Weekly structured cross-age mentoring session format: icebreaker, connectedness lesson, snack, and group activity over nine weeks¶
Design · All designs
Evidence · 2 claims (1 for, 1 mixed) · 1 study (1 causal),q2· 0 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study
Description¶
The modified CAMP intervention ran once weekly for nine weeks during the middle school exploratory period, facilitated by school counselors. "Weekly classroom activities included an icebreaker, a school connectedness lesson, snack, and a group activity," with mentors and mentees working in pairs and then joining a larger group. Mentors received training and followed a structured list of mentoring activities at each meeting, with activities addressing connectedness to school, teachers, peers, culturally different peers, reading, self in the future, attendance, behavior, and grades.
Design Implications¶
Context¶
Requirements¶
- Trained high-school peer mentors following a structured activity list
- A scheduled recurring period (here the exploratory period) and counselor facilitation
Constraints¶
- Nine-week duration is shorter than the 18-week to full-academic-year interventions the authors report in the literature; logistical disruptions (math remediation, athletics) reduced participation
Target Learners¶
- seventh-grade mentees
- high school peer mentors
Learning Goals¶
- school connectedness
- student-school belonging
Claims¶
- Camp Self In Future Subscale Significant Increase [+M]
- Camp Nine Week Global Connectedness Non Significant [~M]
Related Designs¶
Examples¶
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Key Sources¶
- Kraus, S. E. C., & Cleveland, R. E. (2016). The Effects of a Cross-age Peer Mentoring Program on School Connectedness with Rural Populations. Georgia School Counselor Association Journal.
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Weekly structured cross-age mentoring session format: icebreaker, connectedness lesson, snack, and group activity over nine weeks |
description |
The modified CAMP intervention ran once weekly for nine weeks during the middle school exploratory period, facilitated by school counselors. |
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