Summary Of Mentoring In Action

Reflecting back over the years since receiving my initial National Board Certification, I clearly see that the mentoring roles I have been a part of have been the most rewarding. Mentoring has enabled me to collaborate with others new to the profession as well as with veteran teachers in the classroom. Through this collaboration in a variety of settings, I have been able to improve the effectiveness of my teaching practices which in turn has had a positive impact on my students. A study from Teacher Collaboration in Instructional Teams and Student Achievement by the American Educational Research Journal (2015) states that the quality of teacher collaboration positively influences teacher performance

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)

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.

Woullard, R., & Coats, L.T. (2004). The community college role in preparing future teaches: The impact of mentoring program for preservice teachers. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 28, 609-624.

Matz shows that mentoring programs were first instituted in the U.S. in the late 19th century as an alternative to incarceration to be used in Juvenile Courts under the supervision of probation officers (2014). According to Matz, these sentencing policies were inspired by the progressive era’s focus on alleviating the mass poverty that was caused by industrialization, immigration, and urbanization (2014). Blakeslee and Keller state that “The highly renowned Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBS) mentoring program, for example, began in 1904 in New York City and today consists of over 375 agencies serving more than 210,000 youth across the United States” (2012).

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

Formal mentoring programs are ubiquitous on college campuses and yet there is a lack of high quality training for mentoring participants online. The Entering Mentoring training is a notable exception (more here). However, this training is in person. More here about lack of inclusive mentoring / cultural intelligence.

Get M.A.D. Global is exactly how we at Get M.A.D. intend to be, global. As we are intending to be established outside of South Carolina as the leader in mentoring solutions for all, we will be planning to extend our services globally. Our overall focus is mentoring! What is mentoring and why is it important? By understanding mentoring and why it’s important we will be able to formulate a mentoring methodology for our mentoring development program. This is important because, not only is mentoring important here in the United States, it’s equally important in other parts of the world.

Over the course of my semester of mentoring at Davis Emerson Middle School six lessons were taught and a final jeopardy review was completed during the final session. The topics included: respect, caring, cooperation, citizenship, punctuality, and compromise. These topics proved to be a challenge for the students, since they have never been exposed to many of these terms. Punctuality seemed to be the word that was known the least whereas caring was common knowledge. My favorite lesson was the one on caring. The game, “I love my neighbor”, incorporated in the lesson was relevant and engaged the students. Students were able to make connections they had in common through the game, which ultimately gave them a reason to care about each other. This game allowed us to even pull in the shy kids and established relationships for the weeks to come. Since the students already had knowledge of the topic, conversation flowed during the discussion time. They were able to sight attainable goals to incorporate caring in their daily lives. My mentee, Kaitlin, sighted goals such as opening doors or helping around the house to show she cares. My least favorite lesson was the one on citizenship. The game, “The line game”, involved the students organizing themselves in order according to certain criteria, such as birth month or name. This game had no connection to citizenship, which was hindering since the students already had no prior understanding of the topic. When we moved to our discussion

“A mentoring program is essential to a successful business and to succeed your business for the next generation.”

Five months ago a group of randoms entered a classroom on the third floor of Schneider at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire on a Tuesday at about 11 AM. All of us probably thinking the same thing, “Do we have to mentor right away?”, “Who are these professors?”, “Oh thank god, I know someone in this class.” There were feelings of nervousness, excitement, and confusion swirling about the class but it was not long before the class jelled and became almost like a family. Five months later we are coming to the close of the Mentoring Youth with Differing Abilities course and it has been one wild ride. There were good times, bad times, awkward times, and everything in between, all occurring while we learned and experienced new things.

These mentoring relationships consisted of providing support and encouragement along with a nurturing environment for the new leaders (Enomoto et al., 2000). Although the protégées learned a great deal with skill development and leadership opportunities in advancing their careers, the mentoring experiences benefitted both parties involved. The mentoring relationships were reciprocal and mutual (Enomoto et al., 2000). Not only is the individual perspective of the protégée valuable but also her community perspective. For example, one of the protégées who is a Hispanic assistant principal, who spoke the language of her Hispanic families, felt she could provide a better insight for her principal regarding her connections to that community (Enomoto et al., 2000). Within the mentoring program, mentors appreciated the perspectives of their protégées. Outside of the sharing of information and offering various perspectives, new leaders were looked at as confidantes and a friend.

Due to Brian Tracy- an American author - to build a positive and productive mentoring program, one should bear in their mind that this is not a one-way relationship. Whether being in the position of a mentor or a mentee, there are few key points that might be useful in order to make the mentoring relationship successful.

who is there to assist the mentee deal with stumbling blocks that are part and parcel of risk taking when trying out new strategies in situations where they are struggling. The ensuing trust forged between the mentee and mentor yields positive benefits both inside the mentoring relationship and beyond it both with others and in the longer term. The mentoring capital that develops for the mentee creates an inner reserve that the mentee draws from time and time again as they face new challenges.

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.