Category Archives: Best Practices in Teaching

Mentoring Monday: Sending news release to local media lets you promote the success of your students

Posted on May 6, 2013 by

by Georgia and Wayne Dunn JEA Mentors, Ohio We were some pretty proud mentors at the Ohio Scholastic Media Association convention when OSMA executive director Candace Perkins Bowen announced the awards. Seven of our present and former mentees entered their students … Continue reading →

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Mentoring Monday: Tony Tjan’s venture capital firm uses questions similar to our JEA mentoring questions to promote productive mentoring relationships

Posted on December 10, 2012 by

by Julie Dodd JEA Mentoring Committee co-chair Tony Tjan would agree on our approach to the JEA Mentoring Program. Tjan is the chief executive and a founder of Cue Ball, a venture capital firm in Boston, and was interviewed for … Continue reading →

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Mentoring Monday: Free to Tweet contest encourages students and advisers to apply the power of Twitter to promoting the power of the First Amendment

Posted on December 3, 2012 by

by Julie Dodd JEA Mentoring Committee co-chair From now until Dec. 15, 140 characters could mean $5,000. The First Amendment Center is sponsoring the second “Free to Tweet” event, which encourages high school, community college and university students (14 and … Continue reading →

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Mentoring Monday: Poor minority schools found to lack student media

Posted on October 15, 2012 by

by Julie Dodd JEA Mentoring Committee co-chair I was interested in this blog post about high school media by Richard Prince on The Root. Prince comments on the study done by Peter Bobkowski, Mark Goodman and Candace Perkins Bowen that … Continue reading →

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Mentoring Monday: High school journalism classes teach leadership principles

Posted on September 17, 2012 by

When I listened to This American Life’s Back-to-School program on helping students succeed, I was reminded once again of all the great teaching and learning that happens in high school journalism/media classrooms. Host Ira Glass talked with Paul Tough about … Continue reading →

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Mentoring Monday: The Mentor Toolbox — I Love the Collaborative Assessment Log

Posted on August 6, 2012 by

By Linda Barrington, MJE JEA Mentoring Committee co-chair, JEA Wisconsin mentor One of the things I like best about the JEA Mentor Program is its emphasis on tailoring each mentoring experience to the needs of the individual mentee.  Even though … Continue reading →

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Mentoring Monday: Gary Rubinstein offers don’ts for new teachers that mentors can include in their coaching

Posted on July 30, 2012 by

by Julie Dodd JEA Mentoring Committee co-chair New teachers certainly will make some mistakes in their beginning days and months of teaching. Gary Rubinstein, a veteran math teacher who began in the second-ever Teach for America institute, offered 10 don’ts … Continue reading →

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Mentoring Monday: Guide to Broadcast and Video now available

Posted on July 9, 2012 by

by Julie Dodd JEA Mentoring Committee co-chair Good news for broadcast and video advisers. Members of the JEA Digital Media Committee have created a Guide to Broadcast and Video to be a resource for advisers who are working broadcast or … Continue reading →

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Mentoring Monday: Library of Congress selects 88 books that ‘shaped America’

Posted on June 25, 2012 by

by Julie Dodd JEA Mentoring Committee co-chair This is the time of year for reading lists. The what-to-read-at-the-beach list. The required-readings-for-school list. Here’s another list to help inform your readings. The Library of Congress has compiled a list of Books … Continue reading →

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Mentoring Monday: Mentor Forum at JEA/NSPA convention in Seattle provides ideas, information sharing and fun for mentors

Posted on May 14, 2012 by

by Julie Dodd JEA Mentoring Committee co-chair A special part of each JEA/NSPA convention is the Mentor Forum. The forum is a day-long program for the members of the JEA Mentoring Program. These photos from JEA Mentor Committee member Judy … Continue reading →

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