My junior year in high school, I became a student mentor in our campus’s peer counseling program. This was an incredibly rewarding experience as I had the opportunity to help freshman students assimilate into our high school dynamic. As a peer mentor, I assisted students with personal problems and mediated issues with teachers in order to maximize their learning experience. I also acted as a role model for my mentees by talking frequently about AP and Honors courses and how to be successful in such programs. I put effort into learning about each individual's interests and goals so that I could expose them to clubs and academic courses that they may appreciate such as the Biomedical Academy or our school’s robotics team.…
Change happens everywhere, and most of the time, it is very hard to deal with. For me, I hated moving. It was difficult to think that I had to a leave the place where I grew up for most of my life. And then when it happened, it did not get any better. “The first step toward change is awareness.…
Everyone can say that they always imagined or wanted to look up to someone whether if the person was famous or related to them. Throughout my teenage day I’ve always wanted someone to mentor me and show me things in life that I can one day use in the future years to come. I didn’t want a mentor that was a few years older I always wanted someone that was almost twice my age, maybe even older than me. My mentor that I will be talking about name is James. James and I met at my job throughout my time working there I have worked with many managers.…
Discuss a leadership experience you have had in any area of your life: school, work, athletics, family, church, community, etc. How and why did you become a leader in this area? How did this experience influence your goals? I was playing soccer with my friends in my neighborhood just a normal day everything looked as usual. But while I was playing soccer I was hearing a noise, not knowing if I am the only one who is hearing I felt deluded for a moment and stopped playing soccer and headed to the direction where the noise was coming from.…
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world,” said Nelson Mandela. When President Obama launched the Young African Leaders Initiative in 2010 to support the emerging generation of African leaders, this was to educate us to change Africa. I believe this Professional Development Experience is intended to give Fellows practical training and the opportunity to learn transferable skills, and apply theories learned in civic leadership classes in the real-world setting. As a leader, I seek to participate actively and productively in the field of global health leadership and health policy and to fill a strategic position in a multinational institution working on promoting health, particularly in Africa.…
In my high school career, I have participated in various activities. All I did was intended for fun but three of my activities not only benefited me in enjoyment, they helped others. I am a two-year member of National Honors Society, a three-year member of Student Council, and a student mentor. The mentoring program I am currently enrolled in happens to be the first year my high school has implemented this program. I met with assigned Freshman once a week, and one assigned sixth grader I met with twice a week.…
I hope all is well with everyone. Earlier this summer there was a discussion about a mentoring event; James has asked me to the lead in setting this up. I have made reservations at Coohills Restaurant for next Thursday August the 11th at 6:00p.m. the address 1400 Wewatta St, Denver, CO 80202.…
This week I have completed my personal activities. I had 3 activities to complete one being Random Act of Kindness, The second being Nurturing Relationships, and the last Taking care of your body. I was glad to see the scores I got, it gave me activities I am passionate about, but also need to work on to better myself. The first activity I had was Nurturing Relationship.…
Mentoring programs may have different curricula, but most accentuate “the relationship between a disadvantaged or troubled youngster and a caring adult” (Keating et. al, 2002, p. 717). The relationship usually requires for the youngster and the…
During my 3-years of high school I have participated in various of clubs and organization. So far between ninth through eleventh grade I participated in clubs like: (SMASH)Sports Management Advertising Service Hospitality. I also was parliamentarian and played sports like: Girls Flag Football and basketball. During my eleventh grade year I was chosen to be apart of a mentoring program called college for every students. CFES is a mentoring program in which you become a mentor to an underclassman student who has fallen off track but as a mentor it is your job to make sure the student do not dropout of school or make bad decisions.…
Coaching Strategy As I prepare for my future job in coaching I will continue to practice interacting with player during my summer job. During the summer I coach a basketball camp from ages 5-14. Coaching this camp is early practice for me because I get to coach the different age groups, which help with how I interact with players. It helps because I have to change the way I speak to the different players that I have.…
I first became interested in seeking out an opportunity to volunteer in some capacity when I was a sophomore at Grand Blanc High School. I have volunteered at a number of places while in high school but one experience in particular will have a lasting impact on my life forever. I have been volunteering with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Flint for nearly two years. Being a "Big" is one of the best decisions I have made in my life. Mentoring a local youth was always something I wanted to do!…
By critically looking at my mentoring habits I hope to be more accessible to my mentees and to be a better planner of my meetings. Before training at the beginning of the semester, I thought mentoring was just about giving advice. I now know that it is way more than that. You do give advice but you also have to give tools to constructively help students.…
Rather than training in all life situations, as seen in discipleship, mentoring leads someone in specific life situations (Barna, 1997). As such, the mentor is usually older and more experienced in the area a person may be looking for guidance ("Mentoring," n.d.). Mentors aide an individual who has already been discipled and encourages development in specific areas of need ("Mentoring," n.d.). Unlike discipleship, a mentor does not necessarily try to recreate themselves in another person, nor does mentoring need to be spiritual ("mentoring," n.d.). Mentoring may not happen consistently and is not a biblical command (Matthew 28:19).…
I could smell the scent of cold dew wafting from the ajar windows, while piles of projects cluttered the window space. There were leaning towers of cardboard pinball boxes, stacks of papers, and books scattered throughout the classroom. In addition, I could see a glimpse of glimmering grass from out the window between the paper monuments. Air billowed in as if the classroom was alive and drawing a breath. Shoe squeaks echoed down the halls in tempo with Latin music.…