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JEA Mentoring Matters available now

The latest release of Mentoring Matters is out. You can download your copy here (or right-click the image and save to your desktop).  Sit down for a an update of all that’s been happening in the program for the past few months.  It’s a good read.  If you don’t get time to read it before...

JEA Mentor Radio

Today’s JEA Mentor Radio (previously known as our podcast) features one of our recent mentors, Carla Harris, interviewing “Geno” Van Gorder from Arlington High School  in Oregon. Carla’s interview with Gino will immediately grab your attention.  When Gino talks about students bringing shotguns to school, you can hear the alarm in Carla’s voice. Listen and...

Change, Challenge and Connection: Julie Dodd Honors Lecturer

by Judy Robinson On August 5, 2010, Julie E. Dodd, co-chair and one of the founders of the  JEA Mentoring program, delivered the 2010 Scholastic Journalism Division Honors Lecture at the AEJMC conference in Denver. Many of you wanted to hear her yet were unable to be there for a variety of reasons.  Since several...

Podcast #2: Mentor and Mentee discuss their communication strategies

Listen to the second JEA mentoring podcast either by clicking the audio player below or by visiting iTunes and subscribing to the JEAMentoring podcast there.  The Journalism Education Association Mentoring group is one of the first mentoring podcasts out there. Listen to an interview conducted by Julie Dodd with Kansas mentor Mary Anne McCloud and her...

Effective mentoring requires effective listening skills

by Nick Ferentinos JEA Mentoring Committee This article from the New York Times Business Section on June 6 is worth reading. The connection between what it says about mentoring in the business world applies directly to the mentoring we do in education. The key point it makes is that good mentors are listeners. Our tendency...

Photos from JEA Mentoring Sessions: November, 2009

Thanks to Randy Swikle for taking photos from the JEA Mentoring Sessions from November, 2009.  I’ve posted some photos to remind you of the good discussion and times last year.  More sharing and sharpening of mentoring talents to be had in Portland.  Get ready to enjoy JEA Portland 2010! [slideshow]

State Support Needed for Successful Mentoring

Having a broad base of support in your state is important in allowing the mentoring program to develop and be well received. Although financial support is essential to provide a yearly stipend to each mentor, networking is equally important to give the program visibility and credibility as broadly as possible. In Wisconsin we began by...

Mentors to ‘Help Young Things Grow’

I believe. I believe when the Washington Post and the New York Times report that almost half of new teachers leave the profession within five years while we baby boomers are exiting in the hundreds of thousands. I believe widespread research that shows that the quality of teacher drives student achievement; I’ve always believed that in the...

First Mentors Participate in Training Workshop

PHILADELPHA — Ten veteran journalism teachers from five states kicked off JEA’s new mentoring program in a day-long training workshop at the JEA/NSPA fall 2007 convention. The mentors, representing Colorado, Kansas, Ohio, Oregon and Wisconsin, were hand-picked for the initial mentor training. Following the day of training, they return to their states to identify new...