JEA Mentor Radio
Today’s JEA Mentor Radio (previously known as our podcast) features one of our recent mentors, Carla Harris, interviewing “Geno” Van Gorder from Arlington High School in Oregon. Carla’s interview with Gino will immediately grab your attention. When Gino talks about students bringing shotguns to school, you can hear the alarm in Carla’s voice. Listen and...
Change, Challenge and Connection: Julie Dodd Honors Lecturer
by Judy Robinson On August 5, 2010, Julie E. Dodd, co-chair and one of the founders of the JEA Mentoring program, delivered the 2010 Scholastic Journalism Division Honors Lecture at the AEJMC conference in Denver. Many of you wanted to hear her yet were unable to be there for a variety of reasons. Since several...
Podcast #2: Mentor and Mentee discuss their communication strategies
Listen to the second JEA mentoring podcast either by clicking the audio player below or by visiting iTunes and subscribing to the JEAMentoring podcast there. The Journalism Education Association Mentoring group is one of the first mentoring podcasts out there. Listen to an interview conducted by Julie Dodd with Kansas mentor Mary Anne McCloud and her...
Presenting at the NCTE convention — So long, CliffsNotes; Hello, PodNotes
by Linda Barrington JEA Mentoring Committee co-chair Liaison between the JEA board and NCTE I bet many of the JEA mentees are also English teachers. I hope they are familiar with the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). It is a wonderful resource in so many ways, one of which is the annual convention...
Mentor Forum provides a full day of activities and discussion — from podcasting to role playing
[Editor’s note: Peggy continues her discussion of the Mentor Forum, held at the JEA/NSPA convention in Washington, D.C.] by Peggy Gregory JEA Mentoring Committee Konnie Krislock led an informative session — Helping the New Adviser Through Censorship. Konnie’s session was originally scheduled as a small group choice, but the team realized everyone present would want...