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A Study of Mentors' Perception and Level of Satisfaction with Elements of Effective Practices within Girl Mentoring Programs

This study examines mentors’ perspective and level of satisfaction with the elements of effective practices among girl mentoring programs in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia. The sample consisted of mentors who served at-risk girls. The variables analyzed included the following: recruitment, screening, training, matching, monitoring, support, and closure. Explanatory design was used to generate the study and the purposive and snowball sampling was utilized to gather the analysis. A total of 125 respondents participated in the study. The conclusions drawn from the findings suggest that mentors are overall satisfied with their experience with mentoring girls. Among the best practice elements the screening, matching, and monitoring and support were the greatest predictors of mentor satisfaction.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:auctr.edu/oai:digitalcommons.auctr.edu:cauetds-1193
Date22 May 2017
CreatorsStarr, Gabrielle
PublisherDigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center
Source SetsAtlanta University Center
Detected LanguageEnglish
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SourceElectronic Theses & Dissertations Collection for Atlanta University & Clark Atlanta University

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