🎯 Learning Intention

I will reflect on what it means to be a mentor and begin planning how I can support juniors in their GIS data sprint.

✅ Success Criteria

• [ ] I can describe what good mentoring looks like in practice.
• [ ] I can set one clear mentoring goal for this week.
• [ ] I can explain why civic technology projects benefit from teamwork across grade levels.

🌍 Why We’re Learning This

In real-world civic technology projects, teamwork is essential. Seniors build leadership by mentoring juniors while also strengthening their own portfolios.

🧭 Agenda (47–50 min)

1) Warm-Up (Tech Journal, 5 min)

“Think about someone who has mentored or supported you in school or life. What made them effective?”

2) Mini-Lesson (10 min)

• Topic: “What does a mentor do?”
  • Guidance, patience, modeling, accountability.
  • Tie to civic tech → mentorship = leadership in tech projects.

3) Guided Practice (15 min)

• Groups: List possible challenges juniors may face in the survey sprint (ex: writing unbiased questions, cleaning data, using Forms).
• Share lists with class.

4) Independent Work (12–15 min)

• Students fill out Civic Tech Mentor Log (Part 1):
  • Write one goal for themselves as a mentor this week.
  • Identify 1–2 strategies to support juniors.

5) Wrap-Up (2–3 min)