Mentoring Monday: Mentor Forum at JEA/NSPA convention in Seattle provides ideas, information sharing and fun for mentors
by Julie Dodd JEA Mentoring Committee co-chair A special part of each JEA/NSPA convention is the Mentor Forum. The forum is a day-long program for the members of the JEA Mentoring Program. These photos from JEA Mentor Committee member Judy Robinson share some of the experiences for the mentors from the Seattle convention, April 2012....
Mentoring Monday: Join us for CoverItLive conversation about the JEA Mentoring Program, March 26
by Julie Dodd JEA Mentoring Committee co-chair We hope you’ll be online Monday (March 26) evening to be part of the CoverItLive conversation about the JEA Mentoring Program. Our time is 7 to 8 p.m. (CDT). Linda Barrington, Judy Robinson and I will be the producers for the online (typed) conversation. The image at the...
Mentoring Monday: Mentor guides discussion of newspaper staff, adviser and administrators on student press rights and professional responsibility
By Konnie Krilslock California Mentor Returning to the Laguna Beach High School journalism classroom two years after completing my assignment as mentor to adviser James Brusky, I noticed little had changed. The small staff was enthusiastic and engaged, the bulletin boards were papered with more than three years of laminated Brush & Palette front pages...
Mentoring Monday: 4 insights in discussion of how to help high school students be successful with difficult literature (and other challenging subjects)
by Julie Dodd JEA Mentor Committee co-chair The positive of making a trip to the dentist this past week was being able to catch a portion of The Diane Rehm Show as I drove to the appointment. Rehm and her guests — Meredith Goldsmith (professor of English, Ursinus College; vice president, The Edith Wharton Society),...
Mentoring Monday: 3 JEA mentees named JEA Rising Stars for 2012
by Julie Dodd JEA Mentor Committee co-chair Congratulations to the three JEA mentees who have been named as JEA Rising Stars for 2012 – Jody Evans, Evelyn Lauer and Jessica Young. What a great way for the JEA Mentoring Program to enter the New Year. The Rising Star program was established to recognize “teachers with...
Mentoring Monday: Download free handbooks for educators who want to use Facebook and Twitter in their professional work
[slideshow] by Julie Dodd JEA Mentor Committee co-chair Here are two gifts that Santa may not have included in your stocking — handbooks for educators for using social media. Amber Coggin, a technology teacher in Mobile, Ala., has written two handbooks — one on using Facebook and one on using Twitter — that are targeted...
Yearbook adviser creates staff contest to improve quality of Homecoming photographs
Peggy Gregory is sharing this innovative teaching strategy from Robert Waller, a yearbook adviser in her school district, Dysart Unified School District in Surprise, Ariz. Thanks to Robert Waller for giving us permission to share his teaching strategy and some of the award-winning photos (selected from a slideshow of all the winning photos). To provide...
From Lisa Dabb’s ’20 Tidbits’ — Selecting 4 tidbits that particularly apply to new journalism teachers and advisers
by Julie Dodd JEA Mentoring Committee co-chair Lisa Dabb’s “Twenty Tidbits for New Teachers” provides an interesting and ambitious list of possible to-do items for new teachers. I’m selecting four of the 20 that particularly apply to new journalism teachers and advisers. Tip #3 – Build Relationships Building relationships is very important for high school...
3 ways to improve teacher education programs
By Linda Barrington JEA Mentoring Committee co-chair Of the many things teacher education programs should offer, I think these three are the most important: a wide range of rich experiences that integrate technology and creative media within lessons, regular reflection on classroom experiences, and the opportunity for engaging in professional development, both individually and as...
New teacher training should include having pre-service teachers spend time in classrooms with students
by Nick Ferentinos I have a confession to make. After 35 years in the classroom, which included working with many student teachers, followed by nearly eight years of mentoring new teachers and six years of teaching new mentors, I still don’t know much about what should go into a teacher training program. There’s so much...