Mentoring Relationships\,” in both editions of the Handbook of Youth Mentoring (DuBois & Karcher\, Ed.s). In 2015\, John partnered with the School Volunteer Program (now EdConnect) in Australia to develop an evaluation toolkit that won a National Social Impact award.
URL:https://archive.mentorva.org/event/community-qa-hour-program-evaluation-4/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Q&A
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SUMMARY:Community Q&A Hour: Program Evaluation
DESCRIPTION:Take a lunch break on Thursday\, October 7th and join us for Q&A time with expert mentoring program evaluator\, John Harris. Evaluation doesn’t have to be complicated\, and to prove it\, John will join us in his famous Hawaiian shirt to help demystify the process and answer questions like: \n\n\nHow can my program get started with program evaluation or take our evaluation to the next level?\nHow much should my program be budgeting for evaluation?\nIf my program doesn’t have a budget\, how can we still do evaluation?\n\nNot sure what evaluation questions you have? No problem. John can ask some helpful questions to get your program thinking about your evaluation plans. Regardless of how long you’ve been operating a mentoring program or how long you’ve been working on evaluation\, you will leave the meeting with helpful action steps your program can take to make progress on your evaluation goals. \nThis opportunity is free and open to any youth mentoring programs that have questions about how to get started with or enhance their program evaluation efforts. \nTo get the link to drop into this lunch hour session\, register here. We will be providing this space every first Thursday of the month from 12 – 1 pm through the end of the year. Register once and you will be able to drop into any/all of the sessions. \nIf you have 20 minutes and want a quick overview of program evaluation for mentoring programs\, check out our July Community Coffee Hour recording\, featuring evaluation ideas and strategies from MENTOR’s Director of Research & Evaluation. \nAbout John Harris: \nJohn Harris specializes in program evaluation and survey development with a particular focus on assessing match characteristics. He has worked as an independent consultant supporting mentoring programs since 2000. He joined the MENTOR Virginia team as a Technical Assistance Consultant in 2016. John is the lead author of the Match Characteristics Questionnaire (MCQ) and the Youth Mentoring Survey (YMS)\, which are recommended by the National Mentoring Resource Center (NMRC) and used around the world. His publications have focused on mentoring relationship quality and include peer-reviewed journal articles\, toolkit contributions\, and the chapters\, “Assessing Mentoring Relationships\,” in both editions of the Handbook of Youth Mentoring (DuBois & Karcher\, Ed.s). In 2015\, John partnered with the School Volunteer Program (now EdConnect) in Australia to develop an evaluation toolkit that won a National Social Impact award.
URL:https://archive.mentorva.org/event/community-qa-hour-program-evaluation-3/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Q&A
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SUMMARY:Community Q&A Hour: Program Evaluation
DESCRIPTION:Take a lunch break on Thursday\, September 2nd and join us for Q&A time with expert mentoring program evaluator\, John Harris. Evaluation doesn’t have to be complicated\, and to prove it\, John will join us in his famous Hawaiian shirt to help demystify the process and answer questions like: \n\n\nHow can my program get started with program evaluation or take our evaluation to the next level?\nHow much should my program be budgeting for evaluation?\nIf my program doesn’t have a budget\, how can we still do evaluation?\n\nNot sure what evaluation questions you have? No problem. John can ask some helpful questions to get your program thinking about your evaluation plans. Regardless of how long you’ve been operating a mentoring program or how long you’ve been working on evaluation\, you will leave the meeting with helpful action steps your program can take to make progress on your evaluation goals. \nThis opportunity is free and open to any youth mentoring programs that have questions about how to get started with or enhance their program evaluation efforts. \nTo get the link to drop into this lunch hour session\, register here. We will be providing this space every first Thursday of the month from 12 – 1 pm through the end of the year. Register once and you will be able to drop into any/all of the sessions. \nIf you have 20 minutes and want a quick overview of program evaluation for mentoring programs\, check out our July Community Coffee Hour recording\, featuring evaluation ideas and strategies from MENTOR’s Director of Research & Evaluation. \nAbout John Harris: \nJohn Harris specializes in program evaluation and survey development with a particular focus on assessing match characteristics. He has worked as an independent consultant supporting mentoring programs since 2000. He joined the MENTOR Virginia team as a Technical Assistance Consultant in 2016. John is the lead author of the Match Characteristics Questionnaire (MCQ) and the Youth Mentoring Survey (YMS)\, which are recommended by the National Mentoring Resource Center (NMRC) and used around the world. His publications have focused on mentoring relationship quality and include peer-reviewed journal articles\, toolkit contributions\, and the chapters\, “Assessing Mentoring Relationships\,” in both editions of the Handbook of Youth Mentoring (DuBois & Karcher\, Ed.s). In 2015\, John partnered with the School Volunteer Program (now EdConnect) in Australia to develop an evaluation toolkit that won a National Social Impact award.
URL:https://archive.mentorva.org/event/community-qa-hour-program-evaluation-2/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Q&A
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SUMMARY:Community Q&A Hour: Program Evaluation
DESCRIPTION:Take a lunch break on Thursday\, August 5th and join us for a community Q&A with expert mentoring program evaluator\, John Harris. This opportunity is free and open to any youth mentoring programs that have questions about how to get started with or enhance their program evaluation efforts. John will be available to answer questions like: \n\nHow do we know if we’re using the right evaluation tools and methods?\nWould my program benefit from creating customized evaluation tools?\nHow can we use the data we collect to improve our program?\nHow can programs with limited capacity still conduct evaluation?\nHow do we know when we’re ready to work with an external evaluator?\n\nNot sure what evaluation questions you have? It may be helpful to watch the recording of our July Community Coffee Hour\, which featured evaluation ideas and strategies from MENTOR’s Director of Research & Evaluation. \nTo get the link to drop into this lunch hour session\, register here. \nAbout John Harris: \nJohn Harris specializes in program evaluation and survey development with a particular focus on assessing match characteristics. He has worked as an independent consultant supporting mentoring programs since 2000. He joined the MENTOR Virginia team as a Technical Assistance Consultant in 2016. John is the lead author of the Match Characteristics Questionnaire (MCQ) and the Youth Mentoring Survey (YMS)\, which are recommended by the National Mentoring Resource Center (NMRC) and used around the world. His publications have focused on mentoring relationship quality and include peer-reviewed journal articles\, toolkit contributions\, and the chapters\, “Assessing Mentoring Relationships\,” in both editions of the Handbook of Youth Mentoring (DuBois & Karcher\, Ed.s). In 2015\, John partnered with the School Volunteer Program (now EdConnect) in Australia to develop an evaluation toolkit that won a National Social Impact award.
URL:https://archive.mentorva.org/event/community-qa-hour-program-evaluation/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Q&A
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