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Program Goal
This is the pilot program for what will become an e-mentoring resource for students in the East Sac County CSD to access for years to come. There is no obligation to participate on this first launch, but we hope to involve as many interested students as possible. With that being said, only 10th and 11th graders are currently eligible for the program this year.
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Program Length
We intend for this program to last the length of a school year with the mentor-mentee communication. With that being said, the first school year that this program is running, 2019-20 the mentoring program will last only one semester.
Communication between the mentor and mentee is required twice a week. That means that being a part of this program will require you to send 2 emails per week to your respective partner. |
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Interested?
If you are interested in participating in the pilot program for e-mentoring at the East Sac County CSD, please go to the page that you represent (mentor or mentee) and fill out the corresponding information. Once you have submitted the form on this website you will be emailed with the appropriate forms to fill out.
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Benefits of programs like this
E-mentoring programs allow for long distance communication between students and employers.
Benefits to students include: allowing students to build confidence in their soft skills that are beneficial to have in the workplace. There are also opportunities in this program to get career material looked over by an individual knowledgeable in the market that a student wants to enter into. Benefits to employers include: making contact with the next individuals in the work force. As well as making contacts with the community members in your area for future business. There is also free publicity by the student population that you reach, allowing you to reach new audiences. This program functions to strengthen our communities and build an web of support between businesses and our school. Producing graduates who are more successful and aware of adulthood situations and responsibilities. Adolescent who have mentors set higher educational goals for themselves which is a key factor in overall life success (Bruce). |
TESTIMONIALS FOR THE POWER OF MENTORING
Story #1Anyone can be a teacher
She looked away from me when I said it. Usually her eyes looked eagerly at mine like children’s eyes do, but this time she looked away over my head. I thought she was embarrassed and I was sorry I’d said it. I only meant well. “I think you’d make a great teacher.” That’s what I said to her.
We were playing school and I was the student and she chose to be the teaching assistant. I asked her why she didn’t want to be the teacher and I told her I thought she’d be wonderful. And she looked away from me, over my head, and I was sorry I’d asked. The next time we played school was six weeks later. She made the rules. “You be the student,” she told me, “and I’ll be the teacher.” She did a good job, too. We read a poem and then she asked me what it meant to me. She was looking right at me and she was smiling. I said, “You’re doing great.” “I think you’d make a great teacher” is all I’d said to her. I had been sorry last time, but now I was glad. There’s more. Three months later we played school again. I was the student. I asked her, “Are you the teacher?” “No,” she grinned, “the principal.” This time I didn’t say anything. I didn’t need to. |
Story #2Being a mentor can be achievable regardless of age
Sometimes my wife knows me better than I know myself, if you can believe that. She had to drag me kicking and screaming into mentoring. I swore I wouldn’t be good at it: before I retired I had been a successful financial executive, and everything had a beginning and an end. But mentoring has no final answer, so I thought it wasn’t my area.
I don’t understand it. It’s something I’ve never encountered before. He and I learn from each other, and we’ve both changed. We talk about school and we play catch and he’s happy to be there, to see me. And I feel the same way. He’s opened up, he’s happier, he has something to look forward to. As for me, I’ve started listening more and talking less. It’s not the normal way adults talk to kids, but there’s something about it. Just listening. You know, it’s made me a better parent, too. So my wife was right, and I’m grateful to her. I don’t understand how, but mentoring has made me better, and helped me make someone else better too. There’s just something about it. |
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Being a mentor in a student's life can make a lasting impact on not only their life but also in their community... our community.
According to a 2016 study examining the wellbeing of those between the ages of 10 and 24 , investing in the lives of those demographics leads to three benefits. Benefits in the short term to the adolescent, in their future adult life and even a benefit can be observed in their future children (Patton). This is called a triple dividend, simply put, a gift that just keeps on giving. Receiving mentoring during these formative years has positive effects for generations. According to 2002 report by the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine, "at least 25 percent of young adults face a risk of not achieving 'productive adulthood' " . We need to be part of this change in our community to continue to make this percentage drop. |
Mentees, here is why you should join East Sac County Mentoring!
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More About Us
We are hoping to connect interested students with career professionals
This program was created to facilitate conversation between students who are interested to learn about different careers and those working in businesses in the surrounding communities.
Through these partnerships, we hope to better prepare students for the expectations in the working world as well as extend students ideas about the unique opportunities in the area. Research has suggested that the future socio-economic situation of an adolescent is a reflection of the adult support that they received when they were teenagers (Raposa). During this time where they are gaining responsibility and independence, having adult role models is vital. If we as a community want to make a lasting impact in our community, providing adult support now to students is a logical answer. |
“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”
Issac Newton