While graduate school is an extremely stressful process, our program has several programs in place that help alleviate some of that stress. In my opinion, one of the most beneficial programs is the mentorship experience that occurs during the Supervision and Consultation class, as it allows third year students to share their knowledge (i.e., mistakes and successes) with second or first years to hopefully make their lives a little easier. Therefore, the following will highlight my mentee experience as a second year student, and then my mentor experience as a third year student. About a year ago when I arranged to meet with my mentor to discuss the internship process, I remember thinking it was way to early to start thinking about internship. …show more content…
One of the things I remember appreciating most about our meeting was her honesty about how challenging the next several months were going to be. While sharing that information with a student who is about to enter that difficult period can be nerve-racking, she followed that up with genuinely describing how I would be able to complete the work, pass my classes, pass my comprehensive exam, get internship interviews, and then an internship. Therefore, the biggest lessons I took away from our discussion was awareness about how challenging the process is, but also the confidence that, just like everything else, I would successfully complete the materials. As I participated in and then completed the internship process, those two lessons proved to be exactly true. From the time I began preparing for the CAMP 2-8 until interviews were over was one of the most challenging periods in my entire life. However, while I may have been stressed, sleep-deprived, and caffeine overloaded, I was able to successfully maneuver through all of the challenges and obtain an APA accredited internship. As such, I realized that those two lessons were extremely important …show more content…
For example, he had issues related to his direct therapy hours, and was worried that it would negatively affect his internship opportunities. In addition, he was unsure if he was going to take the fifth year or not, depending on his direct hours, and what his future employer (i.e., the Air force) wanted him to do. I remember feeling surprised as he voiced his concerns, because I did not experience those issues when I was in his position. Rather, I remember feeling extremely relaxed about everything during spring quarter of second year. Recognizing that he was feeling some pressure and/or stress about his current situation, we spent the majority of our first meeting on this topic. I attempted to listen to his concerns, provided feedback about how he could potentially address everything, gave him examples about what other individuals in similar situations did, and then we brainstormed about his options moving
Standing at the starting line of the full marathon I felt anxious and nervous. Not only was I excited to accomplish this goal, but also I was nervous about the difficulty of this task. However, when I crossed the finish line and accomplished this goal, I realized that a new and possibly more difficult goal was about to start. This goal was not only to complete Physician Assistant School but it was to strive to excel in a career as a Physician Assistant in a rural primary care setting. Driven by my intrinsic personal traits of leadership, compassion, and commitment, I am motivated to achieve this goal of excelling in my career as a Physician Assistant.
One of the possible research topics I plan to undertake involves analyzing the impact that mentoring can have on the graduation success rate of African American males, particularly when the mentor is a Black male and the relationship takes place in the south. In my opinion, these relationships can have a profound impact on a student’s ability to persist towards graduating from college. Though my research, I want to hear the stories of Black males who have benefited from successful mentoring relationships with other Black men. I believe that establishing a strong mentoring relationship with Black males at a young age can greatly improve their chance of academic success. Furthermore, I believe that mentoring is a strong early intervention mechanism to prevent Black males from dropping out of high school and deterring them from pursuing degrees in higher education. At the same time, I would like my research interest to focus on African American males in the south, but I would like my scope to focus on mentoring relationships between black men; both structured and unstructured.
I have been a mentee in three mentoring programs and I understand from firsthand experience how important mentors have been in my life. Each relationship was very different; one of my mentors was about two generations older than me, while my two more recent mentors have been only a few years older than me.
Being a tutor or mentor is a wonderful experience that I think will heighten your level of socializing in a professional manner and further progressing your problem-solving skills. I know for me, both apply to my life and I have only been a tutor for two semesters and a mentor for one. I plan on joining the military after my college career is over and having leadership skills will be important in my career path. Tutoring is something that takes being a leader. You must lead someone to a goal. In this case, that goal is learning new material. Being able to help someone and guide them towards gaining more knowledge is something I take great pride in being able to do. For example, I had student this semester who struggled immensely with chemistry (what I tutor).
but he still stuck to it for a little over a year for the experience. He then decided to quiet the job and move back home to study for his Masters. But recently he got offered a job at a good company. This has taught me that good thing comes with patience and hard
That little hope for her was her mentor Ashley. This is part of the reason why she’s accomplished so much in her life. Nya wants to be even the smallest hope she could be to these children. Nya wants to be these kids’ mentor, and not only a mentor, but also their friend. She wants to be there for them however long it takes. She wants to see their growth and their progression throughout the years.
The education I have received through Lennox High School and its staff has prepared me in many ways for my future ahead of me. I plan to attend Dakota Wesleyan University, in Mitchell, South Dakota and play golf there as well. I am undecided of a major at this point but hope to be decided soon. I have had many teachers, coaches and administrators aid in who I have become as a person today. I have been a three sport athlete all four years of high school and have had many coaches along the way that have not only shaped my athletic performance but also my character off the athletic playing field.
The past few weeks of my internship has consisted of more meetings. We have had our first School Support Staff Team meeting, which will now be held every other week. Our SPARCs group has also begun, and that will be every Thursday afternoon. SPARCs is a group of 7th grade girls that meets to learn about life skills of coping with trauma. We have also had a CFTM at the school, as well as a meeting with a potential McKinney Vento family. On top of this, I have begun to be more proactive with the school attendance. Instead of just running the reports, and sending out the 3, 6, and 10 day letters, I have started to look for trends in students. I also discovered a way to find a different kind of report through power school that can show us who
Coming into this internship, I was anxious. I was excited going into my last semester of community college but I wanted to find out how my school schedule would look like with the internship. Driving to Rahway on a friday afternoon to discover was needed. The area surrounding the YMCA seemed nice. Different from my neighborhood for sure. Inside the YMCA looked way better than Plainfield. When I met with the YMCA director, she seemed nice. She was talking about how she wanted to create programs to interest kids. It seemed like she generally cared about building relationships with people more than just getting money out of a family. She asked me about what sports I liked and told me about the Sports director, he sounds like
He did however discuss it with my mom. The situation also took a toll on his already present depression. My dad was so deeply worried that he would be fired, and that no one would want to hire a man at his age. It upset me so much to watch my father go through that. It resulted in a still present resentment toward bosses and those in charge.
First we have training. On the job training is basically teaching the skills, knowledge, and competencies that are needed for employees to perform a specific job in the work pace and work environment. The employee who receives the necessary training is more able to perform in their job. Mentoring training is another form of training. This provides an employee with an experienced coach to oversee his or her learning experience.
What are the benefits and advantages of internships? Internships help you gain exposure to real issues not found in textbooks, it also helps to increase your skills that are readily marketable from doing an internship. Interning can provide you with personal growth experiences and exposure to different job opportunities. Internships give you the opportunity to evaluate potential employers nearly risk free, which is a plus. I did an internship for a year at my church. The first thing I had to do was find the facility I was going to do the internship with. The next thing was to engage a suitable mentor for the work I was going to do as an intern. After talking to two perspective mentors one was chosen. Your mentor has to be dedicated to your success, and your spiritual growth. He or she must not be afraid of telling you the truth, and make sure you can follow instructions. An internship helps you to clarify your goals, gain experience by applying your knowledge and skills in work related situations.
November same year he starts working at a factory. He seemed very excited and committed to the job. But, what I feared happened and of course I didn’t believe him.
I, Virginia Harrell, have learned a great deal during my internship. While completing my Master degree at South University in the mental health counseling program. I am currently working in the field as a Mental Health Professional, but I wanted to gain more experience in the therapist/counseling field. I am in the process of completing an internship at the Team Wellness Center. Working in the therapist role allowed me to get hands on experience in completing psychosocial an asking question about the client family history by doing this it confirmed that this is the field I am interested in pursuing.
In the internship there are a number of key persons involved out of which the role of supervisors/mentors and student teachers are the prime ones. According to McIntyre (1997) the mentor is the subject teacher who takes primary responsibility for the professional education in classroom teaching. The mentor teacher is the one who takes the student teacher into his or her classroom as a student-teacher intern. The mentor teacher guides and evaluates the lessons that the student-teacher intern presents. Anderson and Shannon (1988) refers mentoring as a nurturing process in which a skilled or more experienced person, serving as a role model, teaches, sponsors, encourages, counsels and befriends a less skilled or less experienced person for the