JEA Mentor Forum underway at JEA/NSPA convention in San Antonio
Ohio mentors Wayne and Georgia Dunn demonstrated using Google Hangout with their mentee Josh Davis. They use Google Hangouts in mentoring at a distance. (Photo by Peggy Gregory)
JEA Mentor Forum Agenda — JEA/NSPA Convention, San Antonio
JEA Mentor Committee member Peggy Gregory shares the agenda for the Mentor Forum at the San Antonio JEA/NSPA Convention, Nov. 15. 8 – 8:30 a.m. Meet, eat, greet 8:30 – 9 a.m. Welcome and introductions – Bill Flechtner Ice Breaker – Peggy Gregory 9 – 10 a.m. Mentors: What’s Working & Review...
Mentors encouraged to contribute ideas for Mentor Forum
by Bill Flechtner JEA Mentoring Committee and Oregon mentor We have big plans for the Mentor Forum on Thursday (Nov. 15) that include you as an integral part of what we are doing. So if you are attending, you have some preparation to do. If you are not attending, we still want to hear from...
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....
AutoStitch: Increase your horizon
by Digital Judy One of the apps I shared for the iPad/iPhone as part of the technology session at the 2012 Seattle Forum was Autostitch Panorama ($1.99). Julie Dodd introduced me to the application and she may have more photos to add to this Seattle selection. You take a series of photos horizontally and...
Teamwork involved in planning workshops for mentors
The Mentor Forum for experienced mentors and the Mentor Academy for new mentors required teamwork. Mentor Committee members (left to right in photo) Mary Anne McCloud, Bill Flechtner, Nick Ferentinos, Judy Robinson and Peggy Gregory led discussions and group activities on topics ranging from recruiting new teachers to using smartphone and iPad apps.
Mentoring Monday: We could all use a mentor or two
by Kay Windsor North Carolina mentor When I read “Top athletes and singers have coaches. Should you?”, an article in The New Yorker sent to me by a family member after we had talked about mentoring and why it’s helpful, I couldn’t help but think of the mentors I’ve had and continue to have in...
Mentoring Monday: Creating a song as a fun way to end the Minneapolis Mentor Forum
The JEA Mentor Forums are designed to encourage group discussion and sharing of mentoring challenges and strategies. Each forum is different — with a different combination of mentors attending and with different activities. The Minneapolis Mentor Forum ended on a high note — literally. The mentors divided into two teams. Each team was to be...
Mentoring Monday: Recipes for successful mentoring cooked up at JEA Mentor Forum in Minneapolis
by Judy Robinson JEA Mentor Committee member At the Mentor Forum in Minneapolis at the Journalism Education Association/National Scholastic Press Association convention last week, Peggy Gregory started things cooking with a warm-up activity challenging mentors to create recipes with ingredients for success for the futures of mentors and mentees in the program. Be assured there...
Skits and Comics at Forum
With fifteen participants in the Mentor Forum, we have had several interactive, brainstorming opportunities. If you are a mentor, you will know how creative your colleagues can be. Bill Fletchner was creative and asked the mentors to sing, dance or act what they believed mentoring to be like: an animal, a force of nature or...
Mentor Forum Minneapolis: Warms Your Heart
Our Mentor Forum started early this morning. We ate. We shared. We told stories of our remembrances of recently departed Jolene Combs and Nancy Becker and praised their lives as mentors and friends. Peggy Gregory, chef of ingenious icebreakers, had the mentors develop recipes for successful mentoring. We’ll have some great recipes to post here,...