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Mentoring is an outreach program between community professionals and our students and is a part of Hononegah's Gifted and Talented Program.
What is a mentor?
Traditionally, mentors are defined as individuals with professional experience and knowledge in a field who commit to providing time, educational insight, and professional support for our students. Mentors provide three primary functions:
1. Mentors introduce the student to a particular professional field
by providing
the student an opportunity to see what it might be like to work in his
or her
area of interest.
2. The mentor provides challenging insights which stimulate and nurture
the
student's understanding of the profession.
3. Mentors provide support in the form of professional friendship,
positive leader-
ship, acceptance, and role modeling.
Mentors want to help our students by teaching and modeling leadership
for our leaders of tomorrow. Mentors themselves find great satisfaction
by inspiring a student to grow.
Why should I be interested in a mentoring program?
If
you recognize in yourself a certain spark, outstanding talent, gift, or
interest, you should take the opportunity to explore, challenge, and mold
your skills with the assistance of a mentor.
What would be expected of me?
An
interested student would contact the Gifted and Talented Program Facilitator
who will identify an individual in the field of your interest who is interested
in mentoring a student.
After initial introduction to your mentor, you and your mentor will design
a program to meet your learning needs. The mentor and student will
spend at least twelve working hours together over a three to nine month
period. This time may include face to face meetings, e-mail, and
telephone contact. At the end of your mentoring period, a paper or
journal or completed project will be presented to the Gifted and Talented
Advisory Committee during a special mentoring program.
How do I get started in Mentoring Program?
Currently we have mentors available for the following areas of interest:
1.
Politics (a state senator and legislators from Wisconsin, Illinois, Roscoe
Township, and
Winnebago County)
2. Secondary Math Education (Harlem High School)
3. Secondary Social Studies Education (Harlem High School)
4. Secondary Business and Consumer Law Education (Harlem High
School)
5. High Scool Administation (Harlem High School)
6. Secondary English Education (Harlem High School)
7. Enigneering and Management (General Motors-Janesville)
8. Dentistry (Rockford)
9. Writing (Childrens books/publishing-Beloit)
10.
Pharmacy (Rockford Memorial Hospital et. al.)
11.
Sports Medicine (Rockford Memorial Hospital and Beloit Memorial Hospital)
12.
Paramedics/Emergency Room Medicine (Beloit Memorial Hospital)
13.
Banking (Roscoe)
14.
Environmental Studies, Archeology, Geology (Roscoe)
15.
Computers (Rockton)
16.
Legal Administration (Rockford Law Firm)
17.
Nuclear Science (Byron Nuclear Plant and Fermi Lab)
18.
Pediatrics (Rockford Memorial Hospital)
19.
Internal Medicine (Rockford Memorial Hospital)
20.
Neuro Surgery (Rockford Memorial Hospital)
21.
OB/GYN (Rockford Memorial Hospital)
22.
Nutritionist/Dietician (Rockford Memorial Hospital)
23.
Information Systems (Rockford Memorial Hospital)
24.
Social Work (Rockford Memorial Hospital)
25.
Business/Marketing/Public Relations (Rockford Memorial Hospital)
26.
Law (Rockford Memorial Hospital)
27.
Food Science Technology (Rockford Memorial Hospital)
28.
Genetics (Rockford Memorial Hospital)
29.
Finance/Accounting (Rockford Memorial Hospital)
30.
Bio-Medical Engineering (Rockford Memorial Hospital)
31.
Mechanical Engineering (Rockford Memorial Hospital)
32.
Chiropractic (Roscoe)
33.
Television Sales & Marketing (WREX-TV)
If
you are interested in any of these opportunities, or if you would like
us to investigate other mentoring opportunities in the community that are
not covered in the above list, please stop by Mr. Reynolds' room (242)
to pick up a mentoring applicaion packet or to receive additional information.
Mentoring Packet Forms