Peer mentoring

they partnered with local area schools, youth programs, and literacy and social justice organizations. “The ultimate goal of the R.E.A.L. Youth Program is to help young people move past adversity,” Hall explains. Aiming for an organic approach to mentoring, the program leaders are called facilitators. These facilitators work side-by-side with the youth to identify issues in their lives, pinpoint underlying causes and brainstorm actions for individual and community transformation. Using the…

to the future of preventing and reducing the number of violent crimes happening at school. 2. Enacting Gun-Free school zones. This legislation was enacted in 1994 which mandates a minimum of one-year expulsion from school for possessing a firearm or weapon on school property. Stiffer penalties for repeat offender of lesser violent offenses such as fighting, bullying or discrimination need to be enforced. Implementing longer suspension on reoccurring simple offense of violence could possibly…

Impact of Police Interaction in the Community Whose responsibility is it to maintain a community? Some groups would expect the police, state, or the government to fulfill that role. Others may counter with the sentiment that a community is only as good as its members. Copsey (2015) defines community as The populations that form a community interact through the processes of competition, predation, parasitism, and mutualism. The structure and function of communities are determined by the nature…

The takeaway, however, is that food from the South (Southern or Soul) rely on staples that were brought from Africa and implemented into American cuisine, yet black chefs are not given the same recognition for working with these ingredients as their peers. Making ‘soul food’ commercial and more attainable is hurting the Southern black chef. “It’s clear that racialized and coded language has made the distinction an important one – one that leads to high-profile celebrity cooking gigs in…

Mea nwhile, the mentoring by student counselor of Seton Hall University whose name was Carla Dickson had also helped Sam to avoid any possible injury from his old friends. Even though Sam had made a poor decision of helping his friend to commit robbery, his thoughtfulness…

two-fold. Most importantly, as aforementioned, I am to supplement my student, Michael’s [pseudonym], learning by bringing activities that interested him. Additionally, using in-class readings and supplemental research, it is my duty to assess our mentoring sessions analytically to discover possible ways of assisting Michael. Thus far, I have concluded that Michael has been suffering a “mismatch” in his learning environment (Jabari, 2013,…

in to tell them what is wrong with their practice. Alternatively, peer observation is a newly emerging form of professional development, where two teachers of similar skill level engage in pre-observations, classroom observations, and post-observation conferences for the purpose of reflecting on practice and building skills and strategies. While research has been done to show positive attitudes regarding peer observation and…

The Center for Disease Control has reported that half of all new STI’s diagnosed each year are detected in 15 to 24 year olds (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2016). Just under half of the states in the United States require that public schools teach sex education (National Conference of State Legislators, 2016). Many public schools do teach sex education even if law in that state does not require it. Yet, the number of STI’s in adolescents and young adults is rising. It is important…

southern Alabama town of less than 10,000 residents, I was not truly aware of the issue of homelessness. Homelessness was only a subject which I had seen in the news and in movies. However, when I became a peer helper as a junior in high school, my perception soon changed. I became part of a peer mentoring program, in which I counseled underprivileged and troubled middle school students. Through this program I discovered that homelessness was not a problem rooted in major cities, for it lied…

Some of the main reasons why I am interested in joining the Honors College at Purdue University is the opportunities they offer for everyone. The Honors College will provide the mentoring and support to find a useful career after college. While at the Honors College, I am also able to discover many other students who have the same interests as me, which will open up new challenges to pursue in. The faculties they have will help me achieve in any degree I am striving for, thus making me very…