Happy THANK YOUR MENTOR Day! January, with January 17, 2016 being International Mentoring Day, was proclaimed National Mentoring Month by President Obama. This mentoring campaign is targeted at supporting youth and mentoring IRL (#MentoringIRL).
Although my youth is behind me, I can definitely say a number of people helped to get me where I am today. A mentor can listen, teach, guide, and coach. Can you think about the mentor(s) in your life? Where would you be today had it not been for their support?
Here are a few simple ways the National Mentor Campaign suggests to THANK your mentor:
- Contact your mentor directly to express your appreciation;
- Express your gratitude on social media; (#MentorIRL)
- Pass on what you received by becoming a mentor to a young person in your community;
- Make a financial contribution to a local mentoring program in your mentor’s honor; and,
- Write a tribute to your mentor for posting on the Who Mentored You? website.
You can download a Thank you card from the Campaign Marketing Materials page.
As a thank you to all the mentors who have supported me and the mentees I have learned from, it would be only fitting to introduce this research study on this topic; however now I am interested learning how mentoring supports professionals and the field they work in:
Exploring Mentoring Programs in Professional Learning Organizations
Have you been part of a mentoring experience? Tell us about it. I am grateful for the informal and formal mentoring experiences, and I would not be interested in this study if it weren’t for the formal mentoring programs I have been a part of (shout out to ACPAgrow & NACADA ELP). If you have any formal or informal mentoring experiences, please take a few minutes to share by filling out this survey:
http://bit.ly/ExploringMentoring
More about the research study: https://techknowtools.wordpress.com/mentoring/
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