Mentoring Matters A Toolkit for Organizing

As schools are trying to connect with their students and assure that every student has an adult mentor in the building, the need for school-based mentoring programs could not be

Mark D. Benigni, EdD, is the superintendent of the Meriden Public School System and a former four-term mayor of Meriden, Connecticut. He was presented with one of the ten Outstanding Young Americans Awards by the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce in 2008. Sheryll Petrosky is a thirty-two-year veteran math teacher and mentor program director of the Cromwell Public School System in Cromwell, Connecticut. She is a graduate of Central Connecticut State University with a BA in mathematics and an MA in curriculum, supervision, and administration.

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Activities
I'd Like to Get to Know You	p. 11
Hello, My Name Is. …	p. 13
Mastering Our Mission	p. 15
Where Am I Going? How Will I Get There?	p. 17
Let's Get Better Acquainted!	p. 19
Getting to Know Me	p. 21
Do You Hear Me?	p. 23
Are You Still Listening?	p. 25
Talk This Way	p. 27
Shhh … No Noise, Please!	p. 29
Make the Right Choice	p. 31
Let's See If What I Thought I Was Doing Matches Up with What I Did	p. 33
Self-Assessment Worksheet	p. 35
Get S-M-A-R-T	p. 37
Goal-Setting Worksheet	p. 39
What Is Important to Me?	p. 41
Pay it Forward-Part 1	p. 43
Pay it Forward-Part 2	p. 45
Celebrating Our Similarities	p. 47
A Leader, Please	p. 49
What Does This Document Say about Me?	p. 53
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow!	p. 55
Rules Are Rules … Or Are They?	p. 57
Can We Both Be Right?	p. 59
Let's See If What I Thought I Was Doing Matches Up with What I Did	p. 61
Self-Assessment Worksheet	p. 63
I See It … I Hear It … I Feel It …	p. 65
Follow the Leader, Good or Bad?	p. 69
What Makes Me Like You?	p. 71
I've Got the Spirit	p. 73
Do You See It My Way?	p. 75
Beating the Bully	p. 77
Friend Request?	p. 79
Think Before You Speak	p. 81
We Are Family	p. 85
Let's See If What I Thought I Was Doing Matches Up with What I Did	p. 87
Self-Assessment Worksheet	p. 89
R-E-S-P-E-C-T	p. 91
Getting to Know the Man in the Mirror	p. 93
Houston, We Have a Problem …	p. 95
Embrace Change	p. 99
On Your Mark, Get Set, and GO!	p. 101
I'm Just Teasing! I'm Only Kidding! Relax, He Knows I'm Kidding!	p. 103
I'm Ready to Explode!	p. 105
I'm Still Stressing …	p. 107
You're in Charge	p. 109
Hey, Thanks!	p. 111
See the Glass Half Full	p. 113
If You Can Dream It, You Can Achieve It	p. 115
ôIf You Can Dream It …ö Questionnaire	p. 117
Am I Heading in the Right Direction?	p. 119
Final Reflection Worksheet	p. 121
Who Am I?	p. 123
I Can Get You to Say Anything …	p. 125
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