Ms. Pat Rosenberg and HISD Assistant Principal Tristan Love |
At a recent Mentor U, SBISD’s mentor continued education program, district mentors witnessed how hope, guidance, and having a champion can positively spark change.
Tristan
Love, whose story of transformation from gang life to his current role as the youngest
Assistant Principal in HISD, powerfully illustrated the impact his mentor, Pat
Rosenberg, had on his personal journey. The event’s atmosphere was one filled
with inspiration and pride. Love’s mentor, Pat Rosenberg, was on hand to
discuss her role as his mentor and the
positive impact mentoring can have on mentees, mentors, and the collective
community.
Ms.
Rosenberg’s shared how she was to see ‘the spark’ in Tristan before he could
even see if for himself. Her ability to recognize his hidden potential and
expand that energy into a positive direction has been a pillar of Love’s and Rosenberg’s sustained, positive
relationships.
The
theme of the Mentor U, Sparking Sparks, focused on giving SBISD
mentors the tools needed to help mentees find their spark. From starting
conversions about things that inspire students to get up in the morning, enjoy
some activities more than others, and even channeling and transform actions
like stubbornness into a spark of determination, mentors left the meeting with
a range of ideas to generate conversation and positive action with their
mentees.
Also,
mentors received a check list of the Search Institute’s 40 Developmental
Assets, research-based building blocks all young people need to develop into
healthy, caring and responsible adults. Mentors will be able to use the
checklist to guide conversations with their mentees to help discover their
sparks.
Mr. Love stressed the importance of expanding the discussions about how certain ‘sparks’ can lead to career options, and how mentors can help mentees connect with people who are currently doing those jobs so the students will get a vision of where they can grow and go.
Mr. Love stressed the importance of expanding the discussions about how certain ‘sparks’ can lead to career options, and how mentors can help mentees connect with people who are currently doing those jobs so the students will get a vision of where they can grow and go.
Feedback
following the event was outstanding, with mentors noting a deeper understanding
of their own sparks, and the knowledge to
guide the same discovery for mentees.
Thank
you to Mr. Love and Ms. Rosenberg for sharing their story with SBISD Mentors!
If you’re interested in learning more about SBISD’s Mentor U events or would
like to apply to be a mentor, click here.
Read more about Mr. Love and his inspirational journey here.
Read more about Mr. Love and his inspirational journey here.
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