[nabs-l] High school outreach

[Aziza C]

No no thank you. *smile*

On 5/15/09, Angela fowler <fowlers at syix.com> wrote:
> Thanks, (smile)
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Of Aziza C
> Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 5:51 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] High school outreach
>
> Nicely stated Angela!
>
> On 5/15/09, Angela fowler <fowlers at syix.com> wrote:
>> Antonio,
>> Trust me, I wouldn't have someone sit down in a meeting with someone
>> for an hour and call that mentoring. That's casual acquaintenceship.
>> 	You say a mentoring program historically hasn't worked? How was it
>> implemented? Was it run by the national organization, or by the
>> individual states? Did it fail because of lack of funds? Poor
>> managing? Lack of available mentors/students? There's a hundred ways a
> program could fail.
>> Manage things a bit differently, and you might have a whole different
>> outcome.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Antonio Guimaraes
>> Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 9:25 AM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] High school outreach
>>
>> Angela,
>>
>> NABS has tried the mentoring thing before, and maybe even still does
>> it for convention attendees.
>>
>> It hasn't historically worked well to my knowledge, because I think,
>> we as an organization don't define mentoring the way that it should be
>> defined, and a program conducted.
>>
>> I will expand on what i mean on a later post, but mentoring is more
>> than here is the mentor, and the mentee/student, you guys go do your
> thing.
>>
>> there needs to be a defined set of goals and expectations for the
>> mentoring relationship, and you don't mentor someone by sitting next
>> to them at a meeting for one evening.
>>
>> Just my thoughts,
>>
>> Antonio M. Guimaraes Jr.
>>
>> ReadBooks Coordinator
>> National Braille Press
>> 888 965-8965, ext 40.
>> aguimaraes at nbp.org
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Angela fowler" <fowlers at syix.com>
>> To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'"
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 5:55 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] High school outreach
>>
>>
>>>I love the idea of a mentoring program like the one you guys are
>>>talking  about. I think, however, that these programs are best handled
>>>by the  individual state divisions. How can NABS encourage the states
>>>to put  something like this together?
>>> Just thinking about California, and how we could best enact this
>>>plan. The first thing we would need is a list of all the colleges and
>>>universities in the state, and how many blind students attend each one.
>>> Then
>>> we would have to contact these students and, maybe also offering them
>>>some  incentive, determine whether or not they would be willing to
>>>participate  in  the program. Then we would need to compile a database
>>>of the people who  are  willing. Once that is done, we market, market,
>>>market the program to high  school juniors and seniors throughout the
>>>state. When high schoolers are  in  need of a mentor, they contact us,
>>>we pair them with someone, and then  follow up with both parties to
>>>make sure all is going well.
>>> What do you guys think?
>>> Angela
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>> Behalf Of Liz Bottner
>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 1:00 PM
>>> To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] High school outreach
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I think this is an amazing idea. I'd be willing to help in any way
>>> that I can.
>>>
>>> Liz
>>>
>>> email:
>>> liz.bottner at gmail.com
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>>> Consider helping blind and visually impaired Delaware students in the
>>> March for Independence:
>>>
>> http://www.marchforindependence.org/site/TR/walk/General?team_id=2830&
>> pg=tea
>>> m&fr_id=1050
>>>
>>>
>>>
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