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Originally Posted by Elgin Clock
Adult mentors:
How do you help your team?
What's your current career?
Is this related to what you help out with on the team?
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I am entering my fourth year on RAGE as an adult mentor. I have been the travel coordinator; "secretary" who creates and disseminates the meeting agendas and minutes; I create and disseminate the monthly newsletter which goes to sponsors, school administrators, and town officials; chaperone; mentor for the Chairman's Award committee; mentor for the Awards committee; participated on our Hospitality committee. Assisted our team leader with many administrative functions.
Co-founded FIRST NEMO (non-engineering mentor organization) this spring with Jenny Beatty (Team 007) and Cheryl Miller (Team 294). We hope to bring workshops for adult mentors on all things non-engineering to the Regional Competitions this coming season.
I started out wanting to write children's literature. I obtained an associates degree and certification as a library technical assistant and went to work for United Technologies Corporation (UTC) in the late 70s so I was working for engineers and scientists for 25 years. At the end of my career there I was maintaining the library web site after we went virtual in the late 90s. After being laid off I obtained my current position maintaining the web site for a small private women's college. My current position has had little impact on what I do for the team; my previous position taught me about establishing goals, implementing business procedures, communicating, punctuality, and nurtured my detail-oriented approach to life, which drives my family crazy. I bring much of that to the team (my extended family). I'm sure it drives them crazy, too!