Mentoring
We Offer Self-Directed Inquiry Combined
with peer-to-peer collaboration for our students of Jamaican parentage. Our programs offer project-based tutoring and mentoring during the summer school closure using a Google Meet link.​
Message to Mentees who sign up to join the program
Greetings!
I am pleased that you have chosen to participate in our authorship-in-waiting mentoring program. My plan is to initiate and maintain warm connections in promoting the steps needed for your success in completion of the timely writing and publishing processes. Good luck! I can’t wait to read you first published book.
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​Please log-in complete and sign the Mentee Intake Form before you can participate in the program.
Also, please read the Rules of Engagement, Immersion, and Etiquette to solidify our mentoring relationship. Should you have any immediate questions or concerns, please contact me at using the contact information displayed below:
Mentor Contact Info: WHSEDArtInk@gmail.com
I am looking forward to a mutually beneficial and satisfying mentoring relationship.
Best Regards
Mentoring Resources for Success
The P’s and Q’s of WHS EDArt Ink Mentoring Program
Rules of Engagement and Etiquette
P’s
1. Be prompt – arrive early or be on-time
2. Be prepared – look , listen, and learn to earn your first published book
3. Be productive - use the input, process, and output (IPO) systems model to get work done
I = applied energy/labor, P = work hard, O = successfully compete your writing/publishing tasks
4. Be a participant – work both individually and with teams (if assigned)
5. Be present – show presence (positive self-esteem and self-image), have the “it’ factor
6. Be P. O. W. E. R. ful – Pre-write, Organized, Write, Edit, and Rewrite (Karen Bowser, 2010)
7. Be a positive thinker – the glass is always half-full, not half-empty
8. Be pumped – stimulate your mind, stay motivated, and excited at the prospect of completing your first book
9. Be perceptive – observant, kind, and understanding
10. Be proud – do quality work, have self-respect, and respect for others.
Q’s
Show a quest for knowledge
Don’t be labeled a quitter
Rebound quickly from setbacks
Work quietly and get in the zone
Queue your thoughts, don’t ramble when writing your book. Work smarter, not harder
Query important topics for your book
Quiz yourself analytically using Critical Thinking Skills on your topic – it enhances focus, builds confidence, reveal knowledge gaps, and aids retention and recall, especially when you are describing your book to someone
Form a quorum for teamwork (if assigned)
Produce quality in your sentences, paragraphs, pages, chapters, and book
Be quick-witted and astute like “Young Sheldon” and ask questions
Don’t be quirky and tiring like “Young Sheldon”
Give qualified answers to questions about your book
Do not get in a quandary, it will help to cause writer’s block
Take a break to avoid writer’s block and be a quip wisecracker for a few moments
Doodle, write a poem about writing, draw a picture, make a collage, or take a nap
Keep your unique qualities
Don’t quibble of minor matters; keep your eyes on the prize
Remember, we only have less than a quarter for you to produce your first book
Requirements for Mentoring Students
How to Think
The goals are to teach students “how to think” instead of “what to think” in the learning process as we prepare them to be outstanding global citizens in our endeavor to ignite your child’s passion for learning. Our programs operate in the environment where all students are welcomed and valued, except as noted below and meet the Jamaican parentage ethnicity criteria, regardless of their KSA2, race, religion, and gender.
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​Tutoring materials will be mostly drawn from my over 60 children’s books and books on Jamaican history and culture, parishes, and patois language in the classroom. Also, creative foods for kids, and leadership patterned from animals.
Important Note
We regret to advise that we are not trained to offer the inclusive strategy.