mentorship
The School as a Whole Community Resource
Schools can serve as dynamic centers of community engagement by sharing resources, involving guest professionals, and fostering mentorship, benefiting both students and the community.
Elevating Women Educators is More Important Than EverÂ
Women fill the significant majority of teaching roles in schools, yet they hold fewer than a third of superintendent positions nationwide. School districts must enact deliberate programs to develop female leadership pipelines.
3 Strategies to Provide Mentorship and Support to Students During Challenging Times
SEL coach and teacher Kelli Moneyhun shares three strategies her school used this year to prioritize relationships, connections, and mentorship with students in honor of National Mentoring Month.
This School Year, It Will Take A Village
Julia Freeland Fisher explores why millions of students who returned this fall need a community of positive relationships.
Bringing Project-Based Mentors into The Educational Fold
Patty Alper authored a book entitled, Teach to Work, How a Mentor, a Mentee and a Project Can Close the Skills Gap in America. She presents her findings here.
Making a Difference: Education for Refugees
Dr. Ilene Winokur has been educating displaced refugees and mentoring emerging education leaders, creating opportunities, and making a difference for people in the Middle East for three decades.
Why Mentorship Matters
By: Alexa Goins. Mentorships in tech are essential to helping the next generation of professionals learn and grow. At Kenzie Academy, they are using mentorship to help our students get career-ready and land the job.
Getting Clearer: Our Students Need Sponsors, Not Saviors
Kelly explains the importance of students having sponsors - concerted communities of mentors that in various roles and responsibilities invest in the talents and desires of our young people.
Can Peer Mentoring Solve the STEM Gender Gap?
Global technology education nonprofit Technovation demonstrates the power of a community-based approach to teaching computer science to young females that centers around real-world problem-solving and mentorship.
The Educational Implications of Michelle Obama’s Becoming
Erin Gohl and Kristen Thorson share insights from Michelle Obama’s biography, Becoming, and how parents, teachers and mentors supported her education. Read as they share her mission to provide educational structures, policies, and programs that show all students that they matter.