| Step | Description | Expected Student Results |
| 1 | Step 1 Student Assignments: 1. The student will complete an online application to the Telementor Program Student completes application paragraphs to include information about interests and goals and submits application to Telementor Program: 2. The student will write an introductory letter to their mentor. The mentor will respond with a letter of introduction to the student. THE FIRST Student Portfolio Entry will be an introductory letter from student to mentor that includes their school and extracurricular interests and activities. The letter will include a description of student's primary area of career interest and will explain the specific reasons for their focus on that career. After the mentor reviews and responds to the student's portfolio, the student will respond to mentor with a well-written, correctly punctuated letter thanking mentor for their interest and answering any questions raised by the mentor. Student writes a letter of introduction to their mentor that includes information about personal and career interests and goals Letter must be written in correct business format with salutation, body, and closing signature line and should include information about goals and interests. Letter must be written using correct grammar and punctuation and demonstrate effort to express interests and goals in an articulate, thorough manner |
Step 1 Student Assignments: 1. The student will complete an online application to the Telementor ProgramStudent completes application paragraphs to include information about interests and goals and submits application to Telementor Program: 2. The student will write an introductory letter to their mentor.THE FIRST PORTFOLIO ENTRY will be an introductory letter from student to mentor that includes their school and extracurricular interests and activities. The letter will include a description of student's primary area of career interest and will explain the specific reasons for their focus on that career. After the mentor reviews and responds to the student's portfolio, the student will respond to mentor with a well-written, correctly punctuated letter thanking mentor for their interest and answering any questions raised by the mentor. Student will write a letter of introduction to their mentor that includes information about personal and career interests and goals Letter must be written in correct business format with salutation, body, and closing signature line and should include information about goals and interests. Letter must be written using correct grammar and punctuation and demonstrate effort to express interests and goals in an articulate, thorough manner |
| 2 | Step 2 Student Assignments Interest Inventories and
Video Reviews: 1. Students will complete a learning styles Inventory, score it, and share results with teacher. 2.Students will complete a Career Cluster Inventory, score it, and share results with teacher. 3. Students will watch a total of three videos relating to career interests. 4. Students will record the URLs of all videos accessed to provide to their teacher and mentor. 5. Students will write a paragraph to describe what they learned from watching the career videos and identify what they felt were the most informative and interesting videos. The mentor will respond to student’s paragraph and video links and will engage the student in discussion about their interests. The mentor will recommend additional career video links that are related to the student’s career of interest and ask two though-provoking questions about the student’s career interest and what they learned from the video. |
Step 2 Student Assignments Interest Inventories and
Video Reviews: 1. Students will complete a learning styles Inventory, score it, and share results with teacher. 2.Students will complete a Career Cluster Inventory, score it, and share results with teacher. 3. Students will watch a total of three videos relating to career interests. 4. Students will record the URLs of all videos accessed to provide to their teacher and mentor. 5. Students will write a paragraph to describe what they learned from watching the career videos and identify what they felt were the most informative and interesting videos. The mentor will respond to student’s paragraph and video links and will engage the student in discussion about their interests. The mentor will recommend additional career video links that are related to the student’s career of interest and ask two though-provoking questions about the student’s career interest and what they learned from the video. |
| 3 | Career Research Student Task #1: Students will research, analyze, and synthesize information about two careers, then type an informational summary paragraph on their chosen career to submit to their mentors for feedback. They will include all information required by their teacher in their write-ups. (see below for requirements) Career research paragraphs must include information from a minimum of three valid research sources. (Students may not cite Wikipedia as a source but may link to primary sources from Wikipedia references) The web address (html) or bibliographical information for each source must be listed in a bibliography after the research paragraph to indicate where the information came from. Students will submit paragraphs for mentor and teacher feedback. Students will submit information records (worksheet containing all the information they discovered from their online research) to teacher and mentor for feedback while working on this step. Students will write a conclusion section (instructions later in the project step) to include with their write-up. After information is recorded, the student will work with mentor and teacher to synthesize the information into a paragraph (one for each of two careers researched) that is paraphrased into their original words. The student will submit their paragraph to Turn-it-in.com or Grammarly plagiarism checker to ensure that no plagiarism exists in their work. Career Informational Paragraphs should include the following information along with other interesting information that the student and mentor discover about the career through their research together: Here are a few recommended websites. Remember that you will need a minimum of three (3) total sources to supply information for your write-up: http://www.bls.gov/ooh https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/majors- careers http://salary.com 1. Name of the career 2. Median Annual Pay as of (insert date of information provided) 3. Entry-level Education and skill preparation/requirements (In other words-- what type of degree/training is required for an entry job in this field?) 4. What do the workers in this career field do? (In other words, what are some specific duties that someone in this career will perform?) 5. Describe the physical work environment, tools/equipment, and work schedule of someone in this career. Include at least four to five specific pieces of information in this section. 6. Describe the education, advancement, and important qualities of someone working in this field in three to four complete sentences. In other words, explain what a person has to do in order to be qualified and to advance as a worker in this field. 7. Record the median annual wage and information about what the wage was for the lowest 10 percent and highest 10 percent of workers in this career. 8. Describe the job outlook and job prospects for this career. The job outlook is the projected growth of jobs for people working in this field and it is important for you to consider jobs that have a good job outlook so you will have opportunities for employment in the future. 9. Describe what a student (like yourself) currently in high school can begin to do to prepare for this job (include courses to take in high school, volunteer/summer jobs/etc. that might be helpful to a student wishing to enter this field) 10. What are some other career fields that are related to this field? After recording information in answer to all the questions for both of your career fields of interest, reflect on what you learned and, write a conclusion section. In the Conclusion Section, answer both of the following questions: Conclusion Section: 1. From what you have learned through your research, do you feel you are suited to this career? Why or why not? 2. What do you need to do this week/month/and year to work towards a career in this goal? Student Task: Students Student Task: Students will communicate with mentors throughout the development of their research paragraphs, send rough drafts of their work, and upload their research paragraphs to the Telementor site for mentor feedback. |
Career Research Student Task #1: Students will research, analyze, and synthesize information about two careers, then type an informational summary paragraph on their chosen career to submit to their mentors for feedback. They will include all information required by their teacher in their write-ups. (see below for requirements) Career research paragraphs must include information from a minimum of three valid research sources. (Students may not cite Wikipedia as a source but may link to primary sources from Wikipedia references) The web address (html) or bibliographical information for each source must be listed in a bibliography after the research paragraph to indicate where the information came from. Students will submit paragraphs for mentor and teacher feedback. Students will submit information records (worksheet containing all the information they discovered from their online research) to teacher and mentor for feedback while working on this step. Students will write a conclusion section (instructions later in the project step) to include with their write-up. After information is recorded, the student will work with mentor and teacher to synthesize the information into a paragraph (one for each of two careers researched) that is paraphrased into their original words. The student will submit their paragraph to Turn-it-in.com or Grammarly plagiarism checker to ensure that no plagiarism exists in their work. Career Informational Paragraphs should include the following information along with other interesting information that the student and mentor discover about the career through their research together: Here are a few recommended websites. Remember that you will need a minimum of three (3) total sources to supply information for your write-up: http://www.bls.gov/ooh https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/majors- careers http://salary.com 1. Name of the career 2. Median Annual Pay as of (insert date of information provided) 3. Entry-level Education and skill preparation/requirements (In other words-- what type of degree/training is required for an entry job in this field?) 4. What do the workers in this career field do? (In other words, what are some specific duties that someone in this career will perform?) 5. Describe the physical work environment, tools/equipment, and work schedule of someone in this career. Include at least four to five specific pieces of information in this section. 6. Describe the education, advancement, and important qualities of someone working in this field in three to four complete sentences. In other words, explain what a person has to do in order to be qualified and to advance as a worker in this field. 7. Record the median annual wage and information about what the wage was for the lowest 10 percent and highest 10 percent of workers in this career. 8. Describe the job outlook and job prospects for this career. The job outlook is the projected growth of jobs for people working in this field and it is important for you to consider jobs that have a good job outlook so you will have opportunities for employment in the future. 9. Describe what a student (like yourself) currently in high school can begin to do to prepare for this job (include courses to take in high school, volunteer/summer jobs/etc. that might be helpful to a student wishing to enter this field) 10. What are some other career fields that are related to this field? After recording information in answer to all the questions for both of your career fields of interest, reflect on what you learned and, write a conclusion section. In the Conclusion Section, answer both of the following questions: Conclusion Section: 1. From what you have learned through your research, do you feel you are suited to this career? Why or why not? 2. What do you need to do this week/month/and year to work towards a career in this goal? Student Task: Students Student Task: Students will communicate with mentors throughout the development of their research paragraphs, send rough drafts of their work, and upload their research paragraphs to the Telementor site for mentor feedback. |
| 4 | Mentor Task: The mentor will help the student identify professionals working in their field of interest (either local, regional, national, or international) and develop a contact list of e- mails for at least 5 "every day" professionals. The mentor will assist the student in composing a letter and list of interview questions that may be modified for each professional. The mentor will further assist the student by e-mailing the student's questions to professionals and posting the response(s) to the student through the Telementor site. Mentor Task: Ask the student what questions they think would be important in an interview. Discuss with the student differences in an oral interview and in an e-mail interview. Mentor Task: Guide students as they write a brief introductory paragraph describing their project. This paragraph will be sent along with their interview questions. Stress to the student the importance of correct grammar and punctuation in an interview. Review and help students revise their introductory paragraph and interview questions. Mentor Task: Please assist the teacher and student by e-mailing the student's questions to the professionals and by posting the answers for their students on the ITP website. If you don't hear back from a professional, please follow up with the individuals contacted to determine whether or not he/she will be able to answer the student's questions in a timely manner. Student Task: The student will work with the mentor to develop a short introductory paragraph and questions for the e-mail interviews. The introductory paragraph should be a note explaining their career interest and purpose of their research. They will respond appropriately and immediately with a thank you note when interview responses are received. | The 4th student portfolio entry will include an introductory letter and list of interview questions to be sent to at least five professionals working in the student's area of career interest. Activity 1: The student will work with their mentors to locate e-mail contact information for five "every day" professionals in preparation to send interviews for information. These professionals may be local, regional, national, or international. Activity 2: The student will work with the mentor to create/compose/develop a short introductory letter to each professional working in their field of interest. The introductory letter should explain their career interest and purpose of their research. The student will write a draft of their introductory letter and post it to their mentor for editing and approval. The mentor will e-mail the student's letter and questions to the identified professionals. Sample letter to a professional: Dear Professional,I am a ninth grade student in Louisiana and am interested in the career field of chemical engineering (you fill in your selected career field). I am researching this field as part of a class project with the help of a professional mentor through the International Telementor Program this semester and have developed some interview questions to help me learn more about this field. If you are willing to answer my questions, I know it would help me to expand my understanding about what it takes to be a professional in this career field. Please send your answers to my mentor through her(you fill in his or her) e-mail and she (select his or her) will send them to me. Thank you very much for your time and for considering this request. Sincerely, Your First Name After students have created their letter, they will work with their teacher and mentor to develop a list of ten interview questions designed to elicit information about the career field. Use the following guidelines and see the interview question template as examples. Students should consider the sample interview questions provided by their teacher and should brainstorm additional questions with their mentor in order to gain as much information as possible from the professional interviews. Students should write questions in such a way that they cannot be answered with one word or yes/no answers and so that each question will elicit a generous amount of information interesting to the student. Students should NOT JUST COPY/PASTE THE SAMPLE QUESTIONS! Really think about what YOU want to know and revise them accordingly. Students should send the messages to their mentor for suggestions and editing. Incorporate their feedback into the final version of your interview questions and send back a final copy. TELL YOUR MENTOR WHEN YOU ARE DONE EDITING THE QUESTIONS AND WOULD LIKE THEM TO GO AHEAD AND SEND THEM TO PROFESSIONALS. SAMPLE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS (modify to fit your interests/career field and work with your mentor to make them the best they can be!) 1. Please describe your current job title and position and responsibilities including some of the daily tasks you perform. 2. What classes did you take in high school and college that you feel were the most helpful in preparing you for this career? 3. What type and level of education did you have in order to qualify for your current position? 4. Please describe the physical work environment of your work place. 5. What type of other professionals do you work very closely with on a regular basis and how do you interact with these professionals? 6. Do you consider your work to be interesting? Why or why not? 7. Please describe what you consider to be the most enjoyable and least enjoyable parts of your job and why you feel this way. 8. What are some of the biggest challenges a professional in your position deals with on a regular basis? 9. Knowing what you have experienced in your professional life and the future outlook for this career, would you still select this career for yourself and would you recommend it to someone my age? Why or why not? 10. Is there any additional advice you have for someone my age who is interested in this field? After submitting introductory letter and questions to mentor, student should proceed to the next portfolio. Waiting for interview responses sometimes takes several weeks. During this time, the student will continue to research and work on unfinished research and writing for other portfolios. As each interview is posted for the student, students will stop whatever other research they are doing immediately and will write an appropriate thank you note back to the professional following the guidelines provided by the teacher. Thank you note guidelines have been provided by the teacher and students have been given a written copy of them to follow as well. Students should respond to the interview with a thank you note within two days after receiving the interview and then will work on a summary of the interview as well. THE THANK YOU NOTE ALWAYS COMES FIRST because it is extremely important that the professionals who respond know that their time and efforts are appreciated by the student! As soon as the thank you note is written, it should be uploaded to the mentor so that he/she can send it to the professional immediately. |
| 5 | Portfolio 5: Conducting College Research and Analyzing Professional InterviewsMentor Task: During Step 4, the mentor contacted professional individuals via phone or e- mail asking them to answer student interview questions and submitted the questions to those individuals via e- mail. During step 5, the mentor will hopefully receive the student's interview questions via e-mail. When answers are received from the professionals, mentors will post the interview responses to students through the telementor site. Mentor Task: While waiting for interviews to be returned, the mentor will work with the student to help them explore college/university websites and learn information about the admissions requirements, degree/program offerings, cost, and other important topics as outlined in the student task section. Mentors should challenge students be sure that their chosen schools offer their major field of interest and challenge students to thoroughly research their chosen universities. Mentor Task: As interviews are received and students summarize and respond with a thank you note, mentors will help proofread and make suggestions for improvement on student thank you notes. After they are refined, mentors will forward student thank you notes to each professional. In addition, they will proofread and collaborate with students as they evaluate information received during interviews and will provide feedback to students as they summarize interview responses. This process carries over into Portfolio 6.Student Step 5 Task Number 1: Students will work on college research as outlined below while waiting for interviews.International Telementor Portfolio 5 Assignments: The students will use the Internet to research four universities/colleges of interest that have highly respected programs in their chosen career field. At least one university must be in Louisiana. BEFORE a student selects a particular university as one of their four to research, students MUST search university degree offerings to be certain that their degree program of interest is offered at that particular school. Students will communicate with their mentor to ask their advice about university programs and will discuss their findings and collaborate with mentor for assistance and to expand their learning opportunities throughout this step. Students will use keywords/college websites/ and other information that the mentor suggests to locate other universities/colleges that offer programs in their field of interest and read about several before selecting three universities to research in-depth. Written entries should be organized by university and will include the following information. The teacher will provide a spreadsheet for students to use and they must record their information in the spreadsheet. This spread sheet will be e-mailed to students. Here is the information that must be included in a separate written portfolio entry for EACH of the three college/universities chosen by the student:1. The college/university name and web address2. The city and state- location of the college/university3. Distance from home (use Google maps or map quest to find distance)4. Size of school including: a. Overall campus size b. Student/Faculty Ratio5. a. Admissions office mailing address b. Admissions office telephone c. Contact person d. Application fee6. Admissions requirements including required ACT/SAT scores and grade point average if listed. Does this school require the writing portion of the ACT?7. Admission application deadlines for the current year8. Scholarship primary application deadlines for current year9. Specific reasons why you chose to explore this college/university 10. Other important information (athletics, Clubs on campus, fraternities/sororities, ROTC, music, debate, 11. Cost of attendance at the university, including:a. Tuition (list by semester or quarter depending on the university and total for the year)b. Estimated cost of books/suppliesc. Required feesd. Cost of dorm or apartment (room) for campus housinge. Cost of the meal ticket for on campus meals that you feel best meets your needs (check the different plans and decide which would have the number of meals per week that meets your eating habit. Keep in mind that you will sometimes want to eat out and also may go home for the weekend sometimes as you decide how many meals a week to purchase in your meal plan.)Step 5 Task Number 2: Additional Student Task: Students will search college major requirements for their major of interest and will complete a 4 year schedule of classes for their college undergraduate degree program. Student Task for Analyzing Professional Interviews: As soon as each interview is received, students will read and analyze information provided by the professionals. They will record information about each professional and summarize/write a portfolio entry detailing information from each professional interview. In addition to including the information provided by the professionals, students will include any new insights they learned about their career of interest. Students will upload a separate summary for each individual interview for mentor approval AND will immediately write a thank you note as outlined in Portfolio 6. The mentor will make suggestions for improvement and forward the student’s finalized thank you not to each professional who responds as soon as possible. | Student Step 5 Task Number 1: Students will work on college research as outlined below while waiting for interviews to be returned. This step will take approximately 2-3 weeks.International Telementor Portfolio 5 Assignments: The students will use the Internet to research four universities/colleges of interest that have highly respected programs in their chosen career field. At least one university must be in Louisiana. BEFORE a student selects a particular university as one of their four to research, students MUST search university degree offerings to be certain that their degree program of interest is offered at that particular school. Students will communicate with their mentor to ask their advice about university programs and will discuss their findings and collaborate with mentor for assistance and to expand their learning opportunities throughout this step. Students will use keywords/college websites/ and other information that the mentor suggests to locate other universities/colleges that offer programs in their field of interest and read about several before selecting three universities to research in- depth. Written entries should be organized by university and will include the following information. The teacher will provide a spreadsheet for students to use and they must record their information in the spreadsheet. This spread sheet will be e-mailed to students. Here is the information that must be included in thespreadsheet entries for EACH of the three college/universities chosen by the student:1. The college/university name and web address2. The city and state- location of the college/university3. Distance from home (use Google maps or map quest to find distance)4. Size of school including: a. Overall campus size b. Student/Faculty Ratio5. a. Admissions office mailing address b. Admissions office telephone c. Contact person d. Application fee6. Admissions requirements including required ACT/SAT scores and grade point average if listed. Does this school require the writing portion of the ACT?7. Admission application deadlines for the current year8. Scholarship primary application deadlines for current year9. Specific reasons why you chose to explore this college/university 10. Other important information (athletics, Clubs on campus, fraternities/sororities, ROTC, music, debate, 11. Cost of attendance at the university, including:a. Tuition (list by semester or quarter depending on the university and total for the year)b. Estimated cost of books/suppliesc. Required feesd. Cost of dorm or apartment (room) for campus housinge. Cost of the meal ticket for on campus meals that you feel best meets your needs (check the different plans and decide which would have the number of meals per week that meets your eating habit. Keep in mind that you will sometimes want to eat out and also may go home for the weekend sometimes as you decide how many meals a week to purchase in your meal plan.)Step 5 Task Number 2: Additional Student Task: Students will search college major requirements for their major of interest and will complete a 4 year schedule of classes for their college undergraduate degree program. Also during Step 5: During the time they are working on college research, students will also be receiving responses to their interview questions. Student Task for Analyzing Professional Interviews: As soon as each interview is received, students will read and analyze information provided by the professionals. They will record information about each professional and summarize/write a portfolio entry detailing information from each professional interview. In addition to including the information provided by the professionals, students will include any new insights they learned about their career of interest. Students will upload a separate summary for each individual interview for mentor approval AND will immediately write a thank you note as outlined in Portfolio 6. The mentor will make suggestions for improvement and forward the student’s finalized thank you not to each professional who responds as soon as possible. |
| 6 | Letters of Appreciation and Interview SummariesMentor Task: After each interview has been received, mentors should guide students through writing a thank you note. Then, mentors should let students know how to properly address their thank you notes to the professionals.(Dr., Captain, Mr., Mrs., Ms., etc). At no time should e-mail contacts be exchanged between student and professionals. After a thank you note has been written by the student and approved by the mentor, the mentor should forward the thank you note to the individual. Student task: The student will create a letter of thanks specifically tailored for each of their interview subjects. Each of the professionals who were contacted for interviews about the area of interest should receive a personalized letter of thanks via e-mail. The information in the letter should refer to the student's skill and interest as evidenced by the interview. The individuals' contact information will be a part of the action plan and letters of reference will be maintained in the student's portfolio.Guidelines for student thank you notes: The student will create a letter of thanks specifically tailored for each of the professionals who answered their questions. Thank you letters may not be generic "thank you for helping me..." types of letters. Students should remember that these professionals have taken valuable time to write to them and share their advice so they should take the time to thoughtfully write a response. Each personalized letter of thanks should include references to specific pieces of information contained in the interview response that helped students or attracted their particular attention. Suggestions for students: Here are just a few possible examples of how to work specific pieces of valuable information from the interview back into your thank you note to show the professionals that you both READ carefully and TRULY do appreciate their help! Thank you for sharing the information about...with me. I thought it was particularly interesting when you said....Your advice about ....will be of help in the future because...I appreciated when you mentioned ....because...I didn't know that ...Your emphasis on ...was very interesting to me because...Students will send a draft of each thank you note to their mentor for feedback. They will make suggested corrections and upload the note for final approval from the mentor. After thank you note has been approved, student will print a copy of their letter of thanks for their portfolio. Students will type a list of names of each professional who was contacted and the date thank you notes were sent. Students will turn this information into teacher by a specified deadline. After thank you notes are completed, students will compose a written summary of each interview in order to analyze and synthesize the information presented in the interview. This summary will become a part of their written portfolio. | The sixth portfolio entryThe student will create a letter of thanks specifically tailored for each of the professionals who answered their questions. The students will also compose a written summary of each interview in order to analyze and synthesize the information presented in the interview. This summary will become a part of the student's written portfolio. Students: Thank you letters may not be generic "thank you for helping me..." types of letters. Remember that these professionals have taken valuable time to write to you and share their advice with you, so you should take the time to thoughtfully write a response. Each personalized letter of thanks should include references to specific pieces of information contained in the interview response that helped students or attracted their particular attention. Here are just a few possible examples of how to work specific pieces of valuable information from the interview back into your thank you note to show the professionals that you both READ carefully and TRULY do appreciate their help! Thank you for sharing the information about...with me. I thought it was particularly interesting when you said....Your advice about ....will be of help in the future because...I appreciated when you mentioned ....because...I didn't know that ...Your emphasis on ...was very interesting to me because...Students will send a draft of each thank you note to their mentor for feedback. They will make suggested corrections and upload the note for final approval from the mentor. After thank you note has been approved, student will print a copy of their letter of thanks for their portfolio. Each student and his/her mentor will decide whether to e-mail or to "snail mail" their thank you notes to the professionals who answered their interview questions. Mentors will provide mailing addresses for students if they want their students to mail the letters from school. Students who are to mail their letters will print, address an envelope, and mail their letters from school. |
| 7 | The mentor will help guide students as they explore current event articles related to their career fields of interest. Mentors will suggest websites and topics of interest and will share the URLs for articles of interest with students. The students will explore articles of interest relating to their chosen career fields and will identify current issues that professionals in their fields need to understand in order to be active and trailblazing in their field in the future. The students will identify five topics of interest in their fields and will work with their mentors to identify, rank in importance, and then explore those topics. The students will write summary paragraphs on those articles, site sources, and share work with mentor in a collaborative manner. | The students will explore articles of interest relating to their chosen career fields and will identify current issues that professionals in their fields need to understand in order to be active and trailblazing in their field in the future. The students will identify five topics of interest in their fields and will work with their mentors to identify, rank in importance, and then explore those topics. The students will write summary paragraphs on those articles, site sources, and share work with mentor in a collaborative manner. |
| 8 | Creating a Personal Mission Statement and a Plan of Action From all the information that has been gathered, the student will create a Plan of Action. The plan will outline in detail the steps that are needed for the student to be successful in his/her area of interest. It will include courses to take, jobs to have, contacts to make and any other information that the mentor and student decide is important for the particular area. It is helpful to students if mentors can share examples of mission statements and give suggestions for creating their plan of action while they are waiting for interviews to be returned to keep collaboration going and encourage them as they wait for their interview responses. Student Task: The student will create a plan of action through correspondence with their mentor and reflection on personal goals. | The seventh portfolio entry will consist of two parts, the plan of action and personal mission statement. Student Task: Students will create a Personal Mission Statement and a Plan of Action and using the following guidelines. They will consult with their teacher and mentor while developing their Mission Statement and Plan of Action. The mission statement should express their values, goals, and what they perceive as their life mission. Students should look online and discuss mission statement examples with their mentor. The students should also read examples of personal mission statements from the file their teacher has posted on the school workgroup. Students will proofread their statement and upload it for mentor approval. Developing a Personal Mission Statement—A Mission Statement describes your goals and valuesThe mission statement should express your values, goals, and what you perceive as your life mission. Students should look online and discuss mission statement examples with their mentors. Personal Mission Statement Example: I value my family, my country, and my freedom. I believe in the value of hard work I truly care about helping others learn and reach their potential. I strive to have a positive attitude, to be kind to others and to help where I am needed. I know I can succeed in my personal goals because I know what I believe in and have set positive goals for myself. I will ask for help from those around me who have my best interests in mind and will work hard and take advantage of learning opportunities. I know I can and will succeed because I have faith in God’s support and am willing to work hard to make my dreams a reality. Read mission statements on student posters around the room and then develop your own using the template below. Template for creating a personal Mission Statement: Mission Statement I value________________________ ________ and ____________________________ __________ I believe in__________________________ and in ____________________________ _________ I truly care about_______________________ ______and ____________________________ ______ I will keep working towards______________________ _ I will try to ____________________________ ____ I will strive for__________________________ ___ I will work towards ____________________________ I plan to__________________________ ____________ I will dedicate myself to__________________________ I know I can and will succeed because I am determined to _______________ Creating a Plan of Action: From all the information that has been gathered, the student will create a Plan of Action. The plan will outline in detail the steps that are needed for the student to be successful in his/her area of interest. It will include the name of their area of interest, courses to take, jobs to have, contacts to make and any other information that the mentor and student decide is important for the particular area. They will send this entry to their mentor for feedback. Plan of Action Template (should be modified to meet individual student needs/actions/intent): My primary area of interest is the field of_____________. I plan to read ___________ to continue learning as much about my interest as possible and to develop positive habits. I plan on volunteering at ________ to learn more about my area of interest during the next ____months/years. My current career goal is to (study, earn a degree in, become…) ___________. In order to reach this goal, I plan to apply to and attend_______________ university/college (you may list alternate universities too) and major in _____________. I will contact the _____________at my university of interest to request information and prepare for college entrance and success. The high school and/or college courses |
| 9 | The student will summarize the interviews he or she has received from professionals. The mentor will proofread the student's summaries and give editing and feedback suggestions. The student will upload a final draft of their interview summary for their mentor to proofread and approve. | The student will write a summary of each interview he or she has received this semester. This summary will be used on their final project poster and in their final project portfolio. In the summary, the student will include information from each of the interview questions answered by the professional and will write them in paragraph form. Each summary will include the name and job title of the professional, their company, what they do on a particular day, and so on based on the interview questions that were asked by the student and answered by the interviewee. |
| 10 | Preparing to share the project Mentor will share with student suggestions on ways to share their project with an appropriate audience. Student Task: Student will develop tools to help share their final project product plan with mentors online and will finalize and print their portfolio for others to view. They will prepare to present the information gathered during this project to an appropriate audience. Student Task: Student will prepare a PowerPoint presentation AND a PowerPoint template-generated poster (using guidelines provided by their teacher) including information gathered during this project and will prepare to share the presentation with an appropriate audience. Teacher will assist students by enlarging/printing project posters on computer generated template. Students will present their PowerPoint presentation and PowerPoint template generated posters as a visual aid along with their project portfolios when they present their work to an appropriate audience.PowerPoint presentation and Poster will include the following information IN ADDITION to any other information requested by the mentor. The PowerPoint presentation and poster will include the following major sections of the project relating to their chosen career that was gathered during the mentor/student research through this program. 1. Student's name, student's school, mentor's name and mentor's company, name of career researched. 2. Names of two top professionals and some of the reasons they are considered outstanding in their field. 3. Names, graphic organization symbols, and information about each professional organization researched. 4. Summary/Results of interviews with at least three professionals working in their field of interest Professional #1 Name, job description, and top advice Professional #2 Name, job description, and top advice Professional #3 Name, job description, and top advice 5. Personal Mission Statement 6. Personal Action Plan 7. Interesting information (fast- facts, etc) learned about the career 8. College choices and college graphic symbols 9. Closing Statement about the student's short and long- term educational and career goals and comments about what student learned from this project. | Students will create a Poster using a PowerPoint Template and also create a PowerPoint presentation. Poster and PowerPoint presentation must include the following major sections of the project relating to their chosen career that was gathered during the mentor/student research through this program. 1. Student's name, student's school, mentor's name and mentor's company, name of career researched. 2. Names and summary of information about two top professionals and some of the reasons they are considered outstanding in their field3. Names, graphic organization symbols, and information about each professional organization researched4. Summary of interviews with at least three professionals working in their field of interest Professional #1 Name, job description, and summary of top advice/interesting information that was shared Professional #2 Name, job description, and summary of top advice/interesting information that was shared Professional #3 Name, job description, and summary of top advice/interesting information that was shared 5. Personal Mission Statement6. Personal Action Plan7. Interesting information (five interesting facts)you learned about the career8. College choices and college graphic symbols (no other college-related information is required)9. Closing Statement including how this project has helped direct the student's short and long-term educational and career goals Student will present project to an appropriate audience and discuss career goals, information learned through the research, and share his/her mission statement and action plan with audience. Students will design and create a portfolio cover sheet including the following: Student's name Parkway High SchoolMentor's name and companyCareer NameInternational Telementor ProgramFall, 2012The covery sheet will also include a picture/graphic relating to the student's chosen career of interestThe student will upload their project poster and their PowerPoint presentation to their mentor for approval. Final Step: Student will write thank you letter to mentor detailing specific areas that have been especially beneficial during the project. |
| 11 | Sharing the Plan Mentor will encourage student as they prepare and present their project to an appropriate audience. They will discuss oral presentation skills and give advice and professional tips to help students present their work in an orderly, professional manner. Student Task: Student will share their final project product plan with an appropriate audience. | Student Task: Student will share their final project product plan with an appropriate audience. The student will write a letter to their mentor sharing their appreciation for their collaboration and expertise shared throughout the project process. Students will post their message to their mentor. The student will complete the online survey through the ITP site. Students will present their work to an appropriate audience using visual aids, note cards, and applying presentation tips/oral speaking skills practiced in class throughout the semester. Students should dress appropriately and ensure that all materials are prepared. Student will write thank you letter to mentor detailing specific areas that have been especially beneficial during the project. Students will use proper grammar, punctuation, spelling, and businesslike format and will provide specific details about the many ways their mentor has helped them throughout this project. |
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