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 What one day seminar participants say Some comments about what participants, mostly youth workers and educators, enjoyed and how they had personally benefited from attending the seminar in March 2006, included: “Great facilitation and good structure and flow. Good to get everyone up and interacting. GREAT analogy used!!!” “Group sessions. Time to discuss and share different ideas. Chance to meet new people.” “Well researched – resourced and structured.” “The stories of Robin’s life experiences. They made me see how mentoring actually works and the types of things to say.” “I enjoyed it all, especially when topics were related to real life stories and people.” “The power point slides used and the analogy. Good to understand and compare to life stories. Meeting people and where they are from eg, working in schools, volunteer work ….” “Writing a plan for our Case Study and getting into small groups to discuss what we would do. Moving around doing activities throughout the seminar.” “How to walk alongside the students … .” “The group stuff. It helped us to get other people’s ideas and perspectives on mentoring.” “The positiveness being re-inforced. Why? Because it’s needed.” “Covered stuff quite quickly. Good revision of basics without getting bogged down. Good analogy and good image for lesson.” “Overall “philosophy” of mentoring.” “Analogy – aspects of how we are challenged to mentor young people. Everything – it was great. Robin’s ideas and thinking of young people are so true.” “I had not thought about setting goals and creating pathways with my young person. Thank you so much for that. I hope I can inspire them to reach their dreams.” “Continue to be refreshed. Keep doing it!” “Tools, ideas for mentoring. Encouraging the vision to mentor.” “Not to try and fix the situations through giving advice and telling people how to sort things out, but assist them to discover realities themselves.” “To never take simple things for granted – giving and receiving. Young people consistently observe you. Watch your actions/examples.” “Walk your talk. Mentoring works best when you look after yourself.” “The part about forgetting about the negative side and concentrating on the positive aspects of the student’s life.” “Relationship is key – not really about a programme.” A group of 28 New Zealand Principals and Senior Management leaders attended this seminar in January 2005. Their comments included the following: “Extremely non-threatening, accommodating; valued personal experiences; down-to-earth; had some inspiring delivery concepts. Thank you.” “Right pace; informative; time flew as I was totally involved; colourful; good balance between slides/discussion/presentation.” “Excellent. Very real scenarios/story – anecdotes shared, but referenced briefly to research.” “Very inspiring but with a high degree of practical. Very organised. Able to engage a reluctant participant.” “Excellent presentation material. I enjoyed Robin’s enthusiasm for the subject.” “Excellent presentation skills, positive, energetic – shared relevant, personal experiences to back up points.” “Very lively, well organised presentation which kept me engaged – all good.” “Excellent presentation skills – use of personal experiences.” “Excellent presentation skills – motivational/interesting. Good, relevant links to ‘life’ – great stories! Good balance of written/hands-on cooperative activities.” “Good – easy to listen to. Good mix of anecdotal. Shared of self.” “Well presented. Non-threatening and easily taken with the group – well set.” “VERY PROFESSIONAL!” “All material good – enthusiasm.” “Good positive attitude towards mentoring.” “Great in how to be a mentor – the art of mentoring.” “Opening our eyes, ears, hands and mouth to what we can achieve through mentoring – especially the little steps; loved the little questions – really made me think about my personal life and teaching career and what impact I can make personally.” “Well done. Didn’t dominate. Opened it to the forum ….” “[I enjoyed] the presenter’s ability to take us briefly through some of the key strategies involved in mentoring.” “[I enjoyed] the opportunity to think more deeply about our attitudes and how they are reflected onto our students.” “[I enjoyed] time to reflect on my teaching practice; re-establish importance we have as teachers on children’s lives; importance of listening, perseverance; goal setting for young people; importance of being all okay with self before working with others …. Staff need to focus on positiveness on students.” “Teachers are ideally placed to be mentors; personal resiliency builders will be useful; re-focus teaching traits – encourage all staff to be in a mentoring mode.” “[I enjoyed] realising the things in my teaching which are great and the things I would like to focus on improving. I would like to see the [development] of a school-wide goal-setting strategy.” “The steps followed logically and were well presented; able to relate to our lives to see what we can do for students; the importance of our teachers’ tasks; goal- setting.” “Identifying how teachers are helping children; teachers are important; we can help by being a mentor.” “[I enjoyed] self revelations about role models and the part I have to play as one. [I would like to see] all staff on hand to be mentors themselves and responsive/affirming to targeted youngsters in their class.” “Little things – words matter; time management and taking a step back to see what difference you can make; resilience. [I would like to see] some sort of mentoring – starting with little goal setting, but time would have to be set aside so that children can talk, share and reflect on their goals.” “[I enjoyed] the time to explore the issues that are involved in mentoring. Look after yourself; reach for the stars personally as a role model; exploring the qualities and skills of a mentor. [I would like to see] professional development sessions with staff on school goal re resilience.” “Excellent delivery of ideas in a non-threatening but productive manner. Enjoyed the concepts and how they relate to our school philosophy. Keep on dreaming – dreams are achievable. We don’t have to beat ourselves up about our students. Re-emphasis about our uniqueness.” “[I enjoyed} the discussion about goals. Very interesting what everyone said. Very good!” In February 2005 a group of New Zealand High/Secondary School teachers attended the one day seminar. These teachers are teaching students in their final year of school. Comments included: “I enjoyed the practical suggestions; stories were inspiring and motivating.” “Excellent presentation. Very engaging and interesting. You have been upfront and honest with your ideas and you’ve presented them in a way that is non-invasive, meaning we can choose whether to take your ideas on board or not.” “I enjoyed listening to all the quotes and aphorisms. I liked the [analogy] used as the theme of the seminar. Very good presentation skills. Very positive and obviously he believes in what he is teaching.” “Excellent seminar presentation, cool attitude and great choice of seminar materials. I enjoyed the various discussions regarding goal-setting, reviewing etc.” “I enjoyed time out from teaching to reflect on what we do – and to do more about mentoring. Great. I thought the analogy was inspiring and linked ideas together really well. Thanks. ” “I enjoyed frank, fair and fruitful discussions; the little activities to break the ‘monotony’ of listening. Excellent. I wish more time had been available to enable greater discussion on some issues.” “I enjoyed the real life experiences. All aspects were excellent.” “I enjoyed the analogy [used]; pictures, sharing in pairs, listening to stories – being challenged and inspired. Good presentation skills. Great games to split up writing and listening.” A seminar was held in March 2005 for a group of New Zealand teachers involved in cross-cultural mentoring. Comments included: “A chance to reflect on my values as a teacher – what is most important? How I can be accessible to more students. Excellent presentation skills and manner. Good to hear some personal experiences – made it more ‘real’.” “I enjoyed the analogy and stories to give ‘body’ to the points – also allowed time for reflection … all very positive.” “Uplifting after a hard week. A real pick up, encompassing much of how I try to feel and do here at the school. Awesome – the whole programme is realistic/common sense basic belonging stuff. The research and [analogy] are great.” “Well organised. The creative way it was presented – the analogy.” “I enjoyed having the time to think and reflect and having the role of mentor broken down into manageable steps. Found it a good presentation style – interactive, but also good food for thought.” “Relevant, accessible material. Well organised. I liked the range of activities and mix of group work and individual work. Having set times for activities … An affirming presentation style. I enjoyed being guided in reflecting on my own skills and capabilities as a teacher and a potential mentor ie, developing greater self-awareness.” “A+ perfect – be affirmed. Stories are great and very helpful for us big kids too! Good to stretch and move around during the sessions. Fresh ideas … sharing thoughts; feeling inspired.” “I enjoyed a time to reflect on the ideas; the calibre of your presentation (readings, anecdotes).” “I enjoyed a structure to reflect from; scope of the day; quality of worksheets; your belief; narrative style … pace was fine – allowed coverage of plenty of material to process later.” “Very good … well structured – good variety of activities, physical and mental.” | 16 Steps to Effective Youth Mentoring | Skills and Attributes of Generations Y and Z Teach | Teacher-Mentor Challenges | Mentoring Journey (Poem) | 10 Goal Setting Commandments | Teachers Song | The Invitation (Poem) | Book for Generation Y and Generation Z Teacher-Me | What participants say | Practical Tips | 3 Hour Seminar | About YES! and the Founder | Setting up a Mentoring Program | Mentor | Generations Y and Z Teacher-Mentors | Peer Mentor | Great Links | Contact Us | |
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