Conference Agenda

Whether you are a seasoned mentoring professional or new to the field, you will find valuable content to meet your professional development needs at the Minnesota Mentoring Conference. You can peruse the day's agenda below, and you can view detailed workshop descriptions here.

NEW CONFERENCE FORMAT! The 2011 conference format has changed to reflect more of what participants want in a high-quality professional development conference. Instead of three workshop sessions as featured in previous years, the conference schedule now includes two workshop sessions.  During morning and afternoon workshop sessions, attendees have the option of attending two 55-minute workshops or one 2-hour workshop.

SCHEDULE:

8:00-8:30am     Registration
8:30-8:35am     Welcome: Joellen Gonder-Spacek, Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota Executive Director
8:35-8:45am     National Quality Assessment Tool and Public Policy Update: Dr. Larry Wright, MENTOR President and CEO
8:45-9:45am     Keynote Address #1: "Doing Our Best: Is It Good Enough?" with Dr. Renée Spencer, Associate Professor at Boston University School of Social Work
9:45-9:55am     Break
9:55-11:55am   Morning Workshops (Option of two 55-minute workshops or one 2-hour workshop)
12:00-1:00pm   Lunch
1:05-2:20pm     Keynote Address #2: "Which Youth Is Mentoring Best For?" with Dr. Jean Rhodes, Professor of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts, Boston
2:20-2:30pm     Break
2:30-4:30pm     Afternoon Workshops (Option of two 55-minute workshops or one 2-hour workshop)
4:30pm              End of Conference Day