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Session 2- November 19th, 2015
In this session, we continued to discuss W. Brad Johnson’s (2008), The Elements of Mentoring, looking more specifically at the latter half of the book that hones in on how a mentor/ mentee relationship is arranged and and matters of integrity within the relationship. In this session, we addressed mentoring as it relates to college-wide retention efforts and how important it is for everyone to have a mentor as part of a general success plan in life. We also touched on KCC faculty member, Michael Miranda’s (2014), article The Seven False Beliefs: Addressing the Psychosocial Underpreparedness of the Community College Student and how this helps us to understand the types of students we are working with at KCC.
Session 1- October 22, 2015
This was the first FIG of the fall 2015 semester. In this session, participants were asked to pre-read the first sections of W. Brad Johnson’s (2008), The Elements of Mentoring that examine the skills as well as style and personality of good mentors. We also discussed basics about the possible benefits of mentoring and defined what mentoring is/ is not along with providing an overview about the status of the Faculty-Student mentoring program. This session was intended to be part training for any new mentors looking to be matched to a mentee or those already providing mentoring, but have never sat through any formal training about mentoring.
Session 3- May 18th, 2015
In this session we discussed Motivational Interviewing, an approach used in the Counseling field to foster change in individuals. Like the previous session on Dweck, this FIG session was open to the larger college community- those who were currently trained as mentors in our formal Student Faculty Mentoring program as well as those on campus who just have an interest in mentoring but are not currently mentoring, and those providing mentoring informally (but are not part of our program). Motivational Interviewing, established by Miller & Rollnick (2002), is a structured approach to helping people change based on enhancing their intrinsic motivation and understanding ambivalence. Participants were asked to read about the basics of MI and in this FIG session, we discussed the utility of the four guiding principles and strategies of MI in relation to understanding and mentoring our KCC students. The readings from this session can also be accessed through the Faculty Student Mentoring program google site.
Session 2- April 20th, 2015
In this session, we discussed Carol Dweck’s Growth Mindset. We watched a Tedtalk that focused on Dweck’s research and discussed this research in relation to KCC students and the value it holds for mentoring. In essence, Dweck’s research demonstrates that praising children for intelligence with language such as, “you are so smart”, can backfire in that children/ teens/ young adults start to see intelligence as a fixed trait that can’t be changed versus having a “Growth mindset” that can be fostered and in one’s control. Participants in this session were also asked to read two articles that Dweck had written about Growth Mindset prior to the FIG session. These articles and videos can be viewed through the linked, Mentoring Google Site.
Carol Dweck’s talk on Growth versus Fixed Mindset- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiiEeMN7vbQ
Dweck-how praise is harming youth
