Middle School Mentorship

1. Mentorship
Meetings
Improving the quality of
student services in the
school.

2. ASCA Mindsets & Behaviors
M3. Sense of belonging in school
environment
M6. Positive attitude toward work
and learning
B-SS 2. Create positive and
supportive relationships with
other students
B-SS 6. Use effective
collaboration and
cooperation skills

3. Program Goals
○ The goal of the program is to allow and
encourage students to create bonds with
school counselors through open, honest
and caring communication.
○ This program will develop inquiring,
knowledgeable and caring young people
through their mentorship.
○ Together the students and counselors
will develop a rapport beyond the
classroom which will create a mutual
respect and love of learning for all
students.
○ Counselors will meet bi-weekly in the
classroom of each grade level to provide
the program.
○ Activities will vary in order to meet the
students at their different age levels.
Middle School
This plan should be implemented in collaboration
with English and/or Health teachers.

4. Program Benefits
Improve Social Skills
The meetings will give
students the opportunity
to enhance their social
skills, through
communication .
Develop Leadership Skills
Students will benefit by
learning the skills to be a
confident and good role
model. Students will
develop an awareness of
others and learn to
become motivated and
inspiring.
Benefit Community
This program will benefit
the school community
and the community at
large because it brings
students together in a
positive setting.
Peer Support
Mentoring will allow for
students to work
together to accomplish
goals in a caring and
compassionate setting.

5. Overall Student Goal
Students involved in this
mentorship program will
become active and
compassionate learners.
Students will benefit
tremendously from the
service both academically
and socially.

6. Sample Lesson Plan:
Introductory activity for first mentorship
meeting.
Introductory Activity Led by School
Counselor :
○ Students will learn about the program
and the program goal. Students will be
asked if they have any relevant
questions. – 5 minutes
○ Students will be asked to share their
goals with being involved in this
program. At this time a student
volunteer will list the responses on a
piece of bulletin board paper. This paper
will be available at all future meetings as
a reference. – 10 minutes

7. Icebreaker 1 (10 minutes): Play Catch - Have students stand in a circle
and play catch with a large beach ball. On the beach ball there are scotch
taped get-to-know-you questions. Whoever catches it must answer the
question their hand rests on. This will be done in order for every student
to get a turn.
Debrief on the game and get some feedback.
Icebreaker 2 (20 minutes): My Life in Pictures: Provide students with
newspapers and magazines scissors, a blank sheet of paper, and glue.
Instruct the students to use pictures and words to create a collage that
tells the group about themselves. When the students are done, have each
student share and explain their collage to the group.
Debrief on the game and get some feedback.
Closing (5 minutes): Explain to students that next time they come they
will be partnered up with another student as discussed in the beginning.
Commend them on their good work and good teamwork throughout the
games. Discuss the next topic.
Introductory Activity Continued:
These icebreakers are an integral
part of the program and will help the
students become more comfortable
and secure sharing with their peers.

8. More Sample Activities
Theseactivitieswilltakeplaceintheclassroom
Classroom Activities
 Active and Engaged- How it is important to maintain
an open line of communication with friends and family.
 Spectacular Fail- Learning about the “brightside” of
situations.
 The Rose, Thorn and Bud- Days are filled with
learning opportunities, wonderful things, things that
can go a little better and sometimes things that can
make us feel blue.
 When? Where? Why?- What made us feel great and
how can we expand upon it.
All Grade Level School- Wide Activities
 “Meet The Counselor”- Specific bulletin
boards that identify and introduce the
different counselors in the school.
 Back to School Symposium- Making
students feel welcomed. All staff available on
a specific day to meet with incoming
students and their families.
 Buddy Bench- A bench where students can
sit alone or with a peer if they are in need of
added emotional support. Counselors
assigned to sit at different times of day.
Accommodations:
 Pre-Made Groups- Create pre assigned groupings.
Properly creating groups ahead of time will alleviate
the anxiety students experience in the classroom
during groupings.
 Movement Breaks- Movement breaks/ activities
allow all students, especially those with special
needs, an opportunity to comfortably move
throughout the classroom.

9. • Exit Tickets- used to
determined what the students
have learned from the
mentorship program and it’s
activities.
• Students must complete the
Exit Ticket. I will stand at the
door to collect the tickets as
students leave the classroom.
• Another form of collection
could be to have students
place the completed tickets in
a designated place before
exiting the classroom.
• After reading all of the tickets
my goal is to sort the tickets
into piles of understanding.
For example tickets that
demonstrate students have
grasped the content, tickets
that show that students don’t
understand, and tickets that
show students are not sure.
Based on the results I will
begin the next lesson with a
graph that details the results.
DATA
Create
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Collect Check For Understanding
Thegoalofthisdatacollectionistocheckstudentsunderstandingofthetopicandseeifstudentscanapplywhattheyhavelearned

10. Impact
The impact of a mentoring unit would benefit the student in a number of ways:
This would benefit the
families by providing all
students, regardless of
developmental ability, with
support beyond the
classroom teachers.
The mentoring activity
would benefit the school
environment by creating an
inclusive, supportive and
diverse atmosphere
amongst faculty and
students.
The community would
benefit because the school
would be creating lifelong
learners and caring global
citizens in their
environment.

11. Feedback From Staff
This is a wonderful idea and
would benefit our new
generation of 6th graders
greatly.
“ ”
Principal, WMS
The 8th graders would benefit
from including the 6th grade
students in a mentoring
project.
“ ”
School Social Worker, WMS
This is a great idea after
reflection on what our student
population could use in order
to remain successful.
“ ”
School Counselor, WMS

12. Thank
You
Jenna Korn
Middle School Guidance Activity