Welcome to MentorPRO Academy
Evidence-based training for program staff, mentors and mentees.
“Thanks to the Academy, our mentors now approach each relationship with a clear strategy and the confidence to support meaningful outcomes.”
Joan Becker, Career Opportunities Initiative
Jean Rhodes is the Frank L. Boyden Professor of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Boston and Director of the Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring. She is the most cited researcher in the field of youth mentoring and her work has shaped how programs design, implement, and evaluate their services.
Dr. Rhodes is a co-author of both the 3rd and 4th editions of the Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring, the global standard for quality youth mentoring programs. Her award-winning book, Older and Wiser: New Ideas for Youth Mentoring in the 21st Century (Harvard University Press), synthesizes decades of research on mentoring effectiveness and makes the case for the just-in-time, evidence-based training that MentorPRO Academy provides. A full list of publications that have informed these trainings is available at the Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring.
“After three decades of research, the finding that holds up most consistently is that training and supervision are not add-ons. They are the mechanism through which mentoring actually works”
Jean Rhodes, Older and Wiser: New ideas for Mentoring in the 21st Century
When mentors, staff, and mentees complete MentorPRO Academy courses, they earn certificates co-branded by their program and the Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Those certificates can be posted directly to LinkedIn — turning every completed module into a visible, verifiable professional credential.
