CCNCCE May 24 th 2012 Erin M. Ryan and Anna Michel Edmonds Community College AmeriCorps Retention Project

Part of a national initiative, OH, WA and FL Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through Campus Compact Peer-to-peer advocacy (mentorship) and community-engaged learning Focused on supporting Dev Ed, Pell eligible students in their goals of achieving academic success

Center For Service Learning -K-12 Mentoring Programs -Green Team Learn and Serve Environmental Anthropology Field School (LEAF School) TRiO Student Support Services Make It Happen Mentor Program Developmental Education Peer Mentoring Connect 2 Complete (Peer to Peer Mentoring Service Learning)

AmeriCorps Retention Project Edmonds Community College TRiO SSS K-12 Mentoring Programs LEAF School Mentor and Leadership Training (C2C funded) F.E.L.I.N.E.Variety of Workshops Dev. Ed Everett Community College Connect 2 Complete STEM Green Team

Quarterly Trainings held throughout Western Washington Campus wide Facilitated by AmeriCorps Members Includes Peer-to-Peer and Peer-to-Youth Mentoring programs The goal of the Mentor and Leadership Training is to cultivate a campus-wide community of mentors, develop practical mentoring skills, and empower students to become better leaders and mentors on campus and throughout the community.

F.E.L.I.N.E.

 Stay in your group of three  Your team will be asked to complete 7 obstacles  Take the TWO cloth strips with you from your seats & proceed to foyer  Wait for further instructions

 Safe and fun environment where attendees will understand: communication barriers assumptions that they make when working with others  Example of an effective, highly interactive training activity: building community empowering students to overcome obstacles together  Bridging gap between leadership theory and application

“FELINE made me re-evaluate the roles that mentors and mentees should take for a successful relationship”

“ It helped me develop the ability of learning to trust others”

“FELINE and other hands on activities illustrated mentoring as a process”

“This was an excellent event. It really boosted my confidence in my ability to lead. I cannot thank everyone enough”

“It was a great learning experience that allowed for a lot of personal and professional growth”

“It was a really great experience and I am thankful, it makes me want to do more for the community and the world.”

“My favorite activity was definitely the FELINE one. I really had to communicate very clearly in order to get the message of what needed to be done across.” -K. Luebke Winter 2012

“ I learned a lot about leadership skills. I've never really been in a leadership position before so it’s good to learn more about being a mentor and a leader”

“I have an increased confidence by knowing my strengths and weaknesses and tools to work with various other strengths and weaknesses.”

“FELINE was a positive experience because it taught teamwork through good mentor/mentee communication”

If you would like more information on our programs, training material, or FELINE: Anna Michel, Erin Ryan, Katie Gast, Sample materials on the table behind you.