Boys To Men Male Mentoring Program

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Boys To MenMale Mentoring Program

• Kwesi Franco
• Graduation Coach
• Manchester Middle School
• kfranco_at_meriwether.k12.ga.us

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Self-Efficacy

• A persons belief about their abilities produce
  at a specific expectation level for tasks in
  their lives.
• This affects our motivation, choices, and
  cognitions.
• Self-efficacy is content specific. It deals with
  how a child feels about their ability in a
  specific area.

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Sources Of Self- Efficacy

• Mastery experiences- Success in an area builds
  the confidence that future success can be
  attained. Failure lowers a youths belief that
  they can succeed in that area in the future.
• Vicarious experiences- Seeing people similar to
  you succeed in an area through effort makes it
  more realistic that success can be attained with
  a similar amount of effort. Viewing failure by
  persons similar to you who have made an effort
  lowers a persons confidence in their own ability.
  This is greatly due to that persons
  identification of the similarity between them and
  the model.
• Social persuasion- Youth who are verbally
  persuaded that they have the skills and talent to
  complete a task are more prone to try harder.
  Youth who are persuaded that they dont have the
  skills are more prone to avoid challenges and
  give up quickly when facing challenges.
• Emotional states- Youth look at their feelings of
  anxiety and stress and relate it to their
  competence in an area. Young people who have
  high self-efficacy look at nervousness as a
  motivator while youth with low self efficacy look
  at stress as debilitating.

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Cognitive Process

• The higher the amount of self-efficacy the more
  challenging tasks young people are willing to
  engage in.
• Self-efficacy shapes the forethought and
  anticipatory scenarios that people rehearse
  before engaging in an event.
• A youths mental capacity to handle long term
  stressors will be enhanced by a youths believing
  in their own potential.

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What We Do

• Target at risk males based primarily on behavior.
  Approximately 20 of each grade level by inviting
  them to join this club.
• Create an environment where they are willing and
  able to listen to professionals teach them skills
  that they will need to know in order to
  successfully handle adulthood.
• Teach them paths to their dreams and how to find
  information to further their dreams.
• Teach leadership, responsibility, and
  accountability for all factors that affect their
  lives.
• Teach children logical problem solving.
• Show students links between the decisions that
  they make now and how it will affect them in
  years to come.
• Create relationships between students and staff
  personnel where they are able to seek out advice
  for problems that they may be encountering.
• Constant encouragement to handle all life
  circumstances.
• One on one interventions with students to refocus
  and assist.

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Behind The Scenes

• Work with teachers and students to help create
  mastery experiences.
• Provide vicarious learning experiences where they
  can see people just like them who have succeeded
  despite having similar obstacles to them.
• Work with school staff to provide constant
  encouragement on small steps they are making in
  the right direction.
• Talk with students to ensure that they are in
  proper emotional state for learning and growth.
• Monitor their attendance, behavior, and grades.