It is now time to get back into the routine of blogging again. I am very excited to get to know all the new peer mentors. I am looking forward to having a new experience with mentoring and having different people around me will help me gain different perspectives.
The first chapter discusses becoming a peer mentor. It highlights the differences between being a formal and informal mentor and outlines a few roles of being a mentor. I think it is important for me to take a step back and look at these roles. It will help me to gain a new understanding and help me become a better mentor. The topic on focus on building a relationship really grab my attention. Last semester, I built relationships with my students, but some where better than others. In this coming year, I want to focus more on building relationships with my peers and students. I want be more open and hopefully that will result in an even better experience for me as a mentor. Another role that stuck out to me was to make the most of the time you have. This really hit home for me when reflecting on my past experience as a mentor. The fall semester went by so fast and it felt like we were already wrapping the semester up two weeks after we had started it. I wish our group could have spent more outside of class time together, to help build better relationships than we already have.
Last week in class, we played the ice breaker two truths and a lie. I really like this ice breaker and I think it would be fun to do it again later in the semester when we all know each other better to see how much we have learned about each other. That is an ice breaker that I will keep in mind to incorporate into my future lesson plans. We went of the syllabus and discussed different assignment for the semester. It was nice to get a look at what will be expected of us for the semester. I am looking forward to going to the diversity events because those are always one of my favorite things to do! I am very excited to get this semester underway and get to know my peers!
Have a great week!
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