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Initial Assessment
Introduction Initial Assessment Module 1: The Promise and Potential of Mentoring Module 2: What is Mentoring? Module 3: The Predictable Cycle of Mentoring Module 4: Qualities of an Effective Mentor Module 5: Mentoring Young Innovators: Learning and Motivation Module 6: Mentoring Tips Final Assessment

Initial Assessment

a. Limit conversations to pre-determined meeting spaces
b. Ask probing questions instead of telling or assuming meaning
c. Use your time well
d. Check in and check things out
a. Centered on learning
b. Focused on growth and development
c. Future-oriented
d. All of the above
a. Cautious
b. Empathetic
c. Good listener
d. Respectful
a. Establishing Agreements
b. Preparing
c. Facilitating Learning
d. Coming to Closure
a. Share your personal stories, success, and challenges
b. Value, learn from, and appreciate your mentee’s innovative ideas and creations
c. Use real-life challenges and situations as “teachable” moments
d. Check out your assumptions when in doubt about what is going on with your mentee
e. All of the above
a. Irregular communication
b. Lack of progress and accountability
c. Unrealistic expectations
d. Failure to evaluate the relationship and act on feedback
a. Multiple means of engagement
b. Multiple means of representation
c. Multiple means of creation
d. Multiple means of action and expression
a. It can be overbearing
b. It inhibits the mentee from taking risks
c. It can create too intimate of a relationship between mentor and mentee
d. The mentee may feel too comfortable and become complacent
a. Mentoring Agreement
b. Letter to the student
c. Guidebook
d. Verbal contract
a. Celebrate the achievement of goals
b. Look for meaningful ways to celebrate what you’ve accomplished
c. Include opportunities to express appreciation as part of the celebration
d. All of the above
a. Determine if his/her idea is original
b. Understand what materials will be needed to create the innovation or model.
c. Test the innovation with target users.
d. All of the above
a. Mentoring takes place only one-on-one
b. Mentoring is an organic relationship
c. Mentoring develops many soft skills
d. Mentoring focuses on development intangibles, such as confidence and presence
a. The Develop-Profit Theory
b. The Analyze-Create Theory
c. The Understand-Apply Theory
d. The Expectancy-Value Theory
a. Both mentor and mentee share the passion for the mentee’s innovation project.
b. Both mentor and mentee share a passion for learning throughout the process.
c. Both mentor and mentee create the innovation together.
d. Both a & b
a. Adaptability and ability to manage complexity
b. Self-directedness
c. Risk-taking behavior
d. Higher order thinking skills
e. All of the above
a. When you don't agree with your mentee.
b. When you are afraid you will forget your point.
c. When you want to show your mentee they are wrong.
d. All of the above.
a. When you listen, your mentee is more likely to listen to you.
b. You learn about your mentee's needs and concerns.
c. It diffuses potential conflict.
d. All of the above.
a. Use “but” instead of “and”
b. Be specific and descriptive
c. Don’t be judgmental or defensive
d. Be respectful of different perspectives
a. Ask probing questions
b. Set up relatively easy tasks
c. Engage in discussion
d. Provide authentic problem solving experiences
a. True, mentoring is a one-way commitment of mentor to mentee.
b. False, mentoring is a three-way commitment of mentor, mentee, and the mentee's teacher.
c. False, mentoring is a two-way commitment between mentor and mentee.
d. False, mentoring is a one-way commitment of mentee to mentor.
a. At around 3rd grade, children’s curiosity and creativity increases drastically
b. At around 3rd grade, children’s curiosity and creativity decreases drastically
c. At around 3rd grade, children’s curiosity increases drastically
d. At around 3rd grade, children’s creativity increases drastically
a. Beginning, development, and product
b. Beginning, middle, and end
c. Purpose, process, and product
d. Origin, development, and result
a. Lack of or poor use of time
b. Lack of progress and accountability
c. Too much communication
d. Both a & b
a. Past-directed
b. Present-directed
c. Future-directed
d. All of the above
a. Keep track of what you say and do as a mentor
b. Record your impact on your mentee’s innovation process
c. Document what you are learning from the experience
d. All of the above
a. Affluent Schools
b. High needs schools
c. Both affluent and high needs schools
d. Neither affluent nor high needs schools
a. Application, Recreation, Consequence, Significance
b. Attention, Relevance, Confidence, Satisfaction
c. Assurance, Relevance, Consequence, Satisfaction
d. Approval, Recreation, Confidence, Self-reliance
a. Learning, trust-based, partnership, goal-focused, and development
b. Trust-based, individuality, goal-focused, and development
c. Partnership, project-focused, development, and learning
d. Trust-based, individuality, project-focused, learning and development
a. School librarians teach inquiry skills and technology skills that young innovators need to be successful
b. School librarians foster the imagination, curiosity, and creativity of their students through storytelling and information problem solving activities
c. With often rigid schedules, school librarians put a priority on just-in-case learning, rather than just-in-time learning.
d. School libraries often have the resources required to create innovation spaces for students to express their creativity and innovative ideas
a. Beginning
b. Middle
c. End
d. All of the above

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