AMP is excited to share that a series of Lessons Plans designed to fit with Mental Health Matters are now available! These lesson plans are designed for students in Grades 4-6 and students in Grade 8, and share how Mentoring positively impacts mental health. Through the use of group activities and discussions, students will: Grades 4-6 Understand the term …
View the Concurrent Workshop Presentations from the 2013 National Mentoring Symposium
We are pleased to highlight the Concurrent Workshops presented at the National Mentoring Symposium in November 2013. Slides from these great workshops can be found in the AMP Research Portal here. Workshops include: The Wellness, Resiliency and Partnership Project – Using a Success Coach Mentoring Model to Support Junior and Senior High School Students with FASD Social Media: Blogs, Tweets …
Noteworthy Mentoring Resources and Upcoming Opportunities
Recent Opportunities & Resources: Check out the links below for some recent mentoring resources and opportunities you may be interested in. Contents – New Report: The Mentoring Effect: Young People’s Perspectives on the Outcomes and Availability of Mentoring. Free MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) from Wesleyan University: How to Change the World. Webinar Series hosted by Friends for Youth with the Kettering Foundation …
Welcome AMP's Newest Partners
Please join us in welcoming the newest AMP Partners! Junior Achievement of Southern Alberta View Profile For more than 50 years Junior Achievement of Southern Alberta (JASA) has been engaging local business and community leaders in its mission to help students develop an entrepreneurial attitude, a solid and practical understanding of business and finance and a commitment to community. Junior Achievement of …
Opportunity: National Mentoring Summit Live Streaming
We are excited to share about a great opportunity coming up at the end of the month for those involved in mentoring. The National Mentoring Summit (American) is happening in Arlington, VA, on January 30 and 31. They’ve just announced that live streaming is available for the two day conference for $20 (USD). Here is their description of the opportunity: …
New Report: The Mentoring Effect: Young People's Perspectives on the Outcomes and Availability of Mentoring
The Mentoring Effect is a compelling new report informed by the first-ever nationally representative survey in the United States of young people on the topic of both informal and formal mentoring, as well as a literature and landscape review and insights from a variety of key leaders in business, philanthropy, government, and education. The report was commissioned by MENTOR: The …
Happy Holidays from AMP! – December Newsletter
From all of us at the Alberta Mentoring Partnership, we wish you Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year! May you find much laughter, joy, and rest this season. Please note that AMP will be closed from December 24, 2013, to January 1, 2014. We will reopen on January 2, 2014, and look forward to connecting with you in the …
AMP Partner LINKages Mentioned in the Vancouver Sun
Owning our Health: Social contact central to a healthy community, a recent article in the Vancouver Sun, shares how intergenerational connections are important for all those in our community. The article highlights LINKages, whose vision is “a community where youth and older adults connect for social contact, support and learning.” LINKages is an AMP Partner, and we are proud to share …
AMP News: AMP Website Upgrades – NMS 2013 Highlights & More
AMP Website Upgrade The Alberta Mentoring Partnership (AMP) Website has recently been upgraded and now sports a new look! We’ve also included a few new features: A Research Portal, where you can search through mentoring research and even submit articles. Check back regularly, as we’ll continue adding additional articles and literature. New Partner Profile Pages. A fully dynamic and ready-made …
Giving Tuesday
Black Friday… Cyber Monday… Giving Tuesday! Giving Tuesday (December 3, 2013) is a new Canadian movement for giving and volunteering, taking place each year following Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The “Opening day of the giving season,” it is a day where charities, companies and individuals join together to share commitments, rally for favourite causes and think about others. There …