Snowing in Denver. Mentor Carmen Wendt took this photo during a break in the Mentor Forum when she went for coffee.
The Mentoring Forum, held at the JEA/NSPA Convention in Denver, provided a full day of workshop activities for the mentors. Activities included brainstorming sessions, sessions on InDesign and Photoshop, and a discussion of two readings about mentoring. Mentors participated in a Fishbowl sharing session and then brainstormed several ways the mentors could use that technique with mentees...
Gary Lindsay showed the mentors strategies in using InDesign and Photoshop. Both software programs are standards in high school media programs. The nine mentors attending the Mentor Forum in Denver learned several time savers for using those programs to help them in their own computer use and in offering advice to their menthes.
The Mentor Forum will be going on today at the Journalism Education Association/National Scholastic Press Association Convention in Denver. Lots of mentoring strategies and technology tips will be shared by the mentors who are attending. The mentors, many of whom who have been working together for more than five years, also will have the opportunity to hear about...
The Spring 2015 edition of Mentoring Matters includes: Teamwork of JEA Mentoring Program and scholastic press associations Map of where JEA mentors are working with new advisers Profile data of mentees Mentees’ comments about their experiences working with JEA mentors Click on this link for the newsletter — Mentoring_Matters_Spring_2015 You can read previous issues of the newsletter...
by Linda Barrington JEA Mentoring Committee chair All too often, mentors tell me they have difficulty staying in contact with their mentees. This probably doesn’t happen when the mentor teaches in the same school or district. But JEA mentors are retired teachers who are working with mentees all over their state and sometimes across the...
News release from the South Carolina Scholastic Press Association The South Carolina Scholastic Press Association awarded Jennifer Erxleben of South Florence High School the Bruce E. Konkle Rising Star Award for her work in the field of journalism. The award was presented at the SCSPA Fall Conference on Oct. 6. Karen Flowers, the Director of...
Four JEA mentors received the Pioneer Award from the National Scholastic Press Association at the JEA/NSPA convention in Washington, D.C. The recipients are Stan Zoller (on left), Bill Flechtner (on right), and Wayne and Georgia Dunn. “The Pioneer Award is the highest award NSPA offers to journalism educators. Pioneers are individuals who make substantial contributions...
The National Press Club, “The Place Where News Happens,” for more than 100 years, was the location of the Adviser Luncheon on Friday. The luncheon was part of the JEA/NSPA convention in Washington, D.C. Several of the JEA mentors attended. Lunch was served in the ballroom where world leaders address media, guests and a global...
Members of the JEA Mentoring program met with Outreach participants during the Journalism Education Association/National Scholastic Press Association convention being held in Washington, D.C. The goal of the team meeting was to provide an opportunity for the new advisers and the JEA mentors to talk about how to successfully work with school administrators. In addition...
Here’s the Fall 2014 editor of Mentoring Matters that provides highlights of the JEA Mentoring Program — Mentoring_Matters_Fall_2014 Stories include: How JEA mentors help mentees navigate their first journalism convention. JEA mentees who attended the ASNE Reynolds Institutes last summer. Former JEA mentee Josh Smalley, who now teaches journalism at Almaty International School in Kazakhstan....
