Share Paper: Virtual Mentoring- Creating a National Network of College and Career Ready Leaders

  1. Matthew Ohlson, University of North Florida, United States
Tuesday, March 19 3:40 PM-4:00 PM Santa Monica 2

Abstract: Research shows that mentoring is a way to enhance learning and personal growth. In C.A.M.P. Osprey at the University of North Florida, college students serve as leadership mentors to K-12 students in Texas, Georgia, North Carolina and Massachusetts. To overcome geographic and financial barriers faced by high-poverty urban and rural partner schools, the program harnesses virtual mentoring through videoconferencing technology to connect K-12 students with their collegiate mentors. Cognitive apprenticeship and self-determination theory provided the theoretical frameworks for the design of the mentoring program. The mentored students demonstrated substantial improvements in GPA and attendance during their mentoring semester, with the ...