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Mentoring
People
making a difference
in young lives
Part
3
[DEC.
16, 2000] Lincoln
Daily News introduces you to YMCA
mentors Larry Crisafulli and Margaret Peifer.
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Dr.
Larry Crisafulli, a local dentist, has been mentoring for about a
year. Dr. Crisafulli has been on the YMCA board since its beginning
six or seven years ago, and that is how he learned about the
mentoring program. Crisafulli has had several mentors in his life:
his father, his grandfather, a coach in high school and most
recently his wife. One day a week he meets with Jeremy at school.
They work on one of Jeremy’s school assignments. Jeremy
participates in a few sports teams, and Crisafulli makes an effort
to attend Jeremy’s games. They do not participate in the monthly
social activities sponsored by the Y, because Jeremy is older than
most of the mentored students and would feel out of place.
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As
a mentor, Crisafulli wants to "help Jeremy if I can in any
way." He wants to be another positive male figure in his life,
even though he knows Jeremy already has a few. Crisafulli enjoys
mentoring Jeremy and says that they get along really well. As in any
relationship, there are occasional disappointments, because — just
like adults — kids make mistakes. But occasional disappointments
do not deter Crisafulli, and he plans to continue working with
Jeremy, "as long as [he] wants me there." According to
Crisafulli, "The pay is great!" He personally finds
mentoring very rewarding and therapeutic. Once he even commented
that Jeremy was mentoring him.
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Dr.
Crisafulli complimented the YMCA’s mentoring training. The
training is broad, but one must remember: "It’s not an exact
science, every case is different." He believes that the broad
training lays a foundation to help mentors develop a suitable
relationship with their student.
Crisafulli
encourages anyone interested in mentoring to try it. He realizes
that it may not be for everyone, but he believes that most people
would enjoy mentoring, as he does. "If you like being with
people, it’s worth trying," he says.
Margaret
Peifer was recruited to be a mentor by a YMCA board member three
years ago. Peifer retired from the Logan Correctional Center, where
she worked as a teacher, and is now a part-time professor at Robert
Morris College in Springfield and Millikin University in Decatur.
Peifer describes herself as "easily inspired," so she
named several mentors in her life: her grandmother, a few English
teachers and Libby Scribe, "a woman who is 92 and keeps on
going."
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Peifer’s
first student was Becky. Becky’s family has moved out of town, but
Peifer had a visit from her just this Halloween. After Becky left,
Margaret Peifer took on a new student, Cathy. Peifer’s goals as a
mentor are to see that Cathy "does well in school and feels
good about herself." Recently, Cathy received a prize for
having all of her homework done, all week long. Peifer exclaimed,
"I was just thrilled!"
Once
a week, on Fridays, Peifer meets with Cathy to work on homework at
school. They attend the Y’s social activities together. Peifer
commented that Cathy just loved the recent bowling trip. Peifer
attended Cathy’s school open house and plans to see this year’s
Christmas program. With Cathy’s mother’s permission, sometimes
Margaret Peifer brings Cathy to her farm to work on art projects.
She used to take Becky to community concerts and shopping at
Wal-Mart. Peifer loves having children around because she considers
them to be a real gift. She does not have children or grandchildren
of her own, so she enjoys borrowing other people’s children for an
afternoon.
For
anyone interested in mentoring, Peifer suggests, "Be sure that
you have the time to be consistent." If for some reason Peifer
cannot make a mentoring session, she sends a short note to Cathy on
the day they would have met, to encourage her.
Peifer
compliments the Y on their availability to answer questions and on
their training program. For example, the training session presented
legal information specific to the mentor-student relationship that
she did not already know. However, she believes that most of her
training — and the training for all the other mentors — occurred
before the mentoring training session. "You have to believe
that you can do it…because the students will watch you carefully
the first few meetings, and slowly warm up to you."
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Are
you interested in being a mentor for a student? Anyone who is at
least in high school can be a mentor. If you are a positive role
model for others and have 30 minutes a week to spend with a student,
please contact Sarah Farris at the Lincoln area YMCA, 735-3915.
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Part
2
[DEC.
15, 2000] Lincoln
Daily News introduces you to YMCA
mentors Diane Campbell and Terry Brown.
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Diane
Campbell, co-owner of Lincoln’s NAPA Auto Parts, has been
mentoring for two years. She signed up for the program after
attending a meeting at her church, Immanuel Lutheran. Campbell, who
works with Sara on her schoolwork, says, "It’s going very
well this year." Campbell helped Sara catch up in her work when
she fell a little behind at school last year. As a mentor, Campbell’s
goal is "to build self-esteem, confidence, a sense of
responsibility, as well as help [Sara] with her school work, and to
be her friend." Campbell wants to be "the one person she
can count on if she needs someone."
Once
a week Campbell meets with Sara to work on homework and school
tests. They also discuss responsibility in Sara’s home life.
Campbell and Sara attend the monthly social activities at the Y.
Some of their favorite events are going bowling and game night at
the Y.
Sara’s
mom is glad her daughter is in the mentoring program. Campbell says
that it is so helpful to have the support of a student’s family
and teachers, and she has had both. Diane Campbell plans to continue
mentoring. She enjoys bonding with her student and likes to see her
succeed at school.
Campbell
definitely recommends that anyone interested in being a mentor get
involved, because it’s "100 percent worthwhile!" She
says that the people are wonderful to work with at the Y. According
to Campbell, mentors receive more rewards than they can imagine.
"It’s well worth the time invested in it," she says. She
admits that mentoring does become an important part of one’s life.
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Diane
Campbell recruited Terry Brown for the mentoring program. Brown,
president of Lincoln’s State Bank, began mentoring at the
beginning of this school year. After hearing Campbell discuss the
rewards and needs of the program, Brown called the YMCA and signed
up to be a mentor. Brown’s goal as a mentor is "mainly to try
to improve the quality of life for the person who I mentor."
Brown considers his boss, George Drake, his mentor.
Each
Friday afternoon, Terry Brown and Jacob meet at Jacob’s school.
Their mentoring sessions include character building and schoolwork.
They talk about Jacob’s schoolwork and "how things are going
for him." Brown believes that the mentoring is going great. He
sees Jacob progressing in his schoolwork and enjoys being around him
because he’s "a really neat kid." Jacob has had fun at
the Y’s social activities, especially at the Dec. 2 bowling trip.
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When
asked if there were any disappointments in being a mentor, Brown
quickly responded, "None!" Brown plans to continue
mentoring and encourages others to get involved. He stressed,
"There is a real need, especially for male adults." Brown
is confident that participation is very rewarding to the mentor, and
it does not require a lot of time. He said that the mentoring
training session was excellent, and the program overall is
"very, very good."
(To
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Mentor:
a trusted counselor or guide
Local
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Editor's
introduction
[DEC.
14, 2000] You’ve
heard it or said it or at least thought it: "What a pity. With
a little guidance he/she could have been so much more!"
We
could say times have changed since the day that families lived close
to one another and lent support and strength to each other. No
longer is extended family available for most families to help care
for and foster the guidance of children. With this loss of unity
also goes the loss of less tangible family strengths. This would be
a true statement.
However,
there are numerous examples throughout history that there have
always been individuals who have given themselves to the guidance of
youth, as is evidenced by the word mentor.
Merriam-Webster
dictionary defines mentor as:
1 capitalized: a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the
education of Odysseus' son Telemachus
2 a : a trusted counselor or guide b : tutor,
coach
- men·tor·ship noun
To
say we need this influence on our youth today is as much or more
than ever true.
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Part
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The
Lincoln Area YMCA’s mentoring program is in its third year. The
mentoring program is designed "to match adults who are good
role models with children who are in need of one-on-one time with a
mentor." Mentors build relationships with their students by
meeting for at least 30 minutes per week.
The
mentoring program was originally suggested by Bridget Miller as a
part of the goals of the 21st Century Community Learning
Center Project. Miller modeled Lincoln’s program after a program
in Quincy. At the beginning, the mentoring program served students
at Northwest and Washington-Monroe schools only, because they
already had after-school programs. Now, all of the elementary
schools and the junior high participate in the mentoring program.
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Sarah
Farris is the program’s director. She is in charge of recruiting
and training mentors, matching mentors with students, and
coordinating the YMCA’s monthly mentoring social events. Sarah
believes that the mentoring program is "going very well."
Recently she trained seven new mentors and matched 11 mentors with
11 students. She still has a few unmatched mentors and students but
is confident that they will soon be able to be paired.
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The
YMCA has tried writing letters and running news advertisements to
recruit new mentors, but most mentors come by word of mouth. Farris
says that the best recruiters so far have been YMCA board members
and individuals who are already mentors. Whenever Farris gets a list
of four to six prospects, she schedules a training session. She
usually has four or five training sessions per year, each session
being two hours. The training focuses on child abuse, abuse
prevention and the characteristics of a good mentor. Each mentor’s
name is run through the Illinois Child Abuse and Neglect Tracking
System.
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Any
child may be mentored. There are no requirements, positive or
negative. Either parents or teachers may recommend a child to the
YMCA. For students to be admitted to the program, they only need a
signed permission form from their parents.
Farris
uses questions on the mentor application to help her match mentors
to students based on their common interests. Her goal is to match
the gender of mentor and student, but that is not always possible
because the mentor male-to-female ratio is not the same as the
student male-to-female ratio. Often, time availability is the main
issue that Farris uses to pair mentors and students.
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The
Y only requires mentors and students to meet for a half hour per
week but strongly encourages both of them to attend monthly social
events at the YMCA. During these social events, such as bowling,
chili and game night, and skating parties, mentors and students
relax and have fun with each other and with other mentor-student
pairs. The YMCA is limited to doing activities in town because they
do not have a bus to transport the students.
The
Y asks mentors to commit to mentoring their students for a year. The
longest mentoring relationship so far is 14 months. Presently, three
groups have been meeting for 14 months.
(To
be continued — In future postings, Lincoln Daily News will introduce you
to some of the mentors in Lincoln.)
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Part
3
[DEC.
7, 2000]
There
once was a time when principals and teachers had to call parents in to the
school to discuss a child’s disciplinary or academic shortfall. But these
days, parents of Lincoln District 27 elementary students frequently visit their
child’s school to help teachers and administrators enhance the educational
process.
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Across
town, the School Community Council at Northwest School has focused in on its
goal of improving study habits. One program it has initiated helps more children
complete their homework on time and without error.
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Every
Tuesday afternoon all students are invited into the air-conditioned library to
attend Homework Club. It is a quiet place where students can enjoy a snack, and
then work independently on their homework or request help from teachers and
parents on duty. They can take advantage of reference resources like
encyclopedias and the Internet, which might not be available in the home.
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[Teacher Cindy Aussieker passes out snacks donated by parents to
students at Homework Club.]
An
average of 20 children attend the Homework Club each week. Some students come to
the Homework Club because their teacher has recommended it. Others come because
they want to. Many of the children have expressed that they wish Homework Club
would be available every afternoon of the week.
Learning
disabilities teacher and SCC member Cindy Aussieker spearheaded the club and was
overwhelmed by the parents’ response to it. "Right after school started
they brought in enough cookies, crackers and drink boxes to last through the
first semester." She also has a list of a dozen parents who are willing to
come in for an hour and help the students with their homework. "Some of the
parents who have signed up haven’t really been involved in school activities
before!" exclaimed Aussieker. "We’ve even had a few fathers
volunteer."
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Hosting
the popular homework club has helped make Northwest a true "school
community" where parents feel more comfortable coming into the school to
assist with their children’s education.
According
to Aussieker, the idea for a homework club grew out of the teachers’
frustration with student excuses as to why homework had not been completed.
Aussieker believes distractions in the home, along with greater involvement of
kids and parents in outside activities, are the root of many homework problems.
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article]
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[Homework Club is a great time for snack and study.]
"Sometimes
the student just doesn’t understand the homework, and the parents
don’t have the educational background to help," adds
Aussieker.
Since
the initiation of the homework club, Aussieker has heard proud
children come up to her and say, "I got all my homework
done."
The
homework program at Washington-Monroe has shared similar success.
This is the third year the school has maintained a homework policy
that included planner books and homework folders for all students. A
flag is proudly displayed outside of the classroom that earns the
highest percentage of completed homework each week. A traveling
trophy also accompanies the honor. At the end of the year, Principal
Cecil will host a party for the class that has earned the
recognition most frequently.
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[Michele Vermeire is a stay-at-home mom and parent of
a Northwest School student. She is at Homework Club every Tuesday
afternoon to help other students like Kody Swartz with their
homework.]
Fifth
and sixth graders on the newly formed Washington-Monroe Student
Council have shared responsibility for the school’s success by
helping younger students pack their homework folders and backpacks
every afternoon. This is an example of "intragenerational
association," another conceptual task of the SCC.
After
just a few weeks of recognizing homework achievement, Cecil says
more students are prepared for class each day and are now earning
scores worthy of the honor roll.
All
five of the School Community Councils in District 27 have determined
their own goals and have taken different routes to achieving their
goals. That is what site-based decision making is all about. While
Northwest and Washington-Monroe School Community Council’s have
focused on study skills and responsibility, other schools might
focus on respect of others, or math and science skills.
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[Americorps volunteer Amy Sherwood helps Brandy
McCain with some geography homework.]
Each
school’s parents, teachers and administrators are directly
responsible for building stronger minds and characters of the
students at that school.
Dr.
Robert Kidd, superintendent of District 27 schools, sees more
parents getting involved in the schools because the SCCs and their
subcommittees engage parents for solid purposes other than
fund-raising. "They are now getting into the meat of the
educational process," adds Superintendent Kidd.
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Part
2
[DEC.
6, 2000]
There
once was a time when principals and teachers had to call parents in to the
school to discuss a child’s disciplinary or academic shortfall. But these
days, parents of Lincoln District 27 elementary students frequently visit their
child’s school to help teachers and administrators enhance the educational
process.
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Students
at Washington-Monroe will soon begin a creative project that will require
participation from individual school families during school vacations. The
School Community Council, along with several local businesses, is sponsoring a
literature garden to be planted this spring. Each grade level will assume
responsibility for a small garden plot filled with plants symbolic of stories
they have read. It will be a cross-curricular tool that draws in lessons from
science, geography, history and mathematics. The garden will also teach
responsibility, as the students will share the workload for planting, watering
and weeding throughout the growing season.
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Mrs.
Cecil says that the School Community Council at Washington-Monroe has helped her
start new projects that she has always wanted to launch but never had the time.
Now, she has a team to help carry the load, and input from parents and teachers
on how new projects could be done. Candy Boulb was an active member of the
Washington-Monroe PTO before she was asked to be a parent representative on the
School Community Council. She has found that she now knows a lot more about what
her third grade son is learning and doing in school when she communicates and
shares ideas with teachers and administrators. She is able to serve other
parents by being better informed herself. "The SCC is just great for the
communication of ideas and goals — the teachers’ and the parents’,"
says Boulb.
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article]
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[Mrs. Farwell's first grade class at Washington-Monroe
proudly displays the traveling trophy and flag they were awarded for
having the highest percentage of completed homework out of all
classrooms last week.]
The
School-Home Communication Committee, a subgroup of the SCC, developed a new
system for improving the communication between the school and parents. Teachers
send home family folders the second and fourth Monday of every month with the
oldest child in each family. The folders open up a consistent line of
communication between the school and parents, and eliminate many parents’
frustrations with receiving multiple copies of every note and newsletter.
Parents are then given an opportunity to communicate back with the teachers. A
parent-to-parent bulletin board placed just inside the front door is also
promoting more communication among parents.
A second
subgroup of the SCC, the Parent and Teacher Education Committee, determines the
need for teacher and parent in-service training. Kate Ewing, a teacher and
member of the SCC, coordinates the parent education program. The school offers
courses for parents on topics like "improving your child’s study
habits" and "reading to your child." Each course is led by a
previously trained parent.
(To
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Part
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[DEC.
5, 2000]
There
once was a time when principals and teachers had to call parents in to the
school to discuss a child’s disciplinary or academic shortfall. But these
days, parents of Lincoln District 27 elementary students frequently visit their
child’s school to help teachers and administrators enhance the educational
process.
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All
schools within District 27 are engaging parents as full partners with teachers
in helping students meet academic and character goals. School Community Councils
(SCC) are the engines that drive these partnerships. They have grown out of a
District 27 Board of Education plan to improve student achievement. Site-based
decision making was a key part of the plan. The SCC puts the administration,
teachers and parents around the same table, in a structure that encourages them
to make decisions on behalf of their own students and children.
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Members
of the School Community Councils meet twice a month and are guided by a training
manual that helps them to establish four goals and expectations for each school.
Two of the goals are academic, dealing with studying, reading, communication and
the like. The other two goals revolve around character issues like respect and
responsibility. These goals cover the area where the responsibilities of the
school and the home overlap.
Washington-Monroe
Elementary School Community Council has adopted the goals of studying, reading,
respect and responsibility. After defining each goal, the Washington-Monroe SCC
developed a set of "expectations" for parents, teachers and students
for each goal. A School Community Compact that is distributed to all parents
summarizes the goals and expectations. It then becomes the joint responsibility
of teachers, parents and the students themselves to ensure that studying and
reading skills are enhanced, students are accepting more responsibility for
their personal success, and students show more respect to adults and peers.
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article]
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[Principal Rebecca Cecil displays a copy of the goals and
expectations outlined by the Washington-Monroe SCC.]
Washington-Monroe
Principal Rebecca Cecil says, "The parents buy into these
expectations when they are part of the decision-making process, and when
they see other parents involved in the decision making."
Involving
parents is the key to success for the SCC. Mrs. Cecil says that she is
seeing more parents come to Washington-Monroe Elementary School during
the day, not just to have lunch with their children, but to help with
special activities at the school and in the classroom. Some parents are
even taking time off from work to share their careers or special hobbies
with the students. Parents have a better understanding of their role in
their child’s education because the School Community Compact spells
out their responsibilities clearly.
(To
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