Blog 17 | Interview 3 Reflection

This picture was taken a week before the interview, this is where my interview took place.

What is the most important thing I learned from the interview?

• One of the biggest thing that I have learned from this is, you have to be very dedicated to be in a youth mentor ship program, at least working in one. Uncommon Good was a really great place to do my mentor ship for the past few month; although I am not done volunteering here I really would like to explain what I learned from this and how much of an impact this program has done to help youth and mentors From my interview I learned a lot about what a mentor was/is capable of doing, this helps out a lot with my answer in seeing that by being "Accessible, Affordable, and Resourceful," Mentoring is another answer, just plain mentoring. By focusing on just mentoring itself you can have many possibilities in pairing a student and many different outcomes. These outcomes are what is to benefit the student, and this mentor is also helping in creating this student a better person. So in a way what I learned from this interview, was a few more answers to my question,
• Access "Interview 3" Here

How has your approach to interviewing changed over the course of your senior project?

• A lot of things have changed throughout the course of my senior project, first off I found my self asking a few more follow up questions than I usually do, meaning I have shown way more interest to this topic. I have also found that I have "Up'd" my game in audio recording and a better place to set up.

Blog 16 | Independent Component 2 Approval

I will start to focus on the practices of Mentoring Programs

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

• What I plan to do this time around (And not go off into something completely different) is, I plan to explore the different types of Mentoring Programs around the area. I also plan to talk to a few people who have done their dissertations on mentoring. I have already started talking to Rosalilia Gradilla, she is currently the Coordinator of the Co-Curricular Community Engagement Program. Here they help students reach out to programs such as Uncommon Good and help be a mentor to fellow students.

2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

• I plan to record (Audio) my discussions I have with the Professors concerning their dissertations. As for the visits with the local Mentoring Programs I plan to (hopefully) take pictures of what they do.

3.  Explain how this component will help you explore your topic in more depth.

• Not only will I get to see the different programs I get to talk to Professors who have done research on mentoring.  The point of this is to see what other programs have to offer, in what ways do these mentor ship programs reach out to students, and do they help out the underrepresented, if so how?

4.  Post a log in your Senior Project Hours link and label it "Independent Component 2" log.

• Click here to see updated Independent Component 1 Hours and Independent Component 2 Format
• Scroll down until you reach the blue area

Independent Component 1

This is Jesus Sanchez, You may not be able to see it but that's the match we made in the folder

Literal

• I, Jonathan Alvarado, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 31.5 hours of work
• My sources are:
• Carlos D. Carrillo, Educational Program Director, Uncommon Good.
• Nancy Dufford, Educational Program Director, Uncommon Good.
• Jesus Sanchez, Educational Program Director, Uncommon Good.
• Updated
• I completed, a match, or in Uncommon Good terms a Mentor and Mentee match. At first I did not know what to do that would make me learn a bit more about Youth Mentor-ship Programs, until last month I decided that I would ask if I was able to match a Mentor and Mentee. Carlos D. Carrillo approved and as did Nancy Dufford. Both of who have already matched hundreds of students.

Interpretive

• My work that I have demonstrated here is what I would like to call, a really great experience. At first I was planning to help 8th graders learn about how to choose classes in high school, but because of my availability I was not able to do so. Click Here for the cards that I made. But this all did not work out, I was able to talk to my mentors and tell them what I can do, they offered to give me a chance at pairing a Mentor and Men-tee. With a couple days of planning me and Jesus, Click Here to see us discussing about our plans, Nancy took the picture, had decided for me to interview a college student coming from the Claremont Colleges. I wasnt able to take a picture of him, but I was able to take a picture of the picture that capture both the men-tee and the mentor. (As you can see above) Both me and Jesus managed to pair 'Josh' with Alejandro, me and Carlos however made the interview happen. I was not able to take as many pictures as I'd thought I would. For my next IC I plan to hopefully record or take pictures more frequently, or have the items that I have done in more of a log-like blog.

Applied

• This component really helped me see how things are done for Youth Mentorship Programs I also see how well and how not so well things can work out. There are a lot of Mentors who do not see how important mentoring can be. In one of my recent Interviews with Nancy Dufford, she tells me how much she would really love to match these students, but most mentors just somehow disappear off of the face of this earth. (Meaning most dont tell her where they're at)

Lesson 2 Reflection

1. What are you most proud of in your Lesson 2 Presentation and why?

• I am most proud of getting this over with, and the way I was able to present with somewhat confidence

2.a. What assessment would you give yourself on your Lesson 2 Presentation (self-assessment)?

• Low P or AP

   b. Why?

• I deserve either a low P or AP because I did not really explain who my mentors were, and I didn't really show much evidence or refer to sources as much. I did but it was only 1 source.

3. What worked for you in your lesson 2?

• What worked most was the activity, on how everybody was able to follow instructions.

4. What didn't work? If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 2?

• What didn't work was my time, I needed to practice a bit more just so I could hit the 20 min mark. Even though I did manage to do so, but I felt a bit more nervous for the ending portion.

5. What do you think your answer #2 is going to be?

• I do not currently have another answer.

Blog 14 | Interview 3 Prep

Who do you plan to interview? What is this person's area of expertise?

• I plan to interview Nancy Dufford. She is one of the program coordinators of Uncommon Good, she helps recruit mentors by interviewing them and pairing them up with another student.

Verify that you have called your interviewee to schedule an interview. What is the date and time of the interview?

• There is no verified day yet, Nancy has not confirmed whether or not she will be able to have the interview by next week.

Phrase an open-ended question that will help you find research sources that would help to answer EQ.

• What have you done to find out more about Mentor ship Programs. (Will be WAY less vague than this, but this is the idea of the question just do not have it worded properly yet)

Phrase an open-ended question that will help you think about other useful activities you might do to help you answer the EQ.

• In progress. 

Phrase two open-ended questions that help you to understand your interviewee's perspective on an aspect of your EQ. 

• In your opinion what are the downfalls in mentor ship programs, and what do mentor ship programs do to make up for these certain down falls.
• What other mentor ship programs do you know of. What do they do that is different from Uncommon Good.

Blog 13 | 10 Hour Mentorship Check-In

Where are you doing your Mentorship?

• I am currently doing my Mentorship at Uncommon Good.

Who is your contact? What makes this person an expert?

• My contact is Carlos Carrillo, what makes this person an expert is how long he has spent working at Uncommon Good (10 years).

How many hours have you done over the school year?

• I have done more than 10 hours through my Mentorship but I plan to record the necessary hours into the hours sheet.

Succinctly summarize what you did, how well you and your mentor worked together, and how you plan to complete the remaining hours.

• Normally I shadow my mentor seeing what he does. At times I'm able to go to other meetings seeing him present to other students and parents. I plan to complete my hours with my independent component

Blog 12 | Holiday Research Update

It is important to consistently work on your senior project, whether it is break or we are in school. What did you do over the break with your senior project?

• I was not able to continue mentoring over the break because my mentor was out of town and the office was closed. However, I was able to plan out a few things concerning the senior project and upcoming presentation.

What was the most important thing you learned from what you did, and why? What was the source of what you learned?

• The most important thing I learned during the break was how "Mentorship" is a key part to a lot of Youth Programs, such as Uncommon Good. There are also other Youth Programs that focus primarily on College applications (The Requirements) further benefiting students. This will hopefully lead to one of my answers in my EQ.

Your third interview will be a 10 question interview related to possible for your EQ. Who do you plan to talk to and why?

• I am planning to talk to one of counselors that help recruit new Mentors for the program. I hope to find out why she finds mentoring to be a useful tool in helping students reach their goal, "College." I also hope in finding out what she thinks about my EQ, and possible solutions to the problem.