Please indicate the student skill areas that you feel you influenced through this project.
6 - Improved math comprehension and ability
11 - Improved science comprehension and ability
10 - Improved written communication skills
13 - Improved basic research skills
14 - Improved project management skills
14 - Improved collaboration skills
Please indicate if your mentoring support aided your student in the following areas.
8 - Better understanding of a professional work environment
4 - Improved awareness of post-secondary educational opportunities
5 - Increased desire to research and plan for post-secondary education
10 - Improved awareness of the value of a professional support network
The average quality of the messages received from students throughout the project.
3.45
Did your student share a final product (presentation, research report, plan, etc) with you for this project?
1 - N/A
8 - Yes
11 - No
Average level and quality of assistance received from the teacher throughout the project.
4.20
Average level and quality of assistance you received from Mentored Pathways staff throughout the project.
3.55
Things either the teacher or the Mentored Pathways Staff do to make a similar project more successful.
This was one of the best projects that I have ever participated in. The teacher gave the students great support and they responded.
Only comment here would be to encourage students to share more with mentors.
The student specific weekyl updates were great. Please keep doing them. It enabled me to keep up with the students even when they did not send me messages
Encourage the student to share the final portfolio.
I think that this kind of projects with high specificity in goal and necessity of almost everyday cooperation teachers have to cooperate much more with mentors to help students understand modern work environment and requirements. mentor should start working with students at the very beginning at the stage of investigation so that solution really find its way out and not be buried on the shelf.
Clearly spell out when students will be communicating (which times/days), to allow the mentor to better schedule time to respond
Encourage the student to utilize mentor as a resource. My student did not ask very many questions of me, just let me know where they were in the project.
I had challenges with my schedule. Nevertheless, felt I was constantly follow up to understand the need and progress. The students seemed to be very well focused and guided at school.
Push students to share more.
Feedback regarding the quality of the student's final project as well as suggestions for improvement.
Eva has been one of the most successful student that I have mentored in the 13 years I have been in the program. She was creative, intelligent, positive, and organized. She has also been one of the most resourceful students I have seen in the program.
My student's project was rushed at the end to meet the deadline due to constant changes required due to design. They shared pictures of the pictures of the original protoype, final prototype and the original build procedure
Didn't see the final project.
I didn't get to see the final results on this project.
Never saw the final project, so cannot comment on the quality.
Although I did not see Stephanie's final project, she kept me updated regularly and shared a draft powerpoint presentation and sent pictures. From what I was sent I was able to make suggestions and help her improve her presentation and/or design.
I did not see Marco's finished project, but he told me that his presentation went well and he placed in a competition where they presented his project.
Never saw a report, just drawings and questions on research at the beginning.
N/A
I see that the students are really passionate about the work they are doing. I learnt a lot knowing about the ways that they think about a topic. I think the quality was average. I wish they research more in understanding different ways the product can be implemented
Overall experience in the program.
3.55
Would you consider mentoring new students in the future?
2 - No
18 - Yes
Why or why not.
I had an excellent experience!
This is an awesome program. Keep it up.
I been doing it for years
It gives a student an outside source with different views and experiences for them to draw from. At the same time it challenges the student to strive towards a higher accomplishment level.
It is worth the investment. Kids are our future!
Unsure at this point.
I think that having the opportunity to work with someone and see their progress was beneficial to both sides and I would be interested in helping in any way I could and achieving that level of support again.
I believe in mentoring as a way to motivate and promote career development. I have kids and they appreciate the modeling and counseling.
I have a time-demanding job and I do not think I am a good fit for the program.
The most rewarding aspect of participating.
Great work from the student.
Seeing the kids create the final product.
seeing the students final protoype that they accomplished
Influencing improved material choice.
Seeing the student come across obstacles and watching them overcome the obstacles and complete the project.
Watching the student progress thru the year.
being able to help a student on an engineering project
It was cool to see how Marco took the concept of a hydrogen powered lawn mower and make it work. Hearing about ideas and have them become real life projects and potential products to purchase.
Seeing the student succeed and think through their projects.
Seeing the passion and learning from the students along the way.
N/A
I enjoy hearing about the student's accomplishments and how they brought something from an idea all the way to a built prototype.
I feel happy looking at the achievement students have made
The most difficult aspect of participating.
Trying to visualize the elements of the project.
Getting the kids to communicate more and explain their issues so I could help them.
sporadic communication from the student. I felt like I was pulling information from the student
The message early in each week.
I don't think Samuel bought into the mentoring program. For the most part his correspondence was short and infrequent with little information. I learned more about the status of his project from his teacher than from him.
I would say my work schedule. I work nights and not every night so sometimes it was a challenge to reply quickly.
There really wasn't any difficult aspect of participation with the student.
Response turnaround time
Motivating the student to network.
It was great to see how the project progressed. It was also great to see how my suggestions were being used in the project.
The most difficult aspect was not being Marco's mentor from the beginning. I mentored him at the end, and was not able to see his project flourish from beginning to end.
Not being able to actually see what the prototype they were working on looked like. It was hard to visualize and therefore it was difficult to communicate and effectively help.
Updates and understanding of the needs.
Getting information from the student.
This was a very hands on project for the student team which created challenges for me to figure out ways that I could be more involved. Also, there were many delays with getting the needed parts for the prototype. This caused some delays in communication because everyone was waiting for parts so that the prototype could be built and we could move on to the next step.
My background was in Computer science engineer. The design that Berenice is doing is closely related to CAD. It took time for me to understand what she is referring to.
First time you've been part of a formal mentoring program.
12 - No
8 - Yes
