Volume
37
Issue
4
Abstract
The Master Gardener Mentor Program study was designed to determine if volunteer mentors would help reduce trainee drop out during basic training, and to determine what component(s) of the program were most important to trainees. Data were gathered from the Master Gardener Program without a mentor program (1995, 1996, and 1997) and with a mentor program (1998). The drop out rates without the program were 26%, 17%,and 27%, respectively, while with the program it was only 2%. This low percentage could have been influenced by the smaller class (1998) however differences in the resulting data were quite large. Survey results focus on friendship gained from the program as the most important factor.
Recommended Citation
Phillips, W., & Bradshaw, J. (1999). Florida Master Gardener Mentor Program: A Case Study. The Journal of Extension, 37(4), Article 8. https://open.clemson.edu/joe/vol37/iss4/8
