African-American Mentoring: A Comprehensive Model for Second-Year Students

1. African-American Mentoring:A Comprehensive Model for Second-Year Students League of Innovations Innovations 2012 Conference March 5, 2012 Philadelphia, PA Dr. Linda Pastore, Professor, and Co-Lead, UAAMP Dr. Dona Fletcher, Chair, Sociology, and Co-Lead, UAAMP Mortenous A. Johnson, Manager, Office of Pre-College Programs, and Co-Lead, UAAMP

2. A Voice of UAAMP

3. Session Objectives • Historical context • Program overview • Student success data

4. Sinclair Community College (SCC) • Founded in 1887 as part of the “Dayton YMCA” • Located in the urban inner city of Dayton, OH • One main campus and 4 additional campus locations • Enrollment (Fall 2011) = 26,997 • Fully accredited comprehensive college • A League for Innovation “Vanguard” Community College

5. Historical context

6. Achieving the Dream

7. Qualitative Research Process and Outcomes

8. Voices

9. PROGRAM OVERVIEW

10. What is UAAMP? The Urban African American Mentoring Program is designed to support students by building relationships with a mentor team to help students achieve their personal and academic goals.

11. Voices | Mentor Team

12. UAAMP Objectives • Develop a comprehensive and integrated recruitment plan for 50 students for each academic year. • Design and facilitate orientation and training sessions for mentors and mentees. • Facilitate relationship building between students, mentors, and the Sinclair community through on and off campus activities. • Assess qualitative and quantitative data for continuous improvement.

13. QUESTIONS?

14. Student Success Data

15. Comparative Data Set

16. Comparative Data Set

17. Credentials

18. Voices | Experiences

19. What you need to know…

20. Voices | RecommendationsQualities of Mentors

21. Voices | RecommendationsStart up Recommendations

22. Session Objectives • Historical context • Program overview • Student success data

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29. African-American Mentoring:A Comprehensive Model for Second-Year Students League of Innovations Innovations 2012 Conference March 5, 2012 Philadelphia, PA Dr. Linda Pastore, Professor, and Co-Lead, UAAMP Dr. Dona Fletcher, Chair, Sociology, and Co-Lead, UAAMP Mortenous A. Johnson, Manager, Office of Pre-College Programs, and Co-Lead, UAAMP