MENTOR Minute One Page, One Minute on Mentoring
Published October 23, 2008 @ 04:14AM PT
MENTOR Minute
One Page, One Minute on Mentoring
Order the Elements of Effective Practice™ Toolkit at Mentoring.org
October 21, 2008: MENTOR continually looks to make access to content as easy as possible for practitioners. So we are delighted to announce that there are now two ways to access the How to Build a Successful Mentoring Program Using the Elements of Effective Practice™ Toolkit:
Download copies online. The Toolkit and 160 related templates can be downloaded free of charge at www.mentoring.org/eeptoolkit.
Order hard copies directly through MENTOR at www.mentoring.org/ordertoolkit. The Toolkit and companion CD are priced between $12 and $25 each, depending on the quantity ordered.
“All practitioners should have a copy," says Kristi Zappie-Ferradino, MENTOR's Vice President of Products and Online Services. "Easier to access than ever before, this Toolkit has guided mentoring programs nationwide in support of their efforts to provide quality mentoring. It can be used by existing programs to improve current practices and by new mentoring programs to ensure their program is developed in accordance to the Elements of Effective Practice™—guidelines for program quality.”
To learn more about the Toolkit, and the Elements of Effective Practice™ on which it is based, please visit www.mentoring.org/eeptoolkit. For questions about placing an order, please contact us at community@mentoring.org.
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