Alumni Connections : Educator Preparation Program : Hanover College

Alumni Connections

https://our.hanover.edu/coach-for-education

In a collaboration between the Levett Career Center, the Office of Alumni Relations, and the Educator Preparation Program at Hanover College, we are excited to introduce COACH For Education, the first student to-alumni mentoring program directly targeted at students studying in the Education Department.

The COACH For Education Mentoring Program aims to connect rising juniors in the Education department with alumni mentors in relation to their interests and experience in the Education department or industry. For students, the program will:

match junior and senior teacher candidates in the Education department with a Hanover alum based on answers to the Student Information Form
provide key topics to discuss with an alumni mentor during their undergraduate college years
provide a mentor who can provide guidance to move you forward in Hanover's Educator Preparation Program and into your post-graduation job placement
offer an opportunity for 'real talk' with someone who is not a parent, counselor, or professor

For Education alumni mentors, the program will:

reconnect you with Hanover College
match you with a rising junior in the Education department based on your answers to the Alumni Information Form
allow you to connect and share stories, expertise, and knowledge to students who are looking for guidance
assist you to identify or enhance a skill set or style that may be beneficial in other areas of your personal or professional life
aid in learning more about Generation Z - who could be your own children, coworkers, neighbors, or future doctors
help you find joy in helping another who may not have access to the resources you had or have in your life

The COACH For Education initiative intends to give opportunities for students and alumni to develop meaningful, lasting connections. What you will not see in the COACH For Education is a lot of requirements. A central thought for this program was accessibility. For the program to be equitable for any sophomore to participate, the program needs to allow flexibility, customization, and ownership of the mentorship between mentee and mentor. For alumni mentoring, experience is not needed - but interest is!

Training and monthly meetings will enhance a mentoring skill set. For students, answers are not required - but an answer-seeking attitude is! The opportunity for a mentor who is not a parent, relative, or peer gives room for "real talk."

Join the Coach for Education Mentoring Program today. Your match is waiting! The website is linked above!!

This website could not hold a list of the ways our graduates are employed using their education backgrounds! To be sure, MOST alumni do teach in a traditional classroom setting in schools all over the country. But many have careers that are outside of the typical "classroom teacher" scenario. We have grads working in other jobs that utilize the education coursework - some include:

Educational Testing
National Park Services
Sylvan and other specialized learning centers
Tutoring
Head Start and other preschools
After school programming
Children's Museum programming
Educational Technology
Maryknoll Alternative Schools
School administration
JET program
Invisible Children Teacher Exchange
Home School Co-op
Educational publishing
Social networking
Education Association
Boys and Girls Clubs, Inc.
Girls, Inc.
Native American Reservation schools
Charter Schools
United States Military

And many more....click the links below for some great examples!

grad with children in Uganda

Josh Franklin '10 teaching in Uganda with Invisible Children organization

Alumni teaching in Alaska school Kelsey Hill '14 and Sara Lucas '12 enjoy challenges of teaching and coaching in remote Alaskan school

graduate teaching in Ethiopia

Ashlee Arbaugh '16 teaches Physical Education and Health in a school in Ethiopia