Facilitated Mentoring Services

The facilitated mentoring approach developed by Darryl E. Allen (McKenna, 1999 & 2012) maxm!e"
#he $no%n "#ren&#h" o' #rad#onal one(#o(one men#orn& rela#on"hp" %hle # mnm!e" or elmna#e" #he
doc)men#ed %ea$ne""e" o' #he h"#orcal model ")ppor#ed by *& *ro#her"+*& ,"#er" o' Amerca- and
o#her lon&#)dnal parn&". Terney and .ro""man (199/) den#'ed "pec'c rela#on"hp(ba"ed o)#come"
#ha# con""#en#ly occ)rred n men#or(yo)#h parn&" #ha# %ere very "#ron&. The"e evdence(ba"ed
o)#come" have been ob"erved n Allen0" 'acl#a#ed(men#orn& model (#ermed mentorship). 1e are
plea"ed #o ")bm# #h" propo"al #o provde 'acl#a#ed men#orn& "ervce" 'or (INSERT YOUR NAME).
Allen0" me#hod" %ere )"ed n #he *an$ 2ne Academy pro&ram (3ol)mb)" D"pa#ch, March 14, 2000).
Th" pro&ram "panned h&h "chool" n 2ho, 5llno", 5ndana, and Ken#)c$y. Men#or" and pro#6&6" %ere
ob"erved #o exhb# ex#raordnary level" o' en&a&emen#, emo#onal a##achmen#, and po"#ve behavoral(
"ocal developmen#. The"e behavor" n #he yo)#h %ere conc)rren#ly ")ppor#ed by #he peer(ren'orcemen#
pre"en# n #he &ro)p men#orn& model, %hch %a" no# pre"en# n #rad#onal parn&".
Tom McKenna (1999) reve%ed #he da#a on mentorship, and &ro)p men#orn& %a" valda#ed a" a relable
me#hod #o 'o"#er men#or(yo)#h rela#on"hp". 7errera, 8an& & .ale (2002) ')r#her d"pelled #he prevalen#
an#(&ro)p men#orn& hypo#he"e" %hch 'eared 9expo")re #o ")ch experence" :peer b)llyn&; co)ld
ne&a#e %ha#ever bene'#" &ro)p men#orn& " n#ended #o provde< (=&. 4).
7errera, 8an& and .ale (2002) al"o )ncovered a "&n'can# barrer #o e"#abl"hn& h&hly ")cce""')l
rela#on"hp" n &ro)p(men#orn& ma#che". 91hen &ro)p men#or" %ere a"$ed abo)# challen&e" #hey 'aced
n mplemen#n& #he &ro)p men#orn& approach, #hey mo"# o'#en c#ed #he challen&e" 'oc)"ed on
'acl#a#n& and mana&n& peer n#erac#on"< (=&. 1>). The Mentorship Institute ?)al#a#vely
demon"#ra#ed #ha# #h" barrer co)ld be e''ec#vely remeded.
Thro)&h a collabora#ve pro&ram a# ,o)#h 7&h @rban Academy (2002) "ocal %or$ "#)den#" 'rom The
2ho ,#a#e @nver"#y (no# #eacher") %ere placed n a 'acl#a#ed men#orn& rela#on"hp %#h h&h
')nc#onn& "pecal need" "enor". The"e "enor" developed advanced "ocal "$ll" #ha# allo%ed #hem #o
comple#e comp)#er(ba"ed #rann& mod)le". The"e "pecal need" "#)den#" %ere #he 'r"# "#)den#" n #he
3ol)mb)" 3#y ,chool" #o ac?)re cred# 'or #echncal ed)ca#on. The "$ll" derved 'rom 'acl#a#ed
men#or"hp %ere opera#onal!ed n #h" learnn& "cenaro.
5"")e" %#h men#or b)rno)# %ere ob"erved #o be elmna#ed by )"n& #he Mentorship Institutes
'acl#a#ed men#orn& model. Many men#or" pre'erred &ro)p(men#orn& over one(on(one men#orn&
beca)"e # %a" le"" o' an emo#onal comm#men# (7errera e# al, 2002), and # allo%ed #he men#or #o have
one(on(one conver"a#on" 9%hen needed< (pp. iv). The red)c#on o' #he pre"")re #he men#or" 'el# #o be #he
#opcal exper# allo%ed #hem #o 'oc)" on rela#on"hp b)ldn& A #he very #em #ha# re"earch de#ermned had
#he causal impact o' predc#able o)#come".
The mentor-youth model %a" permanen#ly a)&men#ed by Allen (McKenna, 1999 & 2012) #o ncl)de #he
facilitator-mentor-youth model. The 'acl#a#or mana&ed #he c)rrc)l)m, men#or #rann&, and yo)#h
en&a&emen# %hle #he men#or 'oc)"ed on collabora#n& %#h #he yo)#h #o "olve problem" crea#ed and
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eval)a#ed by #he 'acl#a#or. Th" me#hodolo&y )nder&rd" all men#or"hp ac#v#e" cond)c#ed #hro)&h #he
Mentorship Institute.
The evdence(ba"ed da#a on #he 'acl#a#ed(men#orn& model comple#ed #he B"#m)l)"(re"pon"e0 (A*A)
pro#ocol and #he Bmo#va#ed opera#on0 (A*A) 'orma# o)#lned by appled behavoral analy"" (3ooper,
7eron & 7e%ard, 200>).
1. 8ery "#ron& rela#on"hp" be#%een men#or"(yo)#h re")l#ed n "&n'can# behavoral and "ocal
bene'#" #o #he a""oca#ed yo)#h.
2. 5n &ro)p rela#on"hp" #he"e bene'#" %ere con""#en#ly pre"en# only %hen mana&emen# and
'acl#a#on %ere per'ormed %#h h&h level" o' ac)men.
3. The h&h level o' emo#onal e''or# re?)red #o re#an yo)#h en&a&emen# led #o men#or 'a#&)e.
4. The placemen# o' #he "$lled 'acl#a#or n#o #he men#or(yo)#h model ncrea"ed #he repor#" o' very
"#ron& rela#on"hp" be#%een men#or(yo)#h.
5. The pre"ence o' #he "$lled 'acl#a#or n #he men#or(yo)#h model red)ced #he ncden#" o' men#or
'a#&)e.
6. The 'acl#a#or(men#or(yo)#h model ha" e"#abl"hed #"el' a" a d)plcable and co"# e''ec#ve mean"
#o a##an con""#en#ly predc#able (po"#ve) men#orn& o)#come" %hen %or$n& %#h yo)#h.
The Mentorship Institute prac#ce" and ")ppor#" #he 'acl#a#ed(men#orn& model excl)"vely. 5# ha"
doc)men#ed #he ")cce"" o' #h" model n delvern& #he 'ollo%n& bene'#" (Allen, 2012)C
1. Expandn& #he men#orn& pool (crea#n& ne% pro"pec#")
2. =erpe#)a#n& men#or+pro#6&6 parn&" (10D mon#h" & m)l#ple year")
3. 5ncrea"n& #he cohe"ve na#)re o' n#al men#orn& parn& ("nap"ho# memory)
4. Eed)cn& men#or 'a#&)e ("eamle"" ")ppor# mechan"m")
5. 3rea#n& a d)plcable model (c)rrc)la, Tran(#he(Traner, pro'e""onal a""oca#on", e#c.)
6. Man#ann& behavoral chan&e" n a po"#(ma#ched envronmen# (m#&a#e ex#nc#on)
,&n'can# da#a ha" been pre"en#ed a# #he Amercan A""oca#on o' *ehavoral and ,ocal ,cence
3on'erence (201F), @nver"#y o' Ar!ona0" 2014 Women In Science & Engineering (15,E) pro&ram,
7o%ard @nver"#y0" Divinity Cohort D.D. (2014), 3lem"on @nver"#y0" National est !ractices "or
St#$ents o" Color Con"erence (2012), and n)mero)" peer reve%". Excerp#" 'rom #he"e doc)men#" are
loca#ed n Appendix B.
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Ee'erence"
Allen, D. (2012). %he $ynamic mentoring primer& E'ploring mentorship technology. Ke##ern&,
27C Men#or"hp 5n"##)#e, 5nc.
3ol)mb)" D"pa#ch. (March 14, 2000). Men#or", "#)den#" developn& "$ll" a# ban$0" "chool.
=a&e n)mber )n$no%n.
3ooper, G., 7erron, T. & 7e%ard, 1. (200>). (pplie$ )ehavior analysis. @pper ,addle Ever, HGC
=ear"on.
7errera, 3., 8an&, I., & .ale, J. (2002). .ro)p men#orn&C A "#)dy o' men#orn& &ro)p" n #hree
pro&ram". !#)lic*!rivate +ent#res an$ ,EN%-.& National ,entoring !artnership.
McKenna, T. (Hovember 22, 1999). =er"onal comm)nca#on. /niversity o" !ennsylvania School
o" Social Wor0.
McKenna, T. (Gan)ary, 2012). =er"onal comm)nca#onC Kore%ord 'or p)bl"hed %or$. ig
rothers ig Sisters o" (merica.
Terney, G. & .ro""man, G. (199/). Ma$n& a d''erenceC An mpac# "#)dy o' *& *ro#her" *&
,"#er". !#)lic*!rivate +ent#res.
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