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Passport Program (Sonia Miranda-Lopez 07-08)

Member Name: Sonia Miranda-Lopez

Service Site: Boston Higher Education Resource Center (HERC)

Location: Boston, MA

Project Focus:

Sonia Miranda-Lopez's year-long project produced a manual for coordinators of the Passport Program, a college advising and enrichment program for high school juniors and seniors at the Boston HERC. This manual includes many helpful tools for Passport coordinators, including rules and guidelines, checklists for weekly sessions, templates for documents and resource lists, as well as exercises to do with the students.

 

Mentoring - A Race of Endurance

In August, we watched the Olympics.  We watched some of the world's greatest athletes compete to win gold medals and beat world records.  How exhilarating it was to see Michael Phelps win the gold by a 100th of a second, and Usain Bolt of Jamaica run so fast that his competitors didn't seem to stand a chance!

The competition got me thinking about the race we're participating in.  No, there is no gold medal at the end, and there is no world record to beat.  In this race, there is seldom fame and product endorsements that will ultimately pay out big. 

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“Familiarizándome Contigo” Guía de Actividades

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“Familiarizándome Contigo” Guía de Actividades

 

(Un fragmento de The ACCESS Mentor Training Manual.  Usado con el permiso del Mentor Coordinator Network, Grand Rapids, Michigan.)

 

Confiando en las relaciones se basan en mutuamente respetar el valor y las cualidades de la otra persona. Por esta razón, los mentores y los miembros de la familia necesitan pasar el tiempo juntos para famialiarazse con uno otro. El foco de esta actividad es compartir - no juzgar. Se enumeran abajo algunas ideas de temas de discutir. Si la familia es tímida, es quizá apropiado para que el mentor tome la iniciativa en el diálogo primero compartiendo sus propias experiencias, entonces animando a la familia que responda. Pregunte a la familia si tienen algunas preguntas que quisieran hacer. Haga esto un acontecimiento agradable.

 

IDEAS PARA LA DISCUSIÓN

 

Tópicos Generales

1. Talentos, capacidades, habilidades, intereses, y pasatiempo especiales

2. Aspiraciones, sueños, esperanzas, y deseos

3. Alimento, entretenimiento, recreación, ejercicio, música

4. Costumbres y tradiciones, días de fiesta especiales y celebraciones

5. Perspectivas de Religious/philosophic referentes a la experiencia general de la vida

6. Idiomas habladas

7. Recorrido experiences/experiences en Jiving en otros países

8. Animales domésticos

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Historias Personales

Hable de un tiempo particular en su vida (e.g., edad 3-6, 6-10, 10-15). Escoja una época que usted se sienta hablar cómodo o desee compartir por una cierta razón especial. ¿Dónde usted vivió? ¿Quiénes eran la gente alrededor de usted? ¿Como cuál era? ¿Qué cuadro viene importar cuando usted piensa de nuevo a ese tiempo?




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LA Times' Steve Lopez shines a light on value of youth programs

It was great to see Steve Lopez's column in the Los Angeles Times today talking about the College Bound Program offered by the Boys & Girls Club of San Pedro. As a volunteer at an afterschool program and a parent, I have seen first hand the value of, need for and importance of making sure kids do well in school and have the opportunity to go on to college.

Studies show that the economic impact over the lifetime of a student is as much as a million dollars higher for those that complete high school compared with those that don't. The cost of a few hours a week in helping a child with their homework is nothing compared to the value that a successful self supporting individual brings to our society.

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