Since the beginning of training I have definitely gained confidence about my ability to mentor students. At the beginning, I was worried that I will not be a good mentor and that I will say the wrong things to them. Listening to all the past mentors share their experiences has allowed me to reshape my mindset to realize that I don't know all the answers and I'm not expected to. I can only assist the student by giving them resources and guidance and not by telling them what they need to do. I am still concerned about maintaining a solid relationship with my mentees because school is my first priority and I want to make sure I can balance enough time for my students with a heavy course load.
For the fall training, I would like to know more about the essential resources that are the most helpful to incoming freshmen. I would also like to explore the campus and learn more about where these resources are and just get to know more about all that NAU has to offer. Being a science major, I spend all my time on north campus and I would like to explore the other buildings as well. I'm sure that many of my mentees will be undeclared majors and it would be useful to them if I was familiar with many majors not just my particular major.
Julia, I agree about learning more about campus in general. It might be beneficial to plan a "field trip" where we all walk around campus and explore and learn more about the buildings on campus and the services they provide. I look forward to working with you next semester!
ReplyDeleteHello Julia,
ReplyDeleteI was also a little nervous at the beginning and have come to learn that we do not have to all the answers. I am an SBS major, so I have mainly been on south campus my whole college career. I am LOST when it comes to the Science buildings. Maybe we can inform each other of the opposite sides of campus?
Looking forward to training with you!