[Minds Matter] Weekly Email For Session on April 24th

[Karan Vazirani]

Hi TLs, 

 

Please see details on what you need to know for Saturday’s session below. Please send your email out by Thursday afternoon and let us know of any questions/concerns for this week. 

 

What TLs Need to Know:

Agenda

• This week, it will be the last session and we will reflect on the full year. 

• TLs can share the following:

• I am most proud of....

• I am most thankful of...

• When I saw you all doing X, it made me.....

• Questions for the team:

• What were a few highlights of our team this year?

• How did we come together as a team? What did we accomplish?

• What were our challenges? How did we address them?

• Is there anything that we would like to do differently next year as a team? 

• How can we support each other as a team during the summer?

• We will also plan to review the Summer Checklist and the college bucket list (referenced in Summer Checklist)

 

Summer Expectations

• During the summer, we would love for you to: 

• Schedule & Host two virtual social activities (once in June, again in July)

• 1 hr commitment; as many mentees and mentors that can attend

• Support materials & data collection from students

 

Next Year’s Plans

• We have still not heard from about 50 Junior Mentors about their plans for next year. Please check to see who from your team has not responded (you can view responses in the Junior Roster in the tab "Next Year's Plans - MENTORS") and ask them to complete the this survey ASAP

 

Volunteer Recruitment

• Please continue to keep volunteer recruitment top of mind for your Mentors. This week, we're asking Mentors to try recruiting co-workers again (see tip of the week in the mentor section). 

• As always, feel free to explore the recruitment toolkit for ideas! We also have an information session coming up on April 28. 

 

Additional Items

• We also attached the deck for last Saturday's Session about Senior Year to share 

 

Here’s the agenda table for Saturday:

 

Time	Topic	Attendees	Zoom Link
9:30 - 9:50 AM	Junior TL Prep Meeting	PDs, TLs & MM Staff	Junior TL Meeting & Office Hours Zoom Link
10:00 - 10:40 AM	Team Time Time for the team to reflect on the past year:  What were a few highlights of our team this year? How did we come together as a team? What did we accomplish? What were our challenges? How did we address them?	Mentors, students, TLs	[Individual TL Zoom Link]
10:40 - 11:00 AM	Triad Time Plan to review the Summer Checklist and the college bucket list (referenced in Summer Checklist) Triad closure	Triads	[Individual TL Zoom Link]
11:05 - 11:20 AM	Junior TL Debrief Meeting	PDs, TLs & Eva	Junior TL Meeting & Office Hours Zoom Link

Attendance links are below:

Arts & Tech	Julia	Dylan	Emily	Hena	Katy	Tom
Pace	Fred	Karen	Lenny	Sam	Samyu	Susan

 

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MENTOR EMAIL

What Mentors Need to Know:

 

This week’s Agenda

• This week, it will be the last session and we will reflect on the full year

• What were a few highlights of our team this year?

• How did we come together as a team? What did we accomplish?

• What were our challenges? How did we address them?

• Is there anything that we would like to do differently next year as a team? 

• How can we support each other as a team during the summer?

• We will also plan to review the Summer Checklist and the college bucket list (referenced in Summer Checklist)

• We also attached the deck for last Saturday's Session about Senior Year 

 

Here’s the agenda table for Saturday:

 

Time	Topic	Attendees	Zoom Link
10:00 - 10:40 AM	Team Time Time for the team to reflect on the past year:  What were a few highlights of our team this year? How did we come together as a team? What did we accomplish? What were our challenges? How did we address them?	Mentors, students, TLs	[Individual TL Zoom Link]
10:40 - 11:00 AM	Triad Time Plan to review the Summer Checklist and the college bucket list (referenced in Summer Checklist) Triad Closure	Triads	[Individual TL Zoom Link]

Volunteer Recruitment

• In order to recruit 200 Mentors by September, we need to recruit 40 Applications this month. So far we've received 15 applications. 

• Can you help by reaching out to your co-workers this week? Here are three simple ways: 

• 1. Create a post on your company's internal platform - Sample Text

• 2. Email your team or work friends - Sample Email 

• 3. Add MM to your signature! - Sample Text

• Invite friends to our upcoming Information Sessions on April 28 or encourage them to sign-up for a Coffee Chat. 

 

Minds Matter Summer Expectations

• Schedule 1 hr check-ins with your student at least once a month 

• Help your student organize their application materials and notes (utilize their Minds Matter Google Drive Folder)

• Utilize the summer expectations checklist to make sure your student is on track for Senior year

 

Next Year's Plans 

• If you haven’t done so already, Please complete this survey to let us know your plans for next year. Submit asap, but no later than April 25

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STUDENT EMAIL

 

This week’s Agenda

• This week, it will be the last session and we will reflect on the full year

• We also attached the deck for last Saturday's Session about Senior Year 

 

Here’s the agenda table for Saturday:

 

Time	Topic	Attendees	Zoom Link
10:00 - 10:40 AM	Team Time Time for the team to reflect on the past year:  What were a few highlights of our team this year? How did we come together as a team? What did we accomplish? What were our challenges? How did we address them?	Mentors, students, TLs	[Individual TL Zoom Link]
10:30 - 11:00 AM	Triad Time Plan to review the Summer Checklist and the college bucket list (referenced in Summer Checklist) Triad Closure	Triads	[Individual TL Zoom Link]

Minds Matter Summer Expectations

• Complete your summer expectations checklist by August 1

• Aside from drafting your personal statement, everything else should not take you very long to complete

• Meet with your mentors once a month

• Participate in your summer program

• Complete necessary surveys