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The FELINE Advantage: Cultivating Mentor/Mentee Communication and Understanding

The FELINE Advantage: Cultivating Mentor/Mentee Communication and Understanding. CCNCCE May 24 th 2012 Erin M. Ryan and Anna Michel Edmonds Community College AmeriCorps Retention Project. CONNECT 2 COMPLETE. Part of a national initiative, OH, WA and FL

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The FELINE Advantage: Cultivating Mentor/Mentee Communication and Understanding

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  1. The FELINE Advantage: Cultivating Mentor/Mentee Communication and Understanding CCNCCEMay 24th 2012Erin M. Ryan and Anna MichelEdmonds Community College AmeriCorps Retention Project

  2. CONNECT 2 COMPLETE • Part of a national initiative, OH, WA and FL • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through Campus Compact • Peer-to-peer advocacy (mentorship) and community-engaged learning • Focused on supporting Dev Ed, Pell eligible students in their goals of achieving academic success

  3. Connect 2 Complete AmeriCorps Retention Project Edmonds Community College Everett Community College LEAF School Dev. Ed K-12 Mentoring Programs TRiO SSS STEM Green Team Mentor and Leadership Training (C2C funded) F.E.L.I.N.E. Variety of Workshops

  4. Mentor and Leadership Training The goal of the Mentor and Leadership Training is to cultivate a campus-wide community of mentors, develop practical mentoring skills, and empower students to become better leaders and mentors on campus and throughout the community. • Quarterly Trainings held throughout Western Washington • Campus wide • Facilitated by AmeriCorps Members • Includes Peer-to-Peer and Peer-to-Youth Mentoring programs

  5. F.E.L.I.N.E.

  6. Instructions Stay in your group of three Your team will be asked to complete 7 obstacles Take the TWO cloth strips with you from your seats & proceed to foyer Wait for further instructions

  7. F.E.L.I.N.E. Objectives Safe and fun environment where attendees will understand: communication barriers assumptions that they make when working with others Example of an effective, highly interactive training activity: building community empowering students to overcome obstacles together Bridging gap between leadership theory and application

  8. FELINE

  9. “FELINE made me re-evaluate the roles that mentors and mentees should take for a successful relationship”

  10. “ It helped me develop the ability of learning to trust others”

  11. “FELINE and other hands on activities illustrated mentoring as a process”

  12. “This was an excellent event. It really boosted my confidence in my ability to lead. I cannot thank everyone enough”

  13. “It was a great learning experience that allowed for a lot of personal and professional growth”

  14. “It was a really great experience and I am thankful, it makes me want to do more for the community and the world.”

  15. “My favorite activity was definitely the FELINE one. I really had to communicate very clearly in order to get the message of what needed to be done across.” -K. Luebke Winter 2012

  16. “ I learned a lot about leadership skills. I've never really been in a leadership position before so it’s good to learn more about being a mentor and a leader”

  17. “I have an increased confidence by knowing my strengths and weaknesses and tools to work with various other strengths and weaknesses.”

  18. “FELINE was a positive experience because it taught teamwork through good mentor/mentee communication”

  19. Thank You If you would like more information on our programs, training material, or FELINE: Anna Michel, anna.michel@edcc.edu Erin Ryan, erin.ryan@edcc.edu Katie Gast, katie.gast@edcc.edu Sample materials on the table behind you.

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