About the Program

The Arts & Consciousness mentorship program at John F. Kennedy University provides a transdisciplinary model for self-directed students to investigate, research and develop specialized techniques, skills and capacities in conjunction with a creative practice or project. Mentorships may include experiential exercises, supervised research, assigned readings, studio visits, critiques and/or individualized training, as determined by the student's artistic and/or professional objectives.

About Teaching Mentorships

                                  
The purpose of the Teaching Assistant Mentorship is to offer skill building for the student who is interested in teaching at the community college/university level in the future.  This program is open to JFKU A&C students whose programs and desires indicate the need for teaching experience. 

The selection of a student is by an application that includes: statement of intent, a portfolio of images (studio classes), a paper (art history classes) and an interview of the student by the Mentor. The applications are sent directly to the Mentors. Mentors will contact the students who apply, review their application, interview the student and convey their decision to both the student and department.

The Teaching Assistant Mentorships are for three units per quarter which requires nine hours of one-on-one meeting time with the student. Mentorships are possible with JFKU faculty and alumni at Berkeley City College and other institutions as needed.  Since JFKU is on the quarter system a Mentorship at Berkeley City College will most likely run over two quarters (6 units) which is a BCC semester unless it takes place in the summer intensive for 3 units.

For each 3 units of mentorship students are expected to do 90 hours of work outside of the meeting time. This may be research, class preparation, teaching, lecturing etc.



Mentoring process
The mentor and student will agree to a schedule for the duration of the mentorship that includes preparation and classroom work. Students should be given opportunities to research, teach, develop course materials and evaluation procedures, prepare lectures, and reflect on the process of teaching.

Evaluation process
Mentors must establish realistic expectations for student progress performance and communicate those expectations to students. These expectations should include targets for completion of each benchmark in Mentorship. The expected consequences of failure to meet the established expectations should be communicated to students. At the end of the mentorship a written evaluation is submitted to the department and should be provided to students. This evaluation should include explicit means of overcoming any shortcomings that have been identified. The objective of evaluation is to provide timely and beneficial feedback on the strengths and weaknesses of the student’s performance.


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