Transcript The FELINE Advantage: Cultivating Mentor/Mentee

CCNCCE
May 24th 2012
Erin M. Ryan and Anna Michel
Edmonds Community College
AmeriCorps Retention Project
• Part of a national initiative, OH, WA
and FL
• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
through Campus Compact
• Peer-to-peer advocacy (mentorship)
and community-engaged learning
• Focused on supporting Dev Ed, Pell
eligible students in their goals of
achieving academic success
Center For Service Learning
-K-12 Mentoring
Programs
-Green Team
Learn and Serve Environmental
Anthropology Field School
(LEAF School)
Connect 2 Complete
(Peer to Peer Mentoring
Service Learning)
TRiO Student Support Services
Make It Happen Mentor Program
Developmental Education Peer Mentoring
Connect 2 Complete
AmeriCorps Retention Project
Everett
Community
College
Edmonds Community
College
Dev. Ed
K-12 Mentoring
Programs
TRiO SSS
STEM
Green Team
Mentor and Leadership Training
(C2C funded)
F.E.L.I.N.E.
Variety of Workshops
LEAF School
The goal of the Mentor and Leadership Training is to cultivate a
campus-wide community of mentors, develop practical mentoring
skills, and empower students to become better leaders and
mentors on campus and throughout the community.
• Quarterly Trainings held throughout Western Washington
• Campus wide
• Facilitated by AmeriCorps Members
• Includes Peer-to-Peer and Peer-to-Youth Mentoring programs
F.E.L.I.N.E.
 Stay
in your group of three
 Your
team will be asked to complete 7
obstacles
 Take
the TWO cloth strips with you from
your seats & proceed to foyer
 Wait
for further instructions

Safe and fun environment where attendees will understand:
communication barriers
assumptions that they make when working with others

Example of an effective, highly interactive training activity:
building community
empowering students to overcome obstacles together

Bridging gap between leadership theory and application
“FELINE made me re-evaluate the roles
that mentors and mentees should take for a
successful relationship”
“ It helped me develop the ability of
learning to trust others”
“FELINE and other hands on activities
illustrated mentoring as a process”
“This was an excellent event. It really
boosted my confidence in my ability to
lead. I cannot thank everyone enough”
“It was a great learning experience that
allowed for a lot of personal and
professional growth”
“It was a really great experience and I am
thankful, it makes me want to do more for
the community and the world.”
“My favorite activity was definitely the
FELINE one. I really had to communicate
very clearly in order to get the message of
what needed to be done across.”
-K. Luebke Winter 2012
“ I learned a lot about leadership skills.
I've never really been in a leadership
position before so it’s good to learn more
about being a mentor and a leader”
“I have an increased confidence by
knowing my strengths and weaknesses
and tools to work with various other
strengths and weaknesses.”
“FELINE was a positive experience
because it taught teamwork through good
mentor/mentee communication”
If you would like more information on our
programs, training material, or FELINE:
Anna Michel, [email protected]
Erin Ryan, [email protected]
Katie Gast, [email protected]
Sample materials on the table behind you.