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Mentoring: Building Relationships
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Why is Relationship Building So Important?
“Helping young people achieve their full potentials is the best way to prevent them from
becoming involved in risky behavior.”
(The statement is from a brochure about the National Clearinghouse on
Families and Youth.)
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Getting to Know Each OtherFirst Week
• Observe and get to know the classroom community• Might use Classroom Observation Form
(see Volunteer Handbook)
• Ask the teacher questions • Become familiar with the students and let yourself become a familiar face in the classroom
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Getting to Know Each OtherME Bag
All About Me Survey (See Volunteer Handbook for other ideas)
Reading Interest Inventory** Tell about your favorite book or author
** Why do you enjoy reading?
Learning Style Survey** Take How Do You Learn Best Questionnaire** Add up totals on the back ** How might this survey help you work with your student?
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Learning StylesAuditory learners
• prefer listening to explanations over reading them • may like to study by reciting information aloud• learn well through songs, chants, rhymes• may want to have background music while working• may be distracted by noises and need a quiet space to study
Kinesthetic learners • learn by doing and touching• may have trouble sitting still while learning• better able to understand information by writing it down or doing hands-on activities
Visual learners • process new information by reading, looking at graphics, or watching a
demonstration• grasp information presented in a chart or graph, but may grow impatient listening to
an explanation• draw pictures for these learners
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Build TrustOpen Communication
• Ask the teacher the first week: 1. How would you like to communicate about students?
***Email works well*** 2. When will you debrief about the tutoring sessions? • Use Open Ended questions
1. How was your weekend?2. How is your day going?3. Do you have brothers or sisters?
***Individualize your interactions***• Be consistent• It’s okay to apologize• Give them another chance• Listen more than talk (Active Listening)
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Set Clear and Realistic Expectations
• Mentor/Mentee Agreements * Observe classroom first* Create with the child and each of you sign your agreements – more accountable• Save for future reference (revise and revisit)
•Give clear instructions for behavior or work
Example: “You need to write three words that start with B, and then draw a picture for
each. Write the words first and then go back and draw the pictures.”
•Confusion as to what is expected may cause children to misbehave.
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MAGIC Basket
1. Get into groups of 6-8 facing each other in a circle2. Person with the MAGIC basket will begin 3. Share a specific appreciation for yourself as a
volunteer/mentor/human being“I appreciate myself because…”
4. Only the person with the basket speaks – others are listening5. Give yourself an appreciation “gift” from the basket and pass to the person to your right
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“People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”
Theodore Roosevelt
Angie KiteExperience Corps Bay Area
http://experiencecorpsbayarea.wordpress.com/ 415-937-2485
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