MAP Mentorship Achievement Program

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MAP Mentorship Achievement Program

• Mentor Orientation 2009
• Get Excited!!!

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What is MAP?

• A chance to make a difference for a middle school
  student who is in need of a positive role model
  in their life!
• A chance to provide friendship and support to
  youth in need.
• A chance for you to get out and have fun!!

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MAP Mission

• Every child can become the person they dream of
  becoming, regardless of social, financial, or
  personal circumstances.
• MAP mentors are committed to providing the
  support and encouragement necessary to help
  disadvantaged children realize their potential.
• We believe that all adolescents deserve
  role-models who will nurture their
  self-confidence, talents and visions of these
  children and help them realize their most
  precious gift, their own potential.

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Why Madison Youth Need Mentors

• Exposes students to a positive role model
• Helps to focus students on their future and on
  setting academic and career goals
• Exposes students to new experiences and people
  from diverse cultural, socio-economic, and
  professional backgrounds
• Provides students with attention and a concerned
  friend
• Encourages emotional and social growth
• Fosters increased confidence and self-esteem

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Role of the Mentor

• Provide dependable, sincere, and consistent
  attention and concern
• Listen, nurture, support, and advise
• Be a person that a youth can talk to
• Foster self esteem by providing sustained caring,
  interest, and acceptance
• SUSTAINED ADULT RELATIONSHIP

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Mentor Responsibilities

• Beginning of Year
• Complete necessary forms and permission slips
• Meet your mentees parents early in the
  relationship
• Monthly
• Visit mentee (one-on-one and/or group activities)
• Weekly
• Contact mentee (phone, email, message through
  school coordinator)
• End of Year
• Complete evaluations
• Determine next years plans (ending relationship,
  postponing for the summer)

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Be An Effective Mentor

• Be a friend
• Have realistic goals and expectations
• Have fun together
• Give your mentee voice and choice in deciding on
  activities
• Be positive
• Let your mentee have much of the control over
  what the two of you talk about and how you talk
  about it

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• Listen
• Respect the trust your mentee places in you
• Remember that your relationship is with the
  youth, not the youths parent
• Remember that you are responsible for building
  the relationship

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Suggested Activities

• Attend recreational or cultural activities
• Make dinner together for their family
• Community service or volunteer
• Walk along State St.
• Go to the Childrens Museum
• Take a cooking class at Whole Foods
• See Olbrich Garden
• Show them the PDS rooms and let them use the
  ophthalmoscopes

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What Mentors Have Done in the Past

• going to a budget movie or renting a movie
• cooking dinner
• playing sports or going to a college sports games
  
• ice skating or sledding
• roller-skating
• visiting the school campuses
• going to the Memorial Union Terrace
• bowling
• hiking in the arboretum followed by a picnic
• checking out one of the local museums
• walking around the farmers market
• just hanging out
• even studying!

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Past Group Activities

• Ropes Course
• Corn Maze
• Bowling
• Take Your Mentee to School Day
• Plastic Surgery Event
• Thanksgiving Potluck

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What if I Dont Have a Car

• Carpool! Many of the kids are friends and live
  near each other, and you and another mentor can
  team up and hang out as a group
• See if you can meet your mentee somewhere (the
  mall, the movies)
• Take the bus

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Cost Involved

• You are NOT your mentees financial provider.
  Therefore
• Plan activities that are lt10 for your mentee, or
  better yet free (we have tons of ideas)
• Pick up coupons at the pairs orientation
• Come to the monthly group events which are always
  free for your mentee!

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Support

• Med Student Leaders
• Aaron Arredondo aarredondo_at_wisc.edu
• Kayla Flores kmflores_at_wisc.edu
• Aditi Ringwala aringwala_at_wisc.edu
• Theresa Umhoefer tumhoefer_at_wisc.edu
• Tahlia Weis tweis2_at_wisc.edu
• Crystalynn Woodard ctwoodard_at_wisc.edu
• Middle School Coordinators
• Black Hawk Wendy Johnson - wsjohnson_at_madison.k12.
  wi.us
• OKeeffe Paul Chotlos - pchotlos_at_madison.
  k12.wi.us
• Toki Lisa Eykholt- leykholt_at_madison.k12.wi.us
• Director
• Sharon Younkin 262-4204, slyounkin_at_wisc.edu
• Other Mentors!

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Stay Informed

• Website http//www.uwmedstudents.com/studentorgs/
  MAP
• Listserv
• Calendar http//www.uwmedstudents.com/studentcal/
  calendar.php

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MAP Manual

• Available on the website or in hard copy
• Contains detailed information on
• Mentor responsibilities, guidelines, and tips
• Activity ideas
• Resources (MAP and being a mentor)
• Evaluations from previous year

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Paperwork RETURN ASAP

• Mentor/Mentee Pairing Questions
• Helps in the pairing process
• Mentor Return Packets
• General Information Sheet
• Liability Form
• Insurance Information
• Med Student Responsibilities Contract
• Volunteer Disclosure Statement
• Please include all convictions/pending charges
  (ex drinking tickets). Minor convictions will
  probably NOT exclude you from participating in
  MAP.

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Thank You!For your time, support, commitment to
MAP, and the changes you will make in the life of
a vulnerable child.We hope you enjoy your
experience in MAP!