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Strength Coaching with Nick

After the weclome and introductions by Peggy and Bill at the Mentor Forum in Kansas City, Nick led a session on Strength Coaching. We’ll be posting an article from Nick here a little later today (check back). But in the meantime here are the online resources Nick had for us in the workshop. Strengths resources...

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...

Mentors brainstorm strategies, try out activities

[slideshow] by Julie Dodd JEA Mentoring Committee co-chair The Mentor Academy continues with a variety of activities. The training is a combination of presenting information, working in groups, and asking questions. A key focus of the training is how to use language that encourages the mentees to be reflective,  to recognize what they are doing...

Mentors consider factors that impact new journalism teachers

by Julie Dodd JEA Mentoring Committee What are the issues that are affecting journalism education today? We asked the mentors to write headlines that reflect the issues nationally, statewide and locally that impact journalism educators. Here are some of those headlines: Recession threatens funding for education Common Core Standards marginalize high school electives Principal edits...

Preparing to train fourth cohort of JEA mentors

by Julie Dodd JEA Mentoring Committee co-chair This evening JEA Mentoring Committee members Linda Barrington, Nick Ferentinos, Judy Robinson and I took a walk around the Kansas State campus. We’d spent most of the day getting to K-State. First, flying to the Kansas City airport and then driving about two hours to Manhattan — with...

Thinking Ahead: Planning to attend JEA Convention?

by Judy Robinson JEA Mentoring Committee A brief interview with Mary Anne McCloud at the Fall 2009 JEA Convention in Washington gives you yet another reason to put the convention date on your calendar. Nov. 11-14, 2010 – Kansas City April 14-17, 2011 – Anaheim Click to play and listen to Mary Anne’s experience. (Time:...

JEA Mentor Forum at JEA/NSPA Convention in Portland

A good group of mentors sharing, discussing and proactive about mentoring are engaged in Thursday workshop in the Portland Convention Center, April 15.

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]