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The Mentor's Identity Formation Inventory
This is when the student has suspicions verified, that the student accurately was picking up real cues. To overcome the hurdles associated with this stage, help the student to:
The key moment = when their grades begin to suffer and they reveal an “academic slide”
This is where a student is suspicious or not trusting. To overcome this tendency is to help the student:
The Five Situations:
Identity Formation: Identify any of the relevant conditions and events:
Identity Influencers: Identify the roads and their on-ramps (approaches) that play a role in identity formation
Approaches. Identify the most promising “approaches” to change. To make this more vivid, think channels that connect intentions with results:
The Mentor's Identity Formation Inventory
This is when the student has suspicions verified, that the student accurately was picking up real cues. To overcome the hurdles associated with this stage, help the student to:
- Bring in role models
- Develop a growth mindset (metacognition)
- Affirm authentic values (true to oneself)
- Uncover an authentic sense of purpose
The key moment = when their grades begin to suffer and they reveal an “academic slide”
This is where a student is suspicious or not trusting. To overcome this tendency is to help the student:
- Shift the focus from one’s self to the situation (overcome the fundamental attribution error). This involves attributional retraining. It’s not that I’m stupid; it’s just that the situation is difficult (normal stress)
- Normalize difficult situations by showing that ALL students experience adjusting
- Off a “growth mindset”
The Five Situations:
- The Inner Situation—a student’s inner life
- The Intimate Situation—where unvarnished experiences are shared
- The Local Situation—the entities through which a student participates routinely
- The Peripheral Situation—the environments that affect a student indirectly
- On-line Situation
- Other
Identity Formation: Identify any of the relevant conditions and events:
- Patterns of being on guard (vigilance)
- Accumulated Stress—from a constant state of being on guard
- Marker Events—perceived and actual threats
- Resilience—examples of bouncing back from being knocked down
- Accumulated levels of stress and exhaustion (perceived ACE’s)—accumulated
Identity Influencers: Identify the roads and their on-ramps (approaches) that play a role in identity formation
- Direct— Mindsets (fixed), inner and core values, and perceptions of belonging.
- Environmental (indirect influences)
- Groups (peer, formal, informal, etc.)
Approaches. Identify the most promising “approaches” to change. To make this more vivid, think channels that connect intentions with results:
- Role Models and Mentors (the conventional approach)
- Social and Emotional Interventions (needs on-line tech support)
- Groups to Join (group approaches)
- Situational (Time and Place)