Initial Assessment

a. Cautious, positive role model, good with deadlines, respect, good listener, reflective
b. Approachable, empathy, positive role model, respect, good listener, reflective
c. Approachable, professional, empathy, respect, good listener, speculative
d. Cautious, professional, empathy, positive role model, good listener, reflective
a. Intend to listen, Concentrate, Interrupt for clarification, Maintain eye contact
b. Concentrate, Check for understanding, Repeat often, Use memory aids
c. Intend to listen, Concentrate, Check for understanding, Use memory aids
d. Concentrate, Interrupt for clarification, Repeat often, Maintain eye contact
a. Set the stage for feedback
b. Ask questions of the mentee to determine how and when to give feedback
c. Prepare for feedback
d. All of the above
a. Centered on learning
b. Focused on growth and development
c. Future-oriented
d. All of the above
a. Take risks
b. Pursue new ideas
c. Accept defeat
d. Ask questions and explore
a. School librarians reach every child in the school
b. School librarians often have flexible schedules to accommodate just-in-time learning
c. School librarians collaborate with STEM teachers and other educators in their schools and districts
d. All of the above
a. facilitators, active participants
b. sages, students
c. authority figures, passive receivers
d. None of the above
a. Hand-holding
b. Formal teaching
c. Shadowing
d. All of the above
a. Show your frustration to garner results.
b. Find a way to communicate your message without showing your feelings.
c. Skip the session and move on.
d. Give your mentee the answers to continue more easily.
a. It helps your mentee complete their work.
b. You are building a deep trusting bond with your mentee.
c. It creates a good impression for outside viewers.
d. You can avoid conflict with your mentee.
a. A safety net
b. Improved job prospects
c. New skills
d. Improved jo prospects
a. Establishing Agreements
b. Preparing
c. Facilitating Learning
d. Coming to Closure
a. Benjamin Bloom
b. North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL)
c. Small, Costa, and Rothwell
d. Barbara Stripling
a. Counseling
b. Mentoring
c. Teaching
d. Coaching
a. Wonder
b. Evaluate
c. Connect
d. Reflect
a. Preparing
b. Establishing Agreements
c. Facilitating Learning
d. Coming to Closure
a. Beginning, development, and product
b. Beginning, middle, and end
c. Purpose, process, and product
d. Origin, development, and result
a. Emphasize good listening skills
b. Create challenges for the mentee that may be too difficult to complete
c. Demonstrate empathy with the mentee with the challenges faced throughout the innovation process
d. Guide the mentee to reflect on the innovation process afterwards
a. Mentoring relationships often fail.
b. Mentoring relationships often succeed.
c. Mentees can be more independent.
d. Mentors find mentoring satisfying.
a. Come prepared to a mentoring session.
b. Have mentees bring treats to mentoring sessions.
c. Meet with your mentee regularly.
d. Remember that mentoring is a reflective practice.
a. Wasting time searching for answers
b. Rethinking a plan
c. Correcting mistakes
d. All of the above
a. Hard work
b. Innovation
c. External awards or rewards
d. Presentation skills
a. Ask probing questions
b. Set up relatively easy tasks
c. Engage in discussion
d. Provide authentic problem solving experiences
a. They set a good example.
b. Their values and behaviors align.
c. They keep a professional detachment.
d. Others want to emulate their behaviors and wisdom.
a. Encourage them to follow others
b. Avoid assigning readings or discussion questions
c. Hold your mentee accountable for commitments
d. Set easily attainable standards
a. Writing lesson plans
b. Leadership
c. Coaching
d. Interpersonal
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. Listen for facts and feelings
b. Be aware of your own emotional response
c. Listen for what is really meant versus what is said
d. Let others interrupt.
a. A highly focused conversation about the specific learning derived from the mentoring experience
b. A no-fault conversation focusing on both the process and the content of the learning
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b
a. Provide feedback to your mentee
b. Take any concerns you may have to the mentee’s parents or teacher first
c. Treat mentoring as a reflective practice
d. Share what you are learning from the mentoring relationship

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The Innovation Destination

 

The Innovation Destination was designed and evaluated by a team from the Center for Digital Literacy at the School of Information Studies, Syracuse University and developed by Data Momentum Inc, in partnership with the Connecticut Invention Convention, By Kids for Kids, New York On Tech, and over 70 school librarians and young innovators.

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