Leadership for students and teachers promoted by high school media programs
by Jess Young Newspaper and yearbook adviser Orange Glen High School, Escondido, Calif. “Graduated” JEA mentee A good teacher never takes the mouse. That was the mantra instilled in my by my high school journalism teacher, Gwen Bartlett. At the time, it was an annoying little chant that she called into our newspaper room, from...
Mentoring provides a recipe for collaboration
by Linda Barrington Mentoring Committee co-chair, Wisconsin mentor I love baking cakes and pies and cookies, and I need a plan, a recipe to follow — faithfully. My husband, on the other hand, likes to cook. He’ll start with a recipe and then experiment, changing some ingredients, removing others and adding more spices. Lasagna, for...
Watch ‘Fostering the Connection with the Principal’ to be ready for meeting your mentee’s administrators
Learn about “Fostering the Connection with the Principal” by watching the 30-minute webinar that Linda Barrington presented. You can watch the webinar on YouTube or you can go the the blog’s Webinar page to watch. Linda’s webinar was specifically targeted to mentors in the JEA Mentoring Program who are meeting with principals as part of...
Register for free webinar on ‘Fostering the Connection with the Principal,’ key step in successful mentoring
Be part of the JEA Mentoring Program’s new venture — webinars. The Mentoring Committee is extending its professional development and training opportunities beyond the conventions. Join us for our first webinar, “Fostering the Connection with the Principal.” Linda Barrington will be presenting the webinar on Tuesday, Sept. 17, at 8 p.m. EDT. Register using...
Linda Barrington named JEA’s Carl Towley Award winner
by Julie Dodd Mentoring Committee Congratulations to Linda Barrington for her selection as JEA’s Carl Towley Award winner for 2013. Linda, co-chair of the Mentoring Committee, will receive the award at the Awards Luncheon at the JEA/NSPA convention in Boston on Saturday, Nov. 16. The Carl Towley Award is JEA’s highest award and recognizes individuals...
Model newspaper staff manual helps new advisers develop their own staff manuals
by Julie Dodd JEA Mentoring Committee Coordinating a media class certainly has some differences from coordinating other classes you might teach. In a more traditional class, students may all be working on the same assignment. They could be reading a novel and working toward writing an essay on the book. In a media class, most...
Updates regarding JEA Mentoring Program
Three news items for JEA mentors, mentees and alums of the program. 1) Peggy Gregory named co-chair of Mentoring Committee JEA President Mark Newton has announced that Peggy Gregory is the new co-chair of the Mentoring Committee. She will serve in that role with Linda Barrington. Julie Dodd, who served as co-chair of the committee...
Fred Hassan promotes ‘pull’ system for mentoring instead of ‘push’
by Julie Dodd JEA Mentor Committee Fred Hassan, chairman of Bausch & Lomb, offered good advice for mentors in an interview for the New York Times’s Corner Office. He was asked how he has been able to mentor employees who have gone on to become CEOs of other companies. Hassan: “I did a lot of...
PBS NewsHour highlights New Teacher Center’s success with new teachers
by Julie Dodd JEA Mentor Committee More than 300,000 veteran teachers nationally retired between 2004 and 2008. Nationally $7 billion is spent every year to recruit, hire and train new teachers. About 50 percent of all new teachers leave the profession within three to five years. All of these were statistics shared by reporter Ash-har...
Thanks to Sharon Tally for her contributions to the Journalism Education Association
by Julie Dodd and Linda Barrington JEA Mentoring Committee Sharon Tally is retiring, and we’re going to miss her. Sharon is one of the administrative staff members at the JEA Headquarters at Kansas State University and has been a key part of JEA office operations for 13 years. Her official retirement day is June 28....
ASNE’s Youth Journalism Initiative offers services for high school media teachers and students
by Le Anne Wiseman Director, Youth Journalism Initiative American Society of News Editors ASNE’s Youth Journalism Initiative is funded by grants from the Knight Foundation and the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation. ASNE continues to seek future funding opportunities as well as the potential to partner and collaborate with organizations across the secondary school curriculum. ...
New high school media teachers share many benefits of participating in JEA Mentoring Program
by Linda Barrington Mentoring Committee, Wisconsin mentor Three JEA mentees shared their experiences of working with their retired-teacher JEA mentors with an audience of new teachers who attended their session the JEA/NSPA convention in San Francisco in April. The mentees were quite convincing about the value of participating in the JEA Mentoring Program. Every one...