Training for Mentors revised schedule:
Sun, Sep 28th, 3-5pm, Community of Faith Church, Fairfield.
Make a Difference in the life of a Child: become a mentor!
Mission Houston is providing Transformational Mentor Training – or “TMT” – over and above what each school district requires and provides for volunteers. The purpose of the TMT is to increase the likelihood that mentors will enjoy a successful relationship with their student and be given skills that insure the quality of the mentoring. The goals of the TMT include equipping mentors to:
- Have a clear understanding of what “Success” looks like
- Listen well
- Relate to, and to earn and maintain the trust of at-risk children
- Communicate our faith when God opens the door
- Help create and benefit from a learning community of fellow mentors
The TMT will consist of 4 modules over 4 sessions. In the 2008-2009 school year, each session will consist of two parts:
Session 1:
“Making & Keeping Promises: your character counts”
“Mentoring Orientation” – requirements of your specific school district.
Session 2:
“Connecting through Understanding: At-Risk Children and their Families”
“When the Door Opens: How to respond when asked about your faith”
Session 3:
“Deepening the Impact: Increased Success through Personal and Relational Skills”
Continuing Education: “Celebrating Success and Addressing Issues – #1”
Session 4:
Continuing Education: “Celebrating Success and Addressing Issues – #2”
Session 1 of the Transformational Mentor Training is required of all who volunteer to mentor. Sessions 2, 3, and 4 are just as pivotal and will be facilitated later in the school year. Commitment to attend to all sessions will be strongly recomended at the end of the initial training session, after the whole vision of the W&HC initiative has been presented. The TMT will be offered at no cost to CSA teams and those who volunteer to mentor at schools within the CSA.
Session 1 Transformational Mentor Training schedule:
Primarily for Sugarland/Stafford, Missouri City, Bellaire-SW Loop, & Alief (but available to all):
Sat, Sept 27th ~ 8:30am-12:30pm, Training by Mission Houston and by Ft.Bend ISD, Stafford MSD, Alief ISD
College of Biblical Studies of Houston
Primarily for Cy-Fair (but available to all):
Sun, Sep 28th ~ 3-5pm, Training by Mission Houston
Community of Faith
Tue, Sep 30th ~ 6-8pm, Training by Cy-Fair ISD
Berry Center
Primarily North Channel (but available to all):
Date & place TBD
Schools in which Whole & Healthy Children mentors can volunteer in 2008-2009:
Alief/Sharpstown -Boone ES
Bellaire / SW Loop -Gordon ES
Bellaire / SW Loop -Shearn ES
Missouri City/Fresno -Ridgemont ES
Sugar Land/Stafford -Stafford Primary
Fairfield/Cypress/Copperfield -Bane ES
Fairfield/Cypress/Copperfield -Lamkin ES
North Shore/Channelview -Cloverleaf ES
