WE NEED: Mentors willing to work with students on a project focused on developing good habits for their personal life choices. MENTORS MUST BE down to earth, patient and willing to discuss cultural issues WILLING TO: Advise, encourage and support student by responding to messages a minimum of 2 times each week; provide relevant personal examples as they relate to our project/tasks; familiarize themselves with Sean Covey's 7 Habits for Highly Effective Teens material. Mentors will not need to purchase the book but will leverage Web site information.

Students will be reading parts of the Sean Covey book – 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens. The students will be challenged and supported by ITP mentors to apply the habits to their career and education plans.

The student will gain an understanding of positive habits that successful teens possess. The student will synthesize reactions from the mentor and form their own hopes and dreams for successful habits in his or her own life.

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Life Strategies, Personal Skills, Career/Educational Planning

The student will maintain a folder of completed tasks (reflections and answers to specific activities), copies of all correspondence from the mentor, and final career and education plan for review.

On-going self-evaluation w/feedback from the mentor. A letter will be written to the mentor at the end of the project with reflections from the project.

Read the book 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey and support the project plans submitted by the teacher. Assist students by providing guidance and encouragement to complete the project. Communicate with the student and provide your own personal experiences that relate to the book’s topics. The mentor will contact the teacher immediately if there are any technology or email difficulties. Encourage student completion of the "baby steps" at the end of each chapter.