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Callout for papers for Australian Youth Mentoring Conference 4/08/10

The Australian Youth Mentoring Network is now calling for Abstracts for the Youth Mentoring Conference.

We are calling for papers for the Professional Development and Show and Tell sessions at the Australian Youth Mentoring Conference. We are also running a competition to enable 2 potential delegates from rural or remote areas to attend the conference. The prize includes a ticket to the conference as well as 2 nights accommodation at the Radisson Resort Gold Coast.

Show and Tell Abstracts

Show and Tell sessions are designed to showcase various models of mentoring programs. Show and Tell presentations can be either 30 minutes or 1 hour in length.

Professional Development Abstracts

Professional Development sessions are designed to be a learning experience for practitioners, academics, teachers, social workers, youth workers, policy developers and mentors. They can be based on a research paper, evaluation of your program or another professional development paper. Professional Development presentations are 1 hour in length.

Rural and Remote Scholarship Competition

AYMN recognises that due to the rural or remote nature of their location, some potential conference delegates may face higher than average travel expenses. In order to help two lucky people, we are pleased to announce that our sponsor, the Radisson Resort Gold Coast, is offering two Rural and Remote Scholarship packages, consisting of a full 2-day conference ticket plus two night’s accommodation at the resort.

To qualify for one of these scholarships, you must reside at least 200 kilometres from the nearest airport.

The Australian Youth Mentoring Network’s Youth Mentoring Conference is held from the 10 – 11th November 2010 at the Radisson Resort on the Gold Coast. We are also very excited to announce that our keynote speaker is internationally renowned mentoring expert Professor David Dubois Ph.D. David DuBois is an Associate Professor in the Division of Community Health Sciences within the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed studies of youth mentoring and is the co-editor of the Handbook of Youth Mentoring.

This year’s conference theme is Collaboration. Guidance. Expertise. The aim of the conference is to:

  • Celebrate strong successful models of collaboration between youth mentoring programs, community groups, private and government organisations
  • Provide guidance to the future development of youth policy and advice what mentoring requires in order for it to remain a sustainable youth development model.
  • Learn from those with the expertise both within Australia and internationally to further develop a culture of evidence based programs which are providing strong successful mentoring relationships.

Who should attend?

Anyone with an interest in youth mentoring practice and theory including but not limited to mentoring program coordinators, managers, teachers, principals youth workers, social workers, academics, sociology researchers, policy writers, and volunteer mentors.

For more information visit the Australian Youth Mentoring Network website