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Boys to Men (BTM) Mentoring
Program
Resources
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| Boys to Men (BTM) is a mentoring program specifically aimed at the retention of African American/Black Male students. It will seek to foster a greater degree of academic success and personal responsibility. BTM will provide academic and personal mentoring for the above targeted student population. Participating students will also benefit from having their academic progress monitored each semester. |
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What
is Mentoring?
A collaboration between caring individuals, and those needing support
in various life domains including academic, social and vocational
development using activities and communicative efforts designed
to enhance self esteem, academic growth, and social empowerment.
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Some
of the benefits of mentoring include the following*:
- Improved self-esteem
- Keeping students
in school
- Improved academic
skills
- Guiding students
in finding resources that they may not have found independently
- Supporting new
behaviors, attitudes, and goals
- Improving job
search skills and students' abilities to keep jobs
- Enhancing parenting
skills (in mentors)
*www.mentoring.org
Mentees also benefit
from the mentoring relationship by acquiring a resource person who can
guide them throughout their experience at Montgomery College as well
as follow their progress beyond graduation. Mentors serve a valuable
role by providing references and letters of recommendation with regard
to transferring or job references where appropriate.
The
primary goals of the program are to:
- To increase retention among those participating students in comparison to like students in the larger student population;
- To increase the transfer rate among those participating students in comparison to like students in the larger student population; and;
- To increase the graduation rate among those participating students in comparison to like students among the larger student population.
Who
Qualifies as a Mentor?/How
Do I Get a Mentor?
We believe that relationship building with accessible role modeling mentors is a key. Students will be paired with an African American/Black male faculty or staff member at no greater than a 3-1 ratio. We will meet biweekly with a different theme for each meeting. Themes will range from study habits to male female relations to entrepreneurialship to fatherhood.
Mentors will spend an additional two hours per month with the mentees in the form of phone consultation, or lunch etc. Mentors will also commit to at least one off campus outing per semester.
*For more information
about the Mentoring Program, contact Gus Griffin at: 240-567-5090or gustavus.griffin@montgomerycollege.edu
Meeting Times/Dates:
We will have a casual atmosphere, occasional food, conducive to discussion and learning.
| September 16, 2008 |
PE112 |
2PM |
| September 30, 2008 |
PE112 |
2PM |
| October 14, 2008 |
PE112 |
2PM |
| October 28, 2008 |
PE112 |
2PM |
| November 11, 2008 |
PE112 |
2PM |
| November 25, 2008 |
PE112 |
2PM |
| December 9, 2008 |
PE112 |
2PM |
| December 23, 2008 |
PE112 |
2PM |
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