Mentorship Programs: What Do They Look Like?

1. Mentorship Programs:What Do They Look Like? Facilitator: Dana Keller, Mexico, MO Panelists: Megan Frazier, Miami, OK Angie Lawson and Teresa Howard, Clinton, MO

2. Types of Mentoring Programs • Building Level • Classroom Level • Targeted Small Groups • Targeted Individuals • Specific Events or Activities

3. Building Level - Clinton • Building Partners Larger community businesses- (Hawthorn Bank, Transcontinental, GVMH, Pathways Behavioral Healthcare) Give time, talent and/or treasure to meet the needs of the students and staff of a particular school. Build relationship with the “school”

4. What Do Building Partners Do? • Employees serve as Lunch Buddies • Serve on Site Council • Provide incentives • Host collection drives • Help when volunteers are needed • Donate personal hygiene items • Become a part of the school family • Hospitality for teachers during conferences

5. Building Partners

6. Building Level - Mexico • Building Partners Every building in our district has at least one business partner. Every building in our district has at least one faith based partner.

7. What Do Business Partners Do? • Sponsor assemblies • Present awards • Welcome students on 1st day • Provide incentives • Decorate • Help when volunteers are needed • Provide holiday goodies/treats • Become a part of the school family

8. What Do Faith Based Partners Do? • Partnered to provide a blanket for every student at McMillan. • Provided funds to purchase clothes for the CARE Closet. • Provided a “Welcome Back Luncheon” for faculty and staff in August. • Provide a monthly word of encouragement and treat in the faculty and staff mailboxes. • Donated items for Santa’s Workshop. • Volunteers have helped at Santa’s Workshop, Tyrone Lue Day of Service, Popsicle Friday & Book Gotcha Days. • Provide popsicles once a month for a grade level at Popsicle Friday. • Provided a hand sanitizer for each classroom and area of the school.

9. Classroom-level Clinton • Classroom Partners Smaller businesses, church groups, civic groups, families Give time, talent and/or treasure to meet the needs of a particular classroom Build relationships at classroom level

10. What Do Classroom Partners Do? • Provide projects , crafts, games • Bring holiday or birthday treats • Share about their organization • Join in parties, celebrations, etc. • Help with service learning • Encourage the students • Teach a new skill/Supplement classroom lesson • Read to the students

11. Classroom Partners

12. Classroom-level Mexico • Corporate HR Directors teaching interview skills to students. • Manufactures work with vocational classes. • Businesses offering the special education class job training.

13. Student Manufacturing Tours

14. Targeted Small Groups - Clinton • Reading Pals • Building Partners volunteer to come in on a monthly/bi-weekly basis to read books to their assigned class. - Oftentimes these books supplement a current unit of study. • Build relationships with the students in your group

15. Targeted Small Groups, cont. • Character Ed Basketball Camp -Anyone can volunteer, including building sponsors and classroom partners -Work with specific small groups on basic basketball skills while promoting positive character - Build relationships with the students in the groups

16. Small Group Mentoring

17. Targeted Small Groups - Mexico • Princess Party Young ladies are taught manors, good etiquette, proper hygiene, treated to a makeover and new clothes. Super Hero Party Young men are taught how to be a gentleman, how to tie a tie, lashing, and good hygiene

18. Targeted Small Groups, cont. • Monthly lunch meetings with students in the alternative school. • Career exploration and college visits with alternative school students. • Cosmetology students mentoring children on hygiene and offering haircuts and manicures to students that are able to improve attendance.

19. Super Hero and Princess Parties

20. Targeted Individuals • Volunteers/Mentors can be anyone, including building sponsors and classroom partners • Give time to work with specific students on specific needs • Build relationships with specific students

21. Types of Targeted Individual Mentoring Programs - Clinton • Lunch Buddies/Lunch Pals • Come have lunch with your student on a monthly basis • Support and encourage your student • Be a positive adult role model • Be a listener

22. Individual programs, cont. • Study Buddies/Book Buddies • Come work with/ read with a student on a weekly basis (or as often as possible) • Support and encourage the student • Be a positive adult role model • Be a listener

23. Individual Mentoring

25. Types of Targeted Individual Mentoring Programs - Mexico • Lunch Buddies – Serve students k-8 Commit to lunch 2-4 times a month • Monday Mentors – Lunch Mentor program for high school students. • After School Tutoring at Middle School • Mentors help student complete profile at Missouri Career Center upon graduation.

26. Missouri Military Academy Mentors

27. Specific Events/ Activities, Clinton • Activities such as: • Donuts with Dads/ Muffins with Moms • Family Fun Day • Attendance Celebrations • Positive Behavior Incentive Parties • Character Ed/Student of the Month assemblies

28. Special events, cont. • Volunteers/mentors can be anyone, including your building sponsors, classroom partners, and mentors from other programs. • Give time , talents and or/treasure to mentor students as needed for specific activities/events • Be a positive adult role model

29. Special Activities Mentoring

30. Specific Events/ Activities - Mexico • Activities such as: • Reality Store • Global Roundtable • Valentine Lunch • Cyber Safety Program • Character Ed/Student of the Month assemblies

31. Global Roundtable

32. Questions?