Timeline And Resource Guide For Mentors

MARCH CHECKLIST AND RESOURCES March has arrived! There’s been rain, snow and cold around the country, but spring is just around the corner. And it’s final deadline time. It’s now the eleventh hour. The two-minute drill. The end is out there in front of you. What once seemed impossible is now a reality. You are going to finish this book! MARCH CHECKLIST Here are some considerations to pass on your mentee for March. The end is in sight – “Press on!” As February ends and that final deadline approaches, encourage your mentee to “press on.” I adopted this mantra over the years to encourage all of us to keep moving forward even when times get tough and it seems like the end will never come. It took me over ten years to really believe the book would ever get finished. But all 35 of the books I advised did, and not one was ever late. Let the celebrations begin. Circle the date of your final deadline on the calendar and start planning your celebrations. If we still had enough energy left once we pushed the button to upload our final pages, we would all go out to dinner together and congratulate each other for all we accomplished during the year. Most importantly, we celebrated that the book was done and that we could all claim a little more of our lives back. Then we would gather together, eat, toast with bottles of Martinelli’s apple cider and congratulate one another for all the effort and hard work we all put into the book.

“ In order to be a mentor, and an effective one, one must care. You must care. You don’t have to know how many square miles are in Idaho, you don’t need to know what is the chemical makeup of chemistry, or of blood or water. Know what you know and care about the person, care about what you know and care about the person you’re sharing with.” Maya Angelou

Thank your school staff for their support. Once the book is done, be sure to take time to thank those who helped you and your staff on the road to completing the book. On the day after the staff finaled the book, I sent a version of this email out to the school staff. AND RESOURCES

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