Mentor Program helps new advisers develop leadership skills
A rewarding part of the JEA Mentoring Program is seeing the mentees and their students excel. New advisers stay in the Mentoring Program for typically two to three years. In that time, their mentors work with them to develop their advising and teaching abilities and encourage them to get involved in professional development. Jessica Young is one...
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 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...