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| Contributed by Lorraine Claassen, Kate Nagy and Marcelo Vilela |
Tool 1: "Icebreaker" activities
Tool 2: Evaluation form
Tools
Tool #1: "Icebreaker" activities
This activity was suggested by Lisa Rasor, former director of volunteer training at Headquarters Counseling Center, in Lawrence, KS.
Forced choice exercise: In this exercise, the facilitator puts signs in three different parts of the room. The facilitator will ask the mentors and prot�g�s if they would consider themselves a listener, a talker or a doer. Those are the only three choices, so it's a forced choice--you have to choose one of those areas.
Another possible questions is: "Do you consider yourself adventurous, creative or idealistic?" Sometimes, people might say, "Well, I can be any of those." But they still have to choose just one possibility.
And so the groups that gather in those different areas will talk about why they chose that area, why they chose adventurous over idealistic. And then, they will just get to know each other that way with that forced choice, and find some things in common. Then, do a few more sets of those, different sets of forced choices.
Additional forced choice questions include:
- Do you consider yourself compassionate, just, or philosophical?
- Are you a realist, an optimist, or a dreamer?
- Are you punctual, serious, or spontaneous?
Sometimes, mentors and prot�g�s find themselves in groups with different people; sometimes, they'll go through three sets and have one other person that's in all three sets, and they'll go, "Wow, we might have a lot in common." So this can be a very good group building exercise that will help the mentor/prot�g� relationship in the future.
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Tool #2: Evaluation form
Here you"ll find a form that will help mentors and prot�g�s evaluate how effective their program and relationship is.
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Evaluation Form
In the interest of anonymity, we ask that you do NOT put your name on this form. Session Presenter/Facilitator: ___________________________________
Date: __________________________________ What were your objectives in this program?
On a scale of 1 - 5, with 5 being most useful, how useful did you find this information?
On a scale of 1 - 5, with 5 being excellent, how well presented was this session?
What did you like most about this training session?
What did you like least about this training session?
What would you change about the training session?
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Checklist
Here you'll find a checklist summarizing the major points contained in the text.
___You understand why it's important to train adult mentors
___You know when do you train adult mentors
___You know who should train your adult mentors
___You know how to train adult mentors
___You know where the training should be held
___You know you nee to make the mentor responsibilities clear
___You set the goals
___You know the importance of listening skills
___You know the importance of problem solving skills
___You know the importance of conflict resolution skills
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