Wow, I honestly can't believe we are at the end of the semester and we have our last class this thursday. It feels like we just had our interviews the other day! Looking back on the topics we have discussed during class, I feel like I have a good understanding of the fine line between being a mentor and being a friend, and how we can establish our own boundaries and expectation with our mentee's. I really like how we talked about this topic a lot because I feel like it is really important to understand so we can have a good working environment and relationship with our mentee's. For the fall semester, I would like to see more about how to structure each individual and group meeting. Should we be discussing new topics each meeting? How often should we bring up past topics? What tools or supplies do we need to have in preparation of each individual or group meeting? Also, I would like to know more about how and when mentee's will be assigned to us. Lastly, I know we will be doing online training over the summer but I would like to know more about what that consists of and if we will cover it again over fall training.
I can't wait to officially start the job in the fall and it has been a great time training with everyone :)
Jocelyn,
ReplyDeleteI am also excited to start working! It's always fun getting to meet new people. I also liked your ideas for the fall training. I couldn't think of anything so it's nice to hear some other ideas. :)
Great blog Jocelyn! I definitely agree that group meetings should be discussed more. Lovely suggestion!
ReplyDeleteJocelyn,
ReplyDeleteYou have great questions and I will do my best to answer them. We will be devoting a good amount of time to aid you in the understanding of how to conduct an individual and group meeting. Each group meeting will have a topic and in our staff & meetings with our supervisions we will be given instructions on the topic and what the tasks are to be completed. Also, the group meeting can be your opportunity to be creative but changing up the activities listed for the group meeting just be sure to discuss this with your supervisor, he/she will be assigned to you. Lastly, students will meet with the either Keola, Kevin, Pam, etc. based on when your group meeting time and day is they will choose if that works for them. One more thing, you can ask you students how they felt about the group meetings in their individual meeting but we will also have 411 sheets where the students can express how they feel about the group meeting. I hope this helps.