Looking back, I can remember my freshman self being ecstatic about finally being in high school with the older kids. I was eager to try new things and meet new people. In the first month of school, freshmen were introduced to their freshman mentors who taught advisement lessons and were meant to serve as guides to assist students in their first year of high school. I looked up to mentors; they were the first upperclassmen besides my relatives that I knew. However, my mentors failed to do their specified job. During lessons, they neglected to keep students engaged in the topic and did not show up prepared or with enthusiasm. They acted as if they were too cool and didn’t serve as a positive role model for freshman. My experience that year is …show more content…
After not seeing eachother for a while She sought me out and explained to me the impact I had on her life life. Outcomes such as Brianna’s is why I became a freshman mentor. I have learned a lot about myself and others due to mentoring. This experience improved my overall being and really helped me to come out my shell in high school. Beginning of my senior year, me along with four other seniors were asked called to Mrs Hawkins office, the counselor who is in charge of freshman mentoring. She wanted us to take over the some of her role in the organization. I was shocked that she chose me out of all the mentors. Once again, I found myself back at square one in a new position of leadership and completely lost. I was given the responsibility of training the mentors in order to prepare them for the freshmen. this is one of the biggest leadership roles I have been in so far. This position has given me great responsibility, work ethic, and presentation skills. I have my peers looking to me for advice and direction. In doing this, I have truly experienced the life of one who leads others. I belive us mentors as a whole represent our school and have to act in an appropriate manner at all times. I listen to the freshman at our school and take in their ideas and expectation of the mentors at Grayson. I stress to my freshman the importance of education and the importance of being yourself and having true friends who accept who you are. This experience has reminded me that when I present myself as a leader I am capable of achieving the goals I set
This project is aimed at participants who have an understanding of youths within in the care services and may know if mentoring is effective, with three aim’s being identified by the researcher that were important. taking an interpretive approach as it seeks to explore beliefs and values of participants Ritchie(2013), purposive sampling has been selected as the researcher was looking for professionals opinions as this has made the findings more reliable this is because the participants are aware of this topic they know the youths and weather mentoring is effective making it valid and reliable as the participants are professionals and work with the youths directly having an understanding of the youth’s needs, although it would of made the project
Criminologist James Fox of Northeastern University predicts that murders committed by teens will skyrocket as the population of kids 10 and under is higher than population of 21st century teens by 20%. (Stephens) Mentoring is the act of helping out someone that isn't as knowledgeable or experienced in different areas. The goal is to make them leaders. (Patterson)
This study is limited to the freshman mentor program at one high school in a 30 high school district located in Maryland. Data was collected from a representative group of mentors. Interviews were limited to discussion of the role of the mentor in working with the freshmen mentees. Although many high schools have freshmen mentor programs, each school develops a unique program to fit the needs of the students feeding into their school. Data was collected from a small representative group of mentors and they were all
I believe a Peer Mentor should make it his/her assignment provide support, encouragement, and information to new students. I was attracted to this position because I believe I can successfully do so by listening, comprehending, questioning, clarifying and give constructive feedback to fellow students with any type of situation they are dealing with. A peer mentor is someone who leads by example, a role model to others. Almost every job I have ever had, I had to demonstrate skills a mentor has to possess. Being a basketball coach for young kids as well as a Security Guard, has taught me important skills like sensibility, confidence, social skills and reliability. Furthermore, by being approachable, open minded and willing to put myself in others
One thing I believe is a necessity in growing up is having a mentor. Having a mentor is, not only, beneficial for the mentee but also the mentor. Being a mentor is a learning experience for everyone participating, it helps people grow as a person and friendships are created when a bond if formed. Some people might think it's a waste of time for a child or that it'll never work out for a troubled delinquent but based on the research I've done, I have proven them wrong. Through-out this paper I will provide the pros and cons of mentoring and how they affect both mentor and mentee. To back up my proposal that mentoring is supporting, I will supply examples to answer the question: Is mentoring really important?
The Closing Bell Speaker Series “Iron Sharpens Iron”: Why Mentoring Matters So Much was presented by Forest Harper. Forest Harper is the current Chief Executive Officer and President of INROADS Inc. Harper grew up in a poor neighborhood in Fort Pierce, Florida. In high school, Harper was a star athlete in his high school’s Army ROTC program. He attended Morgan State University on a football scholarship. His plan was to become a professional football player. He suffered two knee injuries that ended his football career. He graduated from Morgan State University with a Bachelors of Arts in Social Work. After graduation, he joined the Army and served as a Lieutenant. He spent six years in the Army and rose up to the position of Captain. After the Army, Harper participated in the Executive Leadership Training program at Harvard University. Before becoming the president of INROADS, Harper worked at Pfizer for twenty-eight years. He started as a pharmaceutical sales representative and later became the Vice President of Capability Development in Worldwide Public Affairs and Policy. He was the only African American in his division. This fact inspired him to join INROADS and become a mentor to minority college student. His goal is to help get as many minority college students into the industry they choose. Harper’s own mentor is his uncle Walter Crenshaw, the oldest documented Tuskegee Airman.
For this reason clear terms and boundaries must be set and adhered to prior and throughout the mentoring process.
For this project my mentor will be mrs. Lourdes, she used to babysit me when I was little. She lives in Mexico and I had lost her phone number, therefore I had to do some investigation before I could contact her, but it was worth it. Her husband died when her children were very little but she kept going and gave all her four children a career. She paid for all their school supplies and believe me it was not an easy task, and she was always characterized for having a smile on her face and her willingness to help others
Mentoring during my undergraduate years made me realize how one can positively impact lives by educating and guiding. Since I was already very interested in the healthcare it made me realize that becoming primary care physician will allow me to educate, guide and support my patients with their healthcare needs. When I was a mentor the students and parents asked me for advice and I helped them with strategies and planning for their education similarly as a physician I can provide these services for my patients as well for their health. It gives me great satisfaction in helping people in such way. I have developed these skills of mentoring and guiding well enough that people seem responsive to my advice. I was working as a mentor and studying neuroscience as an undergrad with a goal to pursue a career in medicine. Taking premed course and majoring in Neuroscience, my curiosity for medicine grew further. I was able to balance my education and work as a mentor which an important component in becoming a physician.
Attached is a completed application for the mentoring program I would like to pursue. Not sure if I have overstepped my boundary, but I have discussed this with my RA, Nick Lalpuis, and he supports the proposal. I also discussed this with Laura Watson this morning and she is in agreement with it as well. Please advise if there are any additional documentation or steps I need to go through to get
From the past year of joining the EY College Map Mentoring Program, I have learn numerous things about the program. I have learn to never give up in life, study skills, advice from my mentors. They have given me advice on Financial Aid, assist me to learn about scholarships and applying toward the next step of Education. Ey Mentors has help me so much in tutoring for tests, especially the Act and Sat. For my first time I had achieve a composite score of 18 and a 24 in reading. Which I really love. The mentors made learning educational and fun. I learn that I don’t have to stress about some things in life. I learn to work ahead of time and work on my Time-Management skills. I must make time in College for studying and having fun. It’s always
The golds or the outcomes that I hope will occur as a result of my mentoring relationship are being able to grow no only as a person but also as a professional. Also, I want to be a lifelong person and always have a good attitude and look the positive side of negative situations. Another goal is to show the care that I will have for my mentor by always respecting his point of view. The desirable attributes that I possess is that I have a good sense of humor. However, I am a responsible person and respectful. Also, I am social and I like to converse about anything I like to fill the silence. Also, I am friendly and an easy going person. The ways that I will imply these attributes with my mentor is by always having a smile and have a good attitude.
The overall theme of my mentoring experience is that at home life may not always affect the child as we learned. The first day I met AD, she opened up about her family right away, she had no problem with tell me what her home life was like. She said her mom was the only one of her parents to finish school and now has a job as an accountant. While her dad only finished high school, and is currently unemployed. Her parents are still together but her mom is gone a lot of the time so her dad is the main disciplinary. However, from what she says he doesn’t do a lot of discipline and it shows in AD actions while we are together. To me, it seems like her dad is a permissive/ indulgent parent. AD says that her dad gives her lots of praise but doesn’t
With the development of the more organic and less formal organisational structures the role of mentors has shifted with these changes. Unlike previously where mentors where seen as formal trainers who taught newcomers the processes and got them acquainted with the cultures and the systems within the organisation. Which required good interpersonal skills and a good knowledge of the activity or tasks the mentee would have to undertake, and be able to effectively relay or demonstrate the tasks or activities to the mentee. As opposed to more recently where a mentor would have to be more of an emotional counselor and demonstrate more skills than were traditionally required from
As part of my introduction, I would like to mention that my research project is about mentoring where I have chosen ‘questioning’ as my strategy. In this report, I will discuss in detail about my ‘Mentoring through Questioning’, which is a key for my research project report. Here, I will cover the project’s context in which it was set, my aims and focus of the project, my justification on why I have chosen mentoring through questioning and the types of questions being used during this project, in support of the relevant literature. And then eventually, I will mention about the interactive sessions between a mentor and mentee, the reflection or the perspectives, specifying the self-analysis as well as the required feedback from mentee as part of the research strategy. Later, I will conclude this report by mentioning about the effectiveness of mentoring sessions and the future actions planned for my skills development.