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Mentoring+ Resources II August 2021 | Issue No. 17

In This Issue Tools • News • Future Thinking • Videos

From the Editor Thanks to all who continue mentoring remotely, in-person with precautions, or in a hybrid method. Mentoring helps build quality of life, opportunity, and workforce development. August Advocacy Update Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK-04) is a sponsor of H.R.3342 - Youth Workforce Readiness Act of 2021. He also mentors novice legislators in the House of Representatives mentoring program. Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK-2) is an original sponsor of the H.R.3083 - Foster Youth Mentoring Act of 2021.

National Recognition

Mayor for Mentoring The Honorable Breea Clark, J.D., of Norman receives the designation as a Mayor for Mentoring, a program of MENTOR, the National Mentoring Partnership, based in Boston. Read more

Mentoring Program Videos

Youth Entrepreneurship Shadow (YES) Program The Honorable Kevin L. Matthews Oklahoma State Senator District 11, Tulsa Loveworks Leadership, Part I Middle School+ Michael Hirsh, Executive Director, and Carolyn Le, Associate Director Norman

Tool from the Therapeutic Mentoring Course

Among many speakers and researchers presenting during the Therapeutic Mentoring Course from UMass Boston, Jazzmyn Rodrigues, a program manager for Mentor 2.0, Big Brothers Big Sisters Eastern Massachusetts, shared a description and a list of activities for remote or in-person mentoring. Mentor 2.0 uses the iMentor online platform and Padlet for activities. Adaptable for different ages, although Mentor 2.0 targets high school mentees.

Future Thinking

MidAmerica Industrial Park in Pryor Creek has educational opportunities for students in high school, CareerTech, college, and life-long learning for adults. A must-read! MidAmerica Education "...the Pryor district is completely independent of state funding, which allows it to be progressive and innovative." Click on the "Industrial Operations Technology" curriculum and other navigation links. Tulsa's NextGen Talent Externship Program The Tulsa Regional Chamber Chamber has partnered with state Sen. Kevin Matthews, D-Tulsa, and Tulsa Public Schools to launch Tulsa's NextGEN Talent, an initiative providing externship opportunities to African-American high school students at TPS. Business sponsors contribute career exploration, executive-level access, job shadowing opportunities, and a meaningful experience for participating students. Explore Dr. Chan Hellman's resources related to the Science of Hope. Hope Resources — Chan Hellman The Oklahoma Department of Human Services' Hope Blueprint that outlines how DHS is becoming a hope-centered organization. We all can learn from this. K-12 Journey Map from MENTOR Minnesota. This tool helps youth and mentors track important milestones as youth make the journey from school to postsecondary education and career planning. Postsecondary mentees can create their own as a mentor-mentee activity.

Mentoring for Adult Refugees and Migrants Gysbert Bergsma, Friesland, Netherlands, shared the Create your Future mentoring program during the National Mentoring Summit, January 2020, in DC. This replicable model incorporated refugees from Eritrea in Africa and Syrians in the Middle East. Europe began mentoring in 2005-2015 with the influx of refugees. Mentoring refugees continues.

Postsecondary: Adaptable for Middle and High School 30-second elevator speech in word and writing, University of California Davis How to Introduce Yourself+, Internship and Career Center, UCDavis Handshake.com has the latest jobs--full-time, part-time, and paid internships--from employers hiring at your school. Some Oklahoma colleges use Handshake. Stephen F. Austin State University, Center for Career and Professional Development  In-depth Internship Guide and more about internships, e.g., why intern. Student Learning Worksheet, a skills rubric for students to complete Career Coaching: Strong Interest Survey and Type Focus SFASU has a Career Closet for students who have a networking event, career fair, or an interview. Clothing and accessories are free to borrow, available for all genders, and properly cleaned and pressed thanks to an SFA alumni-owned sponsor, VIP Cleaners. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics covers a broad range of topics about the U.S. labor market, economy, and society. BLS is a resource for information for students, teachers, consumers, economists, and media.

Guide and Training The 5 D's of Bystander Intervention Guide Sign up for free bystander training. Some anti-harassment topics include gender-based street, youth ages 8-12 to stand up for others, workplace, voter, LGBTQIA+, Asian-American and xenophobic, being an ally for online abuse, stigma about learning differences, intervention in public places, police-sponsored violence against Blacks, and Black racism... Free Mentoring Training MENTOR Nebraska Sept - Oct Mentor Colorado Virtual Coffees Free K-12 Technical Assistance  MENTOR Colorado MENTOR Nebraska Free K-16 A-Z Consulting Mentor4OK

Disabilities - Opportunities

Career Readiness Curriculum For the past 25 years, Partners for Youth with Disabilities has been running its Career Readiness program in Boston-area classrooms. The curriculum is now available for other teachers and schools to implement it in their own classrooms. National Disability Mentoring Certification Course Sign up for updates about the 2022 Cohort for Disability Mentoring Certification.

Who Mentored You?

Alma Avalos Guymon Alma Avalos, program facilitator for Upward Bound at Oklahoma Panhandle State University, talks about Teri Mora. My Mentor Tarell Earl Tulsa Tarell Earl, founder and president of Pursuit of Prosperity Strategies (POPS), honors the Late Bishop Edward Chandler, Apostle Sally Chaney, and Apostle Jerome Steele.  My Mentors Hayden Coffee Oklahoma City Hayden Coffee, Oklahoma City's Life Launch director, pays tribute to the faithful, caring women past and present.   My Mentor

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