Northwest School of the Arts Peer Mentoring program prezi
NCSLMA presentation with Middle School Guidance Counselor, LaTonya Washington
In 2012 our school’s psychology teacher expressed concern over the low morale that he was witnessing among students and staff. He felt that change needed to occur, but needed buy-in from the students. She invited a select group of juniors and seniors, as well as staff, to read The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell. The premise of the book is that it only takes a few people to make drastic changes. After reading the book, students chose the following topics to focus on: college preparation, school beautification and Middle School/High School mentoring. The group only met once face-to-face with all other communication being conducted via Facebook. The students created closed Facebook groups for each of the three topics to communicate.
Since I saw all of the students in the school, I volunteered to coordinate the mentoring program. I knew that there would be social and academic issues for the Middle School students, so I reached out to the Middle School Counselor and we collaboratively started an official mentoring program during homeroom. High School students were matched with sixth graders according to major: dance, visual arts, theatre, and music.
We also began a partnership with the district anti-bullying coordinator and the Assistant Attorney General’s office. Our students were given the opportunity to create a video PSA, attend district-wide anti-bullying summits and create radio anti-bullying PSAs that were played on all local CBS radio affiliates. Click the Prezi above to listen to audio clips.
The Guidance counselor and I presented our mentoring program at the state librarian conference, NCSLMA Conference, in October 2013.
Since I saw all of the students in the school, I volunteered to coordinate the mentoring program. I knew that there would be social and academic issues for the Middle School students, so I reached out to the Middle School Counselor and we collaboratively started an official mentoring program during homeroom. High School students were matched with sixth graders according to major: dance, visual arts, theatre, and music.
We also began a partnership with the district anti-bullying coordinator and the Assistant Attorney General’s office. Our students were given the opportunity to create a video PSA, attend district-wide anti-bullying summits and create radio anti-bullying PSAs that were played on all local CBS radio affiliates. Click the Prezi above to listen to audio clips.
The Guidance counselor and I presented our mentoring program at the state librarian conference, NCSLMA Conference, in October 2013.
Holiday letters written by both a mentor and a mentee.
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