My Mentor Interview

The interview process is something we have all gone through in order to get any job. It may not be our dream job but it is a job and we all have to do this process in order to even be able to start working. In Katy Piotrowski’s article “Preparing for the Job Interview: Know Thyself,” she explains everything that you need to know and not know when going to a job interview. Graduating college and having a Bachelor’s degree of Science in Nursing is what I look forward to doing in the next two years. I will be discussing myself applying for a position in the nursing department. Being the right candidate for this RN nursing position in hospice care requires a lot of hard work and dedication, and that is why I am a good candidate for this position.

East Hall High School is where I conducted my coaching interview. I was granted the opportunity to interview one of the most prestige High School coaches in the state of Georgia; Joe Dix. Dix is the head coach for the boys’ Varsity basketball team at East Hall. Dix and his staff were conducting try outs during our coaching interview, which is was pumped about. Coach Dix talked about the pressure on him and his team to bring home a State Title this year since it’s been a decade since his last one. Joe Dix is in his 21st season as a basketball coach and his 11th as the head coach at East Hall. As the head coach at East Hall Dix has won 2 State Titles, with 5 Final Four appearances, and 7 Region Championships.

When I first found out about this assignment I was a little anxious because I didn 't know whom I would interview or how my request would be received. As I consider my options I thought it would be best to interview someone that could offer me some insight as to what it is like to be an elementary or junior high school counselor, which are the two age groups that I would most like to work with. With this in mind, I decided to interview one of my son 's past guidance counselors. This is a woman that I have admired since the first day that I met her. In talking with her I found her to be a very knowledgeable, caring, and open person. She has been in the helping profession for over twenty years and working as a guidance counselor since 1999.

My mentor I interviewed was my mother, Christina Kidd a self-employed Esthetician who takes pride in her profession and loves what she does. She started her early adulthood as a waitress at several different restaurants, as a mother of three she attended a beauty college in Long Beach and achieved her associate’s degree in applied science. She then got training in esthetician at Career Academy to have a license to work in esthetics. She has been self-employed for majority of her adulthood, seventeen years. My mentor manages her own esthetician business called “Skin care by Christy”. She began her business in her home town Orange County by simply caring for other people’s skin till one day people insisted on paying her. Then she expanded

She lives in a small home that she and her husband built the year they were married. It is out in the country on a few acres of land that she still maintains by herself. Her husband unfortunately died of cancer only 5 years after their son was born. She makes sure you know that she does not need a man. This lady is highly independent and has a close knit group of friends that keeps her entertained. Her grandkids are clearly the apple of her eye. She helps take care of them as often as she can and makes almost

Does your child attempt to read in everyday situations, such as cereal boxes, street sign, etc.?

Merylin Orris, RDH, BSDH is a former dental hygiene instructor of mine fom the Dental Hygiene program at SPC. She is a part-time dental hygiene clinical instructor at St Petersburg College Dental Hygiene Program. As a dental hygiene instructor, she followed my advancement through the two-year Associate in Dental Hygiene program and provided me with much valuable information and also with technical skills. As a mentor, she introduced me to the responsibilities and the joy of being a clinical instructor. Her passion for teaching and patience toward the students and colleagues captured my attention even before I applied for the bachelor's program. She guided me through the Capstone Practicum experience and was available

Chapter 5: Are You a Mentor? , provides advice on how to and how “not to” find a mentor. Having mentorship is important to career succession, but what is the best way to find and maintain a mentor. Since, unfortunately, women seem to have more difficulty than men in finding a mentor, Sandberg suggests that rather than asking someone to be your mentor, women should ” Excel and you will get a mentor.” She emphasizes to do good work, ask profound questions and always be respectful of you mentors time in order to maintain a mentor. Chapter 6:

At work when we would get a new employee she never hesitated to help them with their training,either with letting them know the rules and expectations to helping them learn the menu or help them with anything they needed. That takes lots of patience, yet another great skill she has that I myself personally admire. She has babysat my children that are 5 and 3 years of age. Children that are small need a lot of attention and she is highly qualified to work with them for long hours. I should know because my children are sad to see her go at the end of the day.It has been numerous times that she has made herself available to my kids and myself when we need her. The trust that I have with her is beyond work as you can see, the willingness to go out of her way and make time for my children is amazing. She also goes four days out of the week to the elementary school for one of her classes and helps the teachers with the pre-K class. The reason I know this is because my 3 year old is one of the students she mentors and my boy always loves to talk about her how he loves that she is there to play with

I want to be a mentor because I want to be a support system for a struggling student who feels like they won't be able to succeed due to their current home life or financial status. Furthermore, I feel like I can relate with many of the "at-risk" students because I come from a low income family who couldn't afford to give me all the opportunities like other more fortunate students at my school but made sure I was able to be both successful personally and academically by constantly pushing me to try my hardest. I also want to be give me able to give back and impact my current community in a positive way and in my opinion there is no better way to do that than through giving guidance and advice to children.

I called my mentor at 3pm to let him know I was on my way to his apartment. When I got to his place, he opened the door and welcomed me in. We talked about our week and decided to look at the list that we made together. The list has activities that he wants to do before we terminate our relationship. I read the list aloud reminding him that I’m reading some of the ideas we came up with together. When I was finished reading the list he said, “I wanted to make dinner together.” He already thawed the chicken legs in the refrigerator. I asked him what he wanted to make out of the chicken and he wanted hot wings and chicken broccoli rice. I found a recipe on the Internet for Buffalo wings. I started putting the chicken legs on a baking pan. My mentor

The biggest challenge for my mentor has been getting her students to engage in the activities and to reciprocate what they’ve learned so far. Her sped student is not getting the help he needs at home to further his education, which pushes him behind in class. He doesn’t do anything that she sends him home with because he has no one there to sit him down and do it. It is still a challenge because his mom refuses to get him help, so he’s not getting the attention he

While I have your attention, one more question. We have all new grads fill out an pplication to help us pair them with an appropriate Mentor. Address, martial status, kids, hobbies, that kind of thing. We would like to add age to the questionaire, or at least age range, to help us determine those new grads who may be on a second career or are just older in general and may prefer an older Mentor versus a young 25 year old.

The aim of this essay is to discuss on how the reflection on mentorship will be undertaken, how and why the model of reflection will be used and the importance of confidentiality. I will reflect the mentorship by ensuring that the mentee during clinical practice is put at ease throughout the learning experience of four weeks (Quinn, and Hughes 2007, p. 29). Also, I will use the principle of Kolb’s learning cycle as my model of reflection because reflecting is an essential element of learning. As I am the mentor, I will follow this cycle in a clockwise direction with Jude, so she would have to reflect on the skills learnt by reviewing the whole situation (Kolb’s learning cycle 1984 in Rose and Best 2005, p.129). This would enable Jude to

She is a highly giving person to everyone around her and she never asks for anything in return. She always has an ear to ear smile that would brighten up any day.