ASTA Mentee Application Apply by September 20, 2019 Question Title * 1. Contact Information (*required fields) Name* * Address* * Address 2 City/Town* * State/Province* * ZIP/Postal Code* * Country Email Address* * Phone Number* * Question Title * 2. What is your primary instrument? Question Title * 3. How long have you been teaching? Question Title * 4. Tell us in which areas you are currently teaching or seeking employment. Check all that apply. Elementary Strings Middle School Strings High School Strings High School Full Orchestra (working with winds and percussion for string players) Youth Orchestra String Teaching (for non-string players) Question Title * 5. Describe your teaching experience(s). If this is your first year of teaching, it is completely acceptable to describe your experience(s) prior to student teaching. Please include a description of your program and the demographics of your community. Next, describe your skill level with secondary instruments. Question Title * 6. Tell us in which areas are you seeking assistance. Rate them in order of priority (with 1 being top priority). Check those that do not apply. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 N/A Classroom Management and Pacing N/A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 N/A Efficient Tuning Procedures N/A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 N/A Repertoire Selection/Score Study N/A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 N/A Specific String Technique Instruction (specify technique) N/A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 N/A Administration-Paperwork/Time Management N/A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 N/A Lesson Planning N/A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 N/A Assessment of Student Growth N/A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 N/A Parent/Guardian Communication N/A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 N/A Field Trips/Travel N/A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 N/A Program Advocacy N/A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 N/A Building Relationships with Other Teachers N/A Question Title * 7. Please include a copy of your updated resume. This is so the Mentoring Project Committee has a detailed understanding of your experience(s) to pair you with a mentor to meet your needs. DOCX, DOC, JPEG, GIF, JPG, PDF, PNG file types only. Choose File Choose File No file chosen Remove File Please include a copy of your updated resume. This is so the Mentoring Project Committee has a detailed understanding of your experience(s) to pair you with a mentor to meet your needs. Question Title * 8. Within the ASTA Mentoring Project, matching mentees with mentors is prioritized by who can best support the topics of interest for each mentee. This may mean that mentors and mentees are not regionally close to one another. Therefore, communicating through digital and virtual technologies is essential to successful mentoring experiences within the program. Knowing this, which technologies do you prefer to use for communicating with your mentor? Indicate your top preferred modes of communication (with 1 being your primary mode of communication). Check those that do not apply. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 N/A Email N/A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 N/A Text N/A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 N/A Phone N/A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 N/A FaceTime N/A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 N/A Skype N/A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 N/A Google Hangout N/A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 N/A Zoom N/A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 N/A GoTo Meeting N/A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 N/A BlueJeans N/A By submitting this application, you agree to work with an ASTA-assigned mentor for the upcoming school year, which includes maintaining regular communication with your assigned mentor.Thank you for your interest. The program has limited slots available. Notifications will be sent in October 2019. Done
