What is it like to be a mentor to high school students?
I'll share my experience mentoring a young man for the past 3 years in New York City.When we first met, he was a sophomore in high school, very shy and having some difficulty at school with tardiness as well as grades.My main focus was to socialize him and help him with real world things. He didn't have a dad in the picture and has a mom who isn’t always around so I also enlisted a co-mentor, my friend Nate. This worked out really well for us. Our kid gets double the attention as well as both a male and female perspective. If you can find a friend to tag team with, I think it makes it that much better for all involved.Before our first meeting, my mentee told me he wasn't really a dinner kind of guy. I quickly learned that he was in fact a big eater, he just didn't know if he had to pay for his meal, which he didn't have the money for. I tell all potential mentors that they should make it very clear to their mentee that they will never have to pay for anything.We started out with small things, like going bowling, rock climbing and the movies to get to know each other, always with a meal because he didn't always eat at home. Then we started doing bigger things like sporting events and concerts. I try to take him places and do things he wouldn't be able to do on his own or with his family.Being a mentor can be quite expensive, but some of the coolest things we did together actually cost nothing. We got him his drivers license!! He was the first person in his family to ever drive! I would also have him come to my office pretty often and would parade him around to shake hands with my co-workers. It's sounds silly, but it really helped him break out of his shell! After a year of coming to my office, it was time for his summer break from school so I got him a paid internship at my company so he could see what it was like working for a corporation.I'm also never afraid to enlist the help of my friends with him. When he was doing poorly in Economics, I had a friend who had his masters in Economics step in and tutor him once per week for the remainder of the semester.He just finished high school and is starting college next month.Mentoring is not just rewarding for the person you get to mentor, but also very rewarding to you. I've seen my guy grow into a very nice, punctual, socialized young man. I couldn't be more proud!
I am a high school student who loves many subjects. Is there any place I can go online and tutor students in groups or individually and make money?
I’m not sure if I understand your question correctly. Do you want to tutor students through an online site or find a way to tutor using the online internet? But to answer your question, you should become a tutor at the nearest Kumon to you. Many high school students’ first job is tutoring kids at Kumon. If not, you can search up programs near you and ask if you can work as a mentor or tutor.The answer previously given is also a good idea. You don’t have to necessarily be a part of an organization. You can advertise yourself by making flyers to put up. My school has a PTSA Yahoo Group and sometimes parents would ask if there’s anyone who can tutor their child in __ subject(s) for some money. You can reach out to a similar audience.Good luck!
What are the best ways to mentor high school students?
I have functioned in this role many times over the years. The amount of time spent is not as important as the quality of time and the consistency of time. For example, if you set aside an hour a week to spend with your mentee, that seems to be pretty perfect. You can advise them on how to go forth during the upcoming week, and also do follow up on how the previous week went. Be a great listener, a sage advisor, and please don't be too "judgey". Enjoy the teenager's company. .. It will keep you young!
I am a high school student and I want to work at NASA. What should I do?
High school? I've got some bad (and good) news for you. You need to cram. You could get a job, but you are competing against many kids like me growing up. But there is hope, because you can catch up (you can't rely on hope; you have to work hard). My luck was to grow up 30 miles from JPL and had a friend whose dad worked there on Surveyor (and I had an internship in high school at North American Rockwell). And actually, I didn't start out working for NASA (I changed majors in college).I decided to get into science and engineering in 4th grade. I gave serious consideration to becoming a professional astronomer by 6th grade. By 9th grade, I took a 2nd place in a technical field at my State's fair. That could have been Westinghouse Science Fair and other equivalent. There's many bright kids: your competition. There were 48 smarter kids in my high school class than me (mostly Asian-American). I was not a straight-A student (in high school (you have a chance); I knew the 5 straight students (know 1 still now at Berkeley); I knew #6 too, et al). I've got friends with kids smarter than me. You have to distinguish yourself. If you could only understand how looking at resumes creates eye glaze over. So you have to get off your butt, and take what Admissions Officers call STEM classes (Science, Technology (what ever that means), Engineering, and Math (my first degree and a journal topic I was an editor (without a PhD))). You want to master all the mathematical tools, programming, and empirical lab skills that you can. And actually shop time is useful. Handing dangerous chemicals is useful. Learning now to fly is useful. You do not want to be one of those students who takes calculus who says 2 decades down the line "I saw no use for it." You want to develop good (superior) problem solving skills. In some cases you will only get one chance. You need to develop wisdom early.You will have to overcome disadvantages you have over the advantages of people who are local; people who have better GPAs; went to higher ranked colleges (their perception is deserved or not); or maybe they are female or non-white, and so forth. This is the 2nd question of this type I was asked to answer in 24 hours. Kelly Johnson who designed planes from the P-38 to the SR-71 had a Masters degree and was handed a broom and started as a janitor before he designed those aircraft. And I can cite computer examples of that, too.
Discipline problems with high school students?
They tested you before you even taught your first lesson and you failed their test so its on. you brought this onto yourself- you are not their friend-Always start hard and ease of as the year goes on you said you want them to think you are liberal and democratic which doesn't make sense- you are there to teach them content so being liberal and democratic has nothing to do with it You do not argue with students- their is no argument-"You are old enough to make your own decisions, do you want option A (listen) or option B (consequence)" and let them make the choice- Your demeanor determines how the kids react to you- You need to project confidence and knowledge- pick your battles, kid doesn't work, he gets a 0- "meh, its your grade, you make grading easy for me;always a 0" etc Use humor- teaching is more about classroom management then anything else and you have a way to go- A kid asked if you were a lesbian? you have it easy... lets put this in context 2 kids in my 5th period class murdered another kid after school a kid I had a couple of years ago just got sentenced to over 100 years in jail for shooting people in 6 years I know 5 kids who were murdered- suddenly not having a pencil seems so....trivial
As a high school principal, how do I increase student attendance:?
I would suggest looking into something like the Renaissance program. Since it was instituted at our school, attendance has improved. Find more info at http://www.jostens.com/renaissance/index... # Renaissance schools often focus their program on four target areas: * Increasing student attendance * Improving overall academic performance * Increasing graduation rates * Creating a positive, safe school environment # In schools that use the Renaissance program as part of their curriculum, administrators have noted positive progress in areas such as: * Grade point averages * Standardized test scores * Attendance * Discipline Good luck!