Reflect: What from the TedX video caused you to think more deeply about becoming a mentor? A couple of things that made me think more deeply about becoming a mentor is the amount of time that this will take. Understanding that things won't happen overnight and that this is more of a lifelong journey where I will learn alongside the new teacher. Another takeaway was encouragement. This will remind me to make sure that I praise their choices and behavior that they make.
Reflect: From the Self-Assessment Inventory, what stands out the most about the questions and your answers?What stands out most from the questions and answers from the self assessment was that the quality that helped make someone a great mentor was that they took what I needed and spent quality time developing it. They also took it very step and by step and tried not to fuel stress. They encouraged me that what I was doing was great and kept building me up instead of trying to change me. Great mentors I have had were also very open minded.
Reflect: What do you believe you might need help with as a mentor in our school district?I'm not too sure what help I might need as a mentor. I think there might be challenges with how to guide them at times when dealing with challenging social situations where you might feel the need to protect them and not want to overstep.
Lindsay Gimlin