My Mentorship Experience

Providing service reminds me to be grateful for all I have, and that I don’t have to feel helpless by seeing bad things in the world when I can do something to help. Girl Scouts, of which I’ve been a member since age five, instilled in me a love of service. The Girl Scout Promise, recited at the beginning of each meeting, is a simple reminder of what we should strive for daily. “On my honor, I will try, to serve God and my country, to help people at all times, and to live by the Girl Scout Law.” Through pet adoption days, canned food drives, and clothing drives, I have learned that I can make a difference to others, and that even small actions can make an impact. Beyond organizing service projects, serving people can be as simple as sitting

“I think one of the most important lessons we teach in JROTC is importance of service. And not just military service, but service… giving back to our school, our city, our community, our state our country, that’s given so much for us”

The Kentucky YMCA is a big part of my life. The first thing that I learned when I joined was that people at the Y promote four core values. These are Respect, Responsibility, Honesty, and Caring. These words have been seared into my brain by constant repetition and reminders. I never was conscious of these values until I saw them in work during a program they call Y Corps. This program is a large community service program that goes on 6 different service trips over the summer around Kentucky, the northern states, and the southern states. I had the privilege of going on the trip to the south. I realized that I was seeing these values be acted out by 27 high school students that were nothing special yet incredibly important all at once. I realized

While the service trip took place in the Northern US, there were pre-determined requirements that had to be met before we could embark, one of which was a minimum fundraised amount of $500. The money that was raised by this program went towards scholarships for other Kentucky residents to attend YMCA Conferences, where they have the chance to learn about democracy, kinship, and our community. I count this as community service because the YMCA changed my life by transforming an academic student into a servant leader. Providing the chance for someone else to be shaped into one of tomorrow's leaders is doing a service to my community. The third tier of my service goes towards the United States of America. An example of my service to America has already been noted in my ten day service trip to northern states where I helped shelve books with my peers and kinfolk who had fallen into unfortunate circumstances as well as re-vitalise YMCA Camp Y-Owasco through mulching over 5 miles of trails; however, a lesser noted service that many young adults seek is education. I firmly believe that the education of forthcoming generations is one of the greatest services that can be done for our

Often, we never see the effects of our actions. Sometimes, we find ourselves comfortably distancing acts of service from why they are committed and whom they impact. I never genuinely understood what lies at the root of service until my freshman year of high school.

My high school years have been filled with many great memories; it is safe to say that I had an enjoyable high school experience. Some of my most unforgettable moments of my high school career have been in Beta Club. In 9th grade, I joined the Beta Club at my school. I joined because I knew that this club was an organization for those who love to serve others, and I know that decision will have a lasting impact on my life as well as on others’ lives. I was elected President of the Beta Club at my school in 11th grade. I led my club of about 40 members throughout the year as we took part in various service activities such as: trash pickup for Adopt a Highway, sponsoring a child for the holidays, and visiting local elementary schools to read

Witnessing the youth give their time and effort to make sure that they finish each and every task they were assigned really showed their dedication and drive to helping people in need.

Having come from a military family; my father, uncles, and many friends, I decided my volunteer agency would be one that involved supporting veterans. I grew up with these organizations being a part of my life; mainly because my father was extremely devoted to one, but I only knew it on the surface—attended a few dinners and dances. I wanted to experience and understand more “behind the scenes” so to speak.

I spent some of my Saturday mornings picking up trash, painting buildings, helping the needy and assisting with the reading program. Not knowing that all the hard work I put into being a contributing member I would soon become the club president and youth of the year for two years straight. The club would also be my first job where I worked as a youth instructor. I strived to be an example for the boys and girls club mission, vision and goals. With the help of the staff, I could reach my full potential as not only a leader, but also a patient, productive and positive young adult. President and CEO, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay, Wendy Foster said, “Positive role models,

I’ll be honest: I’ve had a pretty good life. I’ve had loving parents, who immigrated to the United States so I could have a better future. I’ve had great teachers, who helped me carve an individualized path through school. I’ve had amazing friends, who pushed me to better myself. Yet, these comforts made me recognize the profound importance of service. While I’ve been lucky to receive these gifts from generous donors, it’s precisely by having these opportunities that I know what others don’t have.

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

Mentorship is very important in the workplace especially in the area of training and development. The mentor-protégé relationship is a much needed relationship that begins in the early career stage and this relationship involves the current or new employees and the supervisor or other colleagues that provide work-related guidance. The relationship itself is comprehensive and involves “educational, occupational, physical, social, and spiritual development” (Greenhaus,, Callanan, & Godshalk, 2010, p 211). One of the initial task of the early career the establishment of the career field which involves the gaining of the workplace competence, learn what is needed to excel in the organization, and to gain acceptance in the workplace to be recognized as the valued employee. There are many ways of achieving the above mentioned advantages in the workplace which one main method is through the use of the mentorship program.

a. My interviewing skills have come to help me know my mentor (Harriet Kulakoff) as a person because they allowed me to engage with her in conversation not only about her thoughts on healthy aging but to explore some of her interests such as playing tennis and golf or going swimming. Throughout the interview, building off the questions asked by my team members I was also able to illicit her opinion about varying issues including the use of social media and gain her thought on the younger generation and what we can do to support each other as we age as well as become more engaged with each other in light of our seeming dependence on social media. It was an enriching experience to listen to my mentor and having the right interviewing skills to ensure that both she, myself and my team members were comfortable and engaged aided in us having a successful and productive interview.

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.

When I think about how I was feeling about this service I did not really understand how I was helping out the organization or how this was really considered service. I was just walking around talking to kids who could care less if I was there or not. When I think of who really benefitted from me going to this service site once a week, my list starts with institutions, Creighton University, the Freshman Leadership Program, the Boys and Girls Club. Then on a lesser scale