Mentoring is a structured,

consistent and purposeful

relationship between a

young person and a caring

adult who provides

acceptance, support,

encouragement, guidance

and concrete assistance to

promote healthy child/

youth development and

student success.

415-242-2615

www.healthiersf.org/mentoringforsuccess

Each January, National Mentoring Month is celebrated across the country. In SFUSD, we applaud each and every mentor for dedicating extra time and energy to over 1,000 students in 50 schools! The individualized attention offered to each of these students is commendable. Follow along this January with the dates honoring mentors below: January 4, 2018 – I Am a Mentor Day • A day for volunteer mentors to celebrate their role and reflect on the ways mentees have enhanced their world. January 15, 2018 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service • A day to share in the inspirational words of MLK, Jr. and elevate the spirit of service through volunteerism. Learn more about our Healthy Choices AmeriCorps event and march from City Hall to Yerba Buena inside! January 25, 2018 - #ThankYourMentor Day • This day concludes the #ThankYourMentor campaign! Anyone with real life mentoring experiences can thank those who helped them on their path to adulthood and beyond.

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Schools hosting MFS One-to-One program *Healthy Choices AmeriCorps site

Bret Harte ES* Jean Parker ES Bryant ES* John O'Connell HS Daniel Webster ES John Muir ES Downtown HS* Jose Ortega ES * Dr. George W Carver ES* Lawton K-8

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr MS Malcolm X Academy Dr. William L Cobb ES* Mission HS El Dorado ES* Paul Revere K-8* ER Taylor ES* Rooftop Alternative K-8 Everett Middle School Rosa Parks ES* Fairmount ES* Sheridan ES* Francisco MS* Starr King ES George Peabody ES* Tenderloin ES* Giannini MS Visitacion Valley ES Glen Park ES* Visitacion Valley MS Guadalupe ES* Wallenberg HS Hillcrest ES* West Portal ES Hoover MS Willie Brown MS James Lick MS

Thank you for mentoring!

Schools hosting MFS Project Arrive

Group Mentoring

High Schools Galileo HS George Washington HS John O'Connell HS Mission HS Philip & Sala Burton HS Independence Civic Center Middle Schools AP Giannini Aptos Bessie Carmichael K-8 Denman Francisco Hoover James Lick Marina Presidio Roosevelt

Thank You to our partners! California Volunteers Community Access Ticket Service Coordinated Early Intervention Services Public Education Enrichment Fund/ African American Achievement & Leadership Initiative LinkedIn MEDA: Mission Promise Neighborhoods Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, in partnership with Georgia State University Safeway San Francisco Education Fund SCRAP: A Source for the Resourceful SF-Marin Food Bank Stupski Foundation Trader Joe’s

Healthy Choices AmeriCorps Members

Class of 2018 Administered by California Volunteers and sponsored by the Corporation for National and Community Service

Cecilia Fang Ruby Duran

Cynthia (Ije) Onyebuchi Sabreen Khalil

Danny Santamaria Sabrina Johnson

Eddie Whitfield Stephanie Leiva

Guillermo Garcia Sze-Shun Lau

Jorge Rodriguez Takara Campbell

Josette Van Fleet Trineca Godfrey

Kristina Wiliams Whitney Gregory

Olive O’Meara

Inside this issue:

Mentor Spotlight

Project Arrive Recap

MFS Impact Report

AmeriCorps MLK Day of Service

Mentor Appreciation Month

National Mentoring Summit 2018

Upcoming Events + Programs

Mentor Appreciation Celebration!

Thursday, January 18, 2018 5:30p—8:30p

LinkedIn Offices 222 2nd Street

San Francisco, CA

Food, refreshments, appreciations

& entertainment!

“I mentor to get a new perspective on what it’s like to be a student again.”

Mentor, Vis Valley Middle School

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“I get more involved with the community as I have been welcomed in by her family as well.”

Everett Middle School Mentor

MFS Coordinator Spotlight: Ms. Emilie Kim Emilie Kim, School Social Worker at A.P. Giannini MS, has been a coordinator and supporter of Mentoring For Success for many years. We thank Emilie for consistently going above and beyond and for coordinating an outstanding MFS pro-gram supporting both the one-to-one and group models at APG. In the words of her colleagues, they express what an outstanding impact Emilie has on the mentoring program at A.P. Giannini: “Ms. Kim is probably one of the most wonderful human beings in the world. She is incredibly kind, generously caring, a beautiful soul and such a hard worker. She gives everything that comes her way 100% and she always has snacks! “ -Vivian Ton “We have a monthly hangout with all the mentors and mentees and everyone always has fun. Emilie plays a huge role in making all of the mentoring events so successful. It takes a good amount of effort to plan and coordinate these events and I've never heard Emilie complain about all the work she has to do (including the dishes). We have mentees who inadvertently recruit their friends to be in the mentoring program because of how much fun it is! She has made our program super inclusive and is al-ways on the hunt for more mentor and mentee matches. “ -Nurse Judy “Emily is the rock that puts us mentors and mentees on firm ground. Without her tireless coordination of mentor hangouts, her mentor-mentee matchmaking talents, and her constant support, there would be no such thing as a mentor program at A.P. Giannini. Thank you always, Ms. Kim! - Vicente As some MFS students shared about Ms. Kim: "K- kind, I- intelligent, M- magical. I think Ms. Kim is the most intelligent and outgoing teacher. She is awesome and I love working with her during the mentoring group. She is so sweet and kind. She is the best." -A.P. Giannini MFS Student "Ms. Kim is so thoughtful and kind. She can always resolve a conflict and brighten a room. I think she is funny, kind, and thoughtful. Ms. Kim also has really good taste in music." -A.P. Giannini MFS Student "Ms. Kim is nice, funny, hard-working, and encouraging. She has showed me a lot in mentoring. I am looking forward to doing it with her again." -A.P. Giannini MFS Stu-dent "Ms. Kim is helpful and nice. I had a good time during the Mentoring for Success Pro-gram because of the nice teachers and students, but Ms. Kim makes it the most fun. Thank you for helping us during the Mentoring For Success Program!" -A.P. Giannini MFS Student

WHEN: 9am—3pm, Friday, January 26, 2018

WHAT: The Ft. Miley Robes Course uses cables, logs,

ladders, ropes and a zip line to build teamwork to help overcome physical, emotional and mental challenges. Participants will have fun, test their courage and overcome fears!

WHO: This field trip is for students and mentors in

Mentoring For Success. Students must have signed permission forms from caregivers and teachers to attend. Field trip forms and information will be sent after you register here: https://goo.gl/forms/OqtgdaRzbWnEhW0r2 Space is limited, SIGN UP NOW!

To kick off National Mentor Appreciation Month...

Contact Us Questions? Feedback about Mentoring For Success? We’d love to hear from you! To get in touch with the MFS Team call 415-242-2615.

Kate Calimquim: CalimquimC@sfusd.edu Erin Farrell: FarrellE@sfusd.edu Morgan Holland: HollandM@sfusd.edu Laurie Vargas: VargasL2@sfusd.edu Wesley West: WestW@sfusd.edu

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“I get more involved with the community as I have been welcomed in by her family as well.”

Everett Middle School Mentor

The 2018 National Mentoring Summit in Washington D.C. & Team MFS

Mentoring For Success is honored to be included as leaders in the mentoring field this January in Washington, DC. District Coordinators, Laurie Vargas and Erin Farrell will be representing MFS by presenting Mentoring For Success: Inspiring a Culture of Connection Through School-Based Mentoring. In this workshop, Mentoring For Success will share how an effective structure within the San Francisco public schools has enabled both 1:1 and group mentoring to help SFUSD meet its strategic goals. Areas of focus will include: a) district and program infrastructure, b) how partnerships have strengthened the program, c) how youth are identified/matched, d) how broad-based support is achieved for the program, and e) how the use of two distinct mentoring models offers a progression of developmentally appropriate mentoring for San Francisco youth. MFS is designed to build student assets to support academic achievement, attendance, and problem-solving. We are looking forward to representing MFS and learning from leaders within the mentoring field from across the country.

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Project Arrive Group Mentoring

“I feel really happy that I was in a group that has [a] great mentor, and that I got along with other people. Thanks to the mentors, I learned how to communicate better and not to

be shy with other people.” -Project Arrive Student

Middle School: Growth in Second Year Last year’s launch of MFS’s Project Arrive Group Mentoring in middle schools showed great promise, as participants reported a 24% increase in doing things that make a difference, and a 21% increase in doing interesting activities. In addition, mentees reported a 14% increase in feeling closer to people at school, and a 13.9% increase in feeling safe at school within a 3 month period. Mentees also expressed feeling closer to their peers and mentors after participating in the group. Post surveys indicated that 81% of mentees noted feeling somewhat or very close to their peers, and 90% noted feeling somewhat or very close to their mentors. 95% of mentees reported feeling like their peers care about them and make them feel good about themselves. In their own words, mentees said their mentoring group was something to look forward to. One student reported that “[Group] help me feel better in my life.”

Following last year’s successful mid-year launch, MFS’s Project Arrive Group Mentoring for Middle Schools is well under way, with the following middle schools hosting group mentoring for the 2017-2018 School Year: Aptos, Bessie Carmichael, James Denman, Francisco, AP Giannini, Hoover, James Lick, Marina, Presidio, and Roosevelt. We are looking forward to seeing the results of what a full year of group mentoring will bring!

Project Arrive High School: Connecting In Groups Project Arrive is in six high schools this year: Burton, Mission, O'Connell, Civic Center, Wallenberg, and Independence. We have 30 mentors supporting over 150 students. In the first half of the year Mentors and Mentees participated in trainings to learn and understand their roles. Groups are moving through the Forming and Storming stages and hoping for some Norming and Performing in the 2nd half of the year. Students and mentors are looking forward to the Ropes Course in the next few months.

“I mentor to get a new perspective on what it’s like to be a student again.”

Mentor, Vis Valley Middle School

Training & Support

Mentoring PLC Thursday, February 8, 2018

4-6pm

Location: School Health Programs (1515 Quintara)

RSVP: https://goo.gl/forms/ZkaWVMshsmkIKnsr2

Discuss strategies to support your mentee. Bring questions about your mentoring relationship.

Project Arrive Blog sites.gsu.edu/project-arrive

Thanks to our partner GSU, this site has helpful

hints, resources, and activities for group mentors. Many of them can be used with

individual students too!

Web-Based Mentoring Logs

Please complete on a weekly basis!

This simple tool demonstrates the fantastic work you do with your

student.

Log on to the Online Activity Log at www.healthiersf.org/mentoringforsuccess

If you are having any problems logging on or using the log, please

contact Erin Farrell at

415-242-2615 or farrelle@sfusd.edu

Your cooperation in making this

happen is greatly appreciated!

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“I get more involved with the community as I have been welcomed in by her family as well.”

Everett Middle School Mentor

“I mentor to get a new perspective on what it’s like to be a student again.”

Mentor, Vis Valley Middle School

Project Impact Report: Mentoring For Success Outcomes This past Spring our team went through an internal qualitative evaluation process with the support of an outside evaluator, led by Laurie Vargas. The purpose of the evaluation was to ascertain the impact we are having for the youth in our program. Over the course of the project, we (a) developed and refined our ideas of intended impact and indicators, (b) designed and implemented both qualitative and quantitative measures to collect and analyze data, and (c) identified findings and considered the implications of those findings for program adjustments and renovations.

For the qualitative portion of the evaluation, we designed an in-depth interview protocol to gain data about the structural, qualitative changes in our mentees as a result of being in the mentoring program. We identified a sample of subjects (mentees) using a stratified technique to select a representative sample of the population we serve. Our population size was 850 students across SFUSD K-12 schools. Our sample size was 38.

For the quantitative portion of the evaluation, we designed a questionnaire to collect data on our quantitative indicators of impact. We distributed this instrument to 50 K-12 schools and had 89 students respond.

Our major findings were that:

Mentors make a difference Mentors are a bridge at school Mentors learn what’s really going on for a young person

Mentoring allowed students an opportunity to discuss goals and practice goal setting with trusting adults. Trust between the mentor and mentee is cultivated

Mentees increased their sense of self-regard Mentors are also a link to outside of school Mentees gain a sense of belonging

Through the internal evaluation process we found that youth are indeed building meaningful relationships with adults at their schools. Through the process of trusting adults, mentees are learning how to set general goals for themselves (such as doing well in school), however, we also learned that mentors and mentees are not explicitly setting goals within their mentoring relationship. We intend to increase training opportunities for mentors and mentees around goal setting in the relationship. Setting goals within the mentoring relationship allows both the mentor and young person to evaluate the time they are spending together. Mentoring matches will have the opportunity to practice setting goals within their relationship during monthly activities, and mentoring matches will be encouraged to reflect on those goals at least quarterly.

As youth are building meaningful connections with adults at school, we also believe it is important for mentees to be connected to their larger communities (beyond school) and therefore, we will work to strengthen connections to community agencies and partners. We have seen success when parents/guardians are included in larger mentor program activities and we want to replicate this in additional schools.

The internal evaluation process has allowed us to validate the work we are doing and find areas to strengthen. We will continue to use this process to develop mentor surveys to determine the level of impact on our mentees. We will use the evaluation findings to strengthen the trainings offered for mentors as well as identify additional activities to provide during the monthly activities or group mentoring sessions. Most importantly, we recognize the value of internal qualitative designs and will continue to incorporate them in our programming.

2018 MLK Day of Service As part of their experience with AmeriCorps, SFUSD’s Healthy Choices AmeriCorps will be partnering with United Playaz and NorCal MLK to participate in a day of service on Mon-day, January 15th. Healthy Choices AmeriCorps Members will be rallying at City Hall and then marching with a strong contingent of SF Community members to Yerba Buena Plaza where they will host a booth promoting resources and activities for San Francisco and SFUSD students and families in hopes of building stronger connections between families and SFUSD. Find more info about the march and events taking place that day in SF at: www.sfmlkday.org AmeriCorps members will be marching from City Hall to Yerba Buena starting at Noon. Come join as part of the SFUSD mentoring community! The 2018 MLK theme is: The Urgency of Now.

January is Mentor Appreciation Month Please join us for our annual Mentor Appreciation Celebration on Thursday, January 18, 2018! Mentors will be acknowledged and honored, while we enjoy entertainment, food and refreshments. This is a fun evening to come together to appreciate everyone’s dedication and commitment to mentoring students in SFUSD.

Mentor Appreciation Celebration Thursday, January 18, 2018

5:30pm - 8:30pm LinkedIn Offices

222 2nd Street, San Francisco

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