WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:03.530 My name is Cody Lopez and I am the Associate Director 2 00:00:03.530 --> 00:00:06.130 of Programing for College Mentors for Kids. 3 00:00:06.130 --> 00:00:09.090 line:15% For me, a regular day to day, it's a lot of working 4 00:00:09.090 --> 00:00:09.940 line:15% with college students. 5 00:00:09.940 --> 00:00:13.240 line:15% So our program manifests as a student organization 6 00:00:13.240 --> 00:00:15.950 line:15% at a bunch of different universities across the country. 7 00:00:15.950 --> 00:00:19.060 line:15% And so I do oversight for those chapters 8 00:00:19.060 --> 00:00:19.893 of the organization. 9 00:00:19.893 --> 00:00:23.070 line:15% So, we have student leaders at each university. 10 00:00:23.070 --> 00:00:25.600 line:15% And so I'm working really closely with them, 11 00:00:25.600 --> 00:00:28.290 line:15% pretty much in constant communication, making sure that 12 00:00:28.290 --> 00:00:29.640 line:15% they've got all the tools they need 13 00:00:29.640 --> 00:00:31.950 line:15% for their chapters to succeed, as well as, 14 00:00:32.840 --> 00:00:35.070 kind of setting some guidelines and standards and 15 00:00:35.070 --> 00:00:36.530 just guiding them through those things. 16 00:00:36.530 --> 00:00:38.500 It's very much a partnership 17 00:00:38.500 --> 00:00:41.300 between myself and college students. 18 00:00:41.300 --> 00:00:44.560 But I have the chance to talk with them and 19 00:00:44.560 --> 00:00:46.410 you know, figure out their strengths and help them develop 20 00:00:46.410 --> 00:00:49.150 what they want to do and then also take their chapter 21 00:00:49.150 --> 00:00:50.560 in a really good direction. 22 00:00:50.560 --> 00:00:53.550 line:15% And then recently, it's been travel season so, 23 00:00:53.550 --> 00:00:56.640 line:15% I get to travel to each of the universities that I oversee 24 00:00:56.640 --> 00:00:57.859 line:15% once per semester. 25 00:00:57.859 --> 00:01:02.550 line:15% Just got back from NC State and UVA yesterday actually. 26 00:01:02.550 --> 00:01:04.880 When I get to a campus, so I usually try to stay 27 00:01:04.880 --> 00:01:06.540 for a day, maybe a day and a half so 28 00:01:06.540 --> 00:01:08.700 I can fit in time for everyone. 29 00:01:08.700 --> 00:01:11.930 But I'll go and prior to that, I'll schedule times 30 00:01:11.930 --> 00:01:14.420 to meet with their university advisor, 31 00:01:14.420 --> 00:01:17.010 schedule times to meet with their elementary school partners 32 00:01:17.010 --> 00:01:19.380 and schedule times to meet with all of the college student 33 00:01:19.380 --> 00:01:21.100 leadership kind of, individually. 34 00:01:21.100 --> 00:01:23.050 So I'll go through all of those things and 35 00:01:23.050 --> 00:01:25.250 it's a lot of check in, you know, how are things going, 36 00:01:25.250 --> 00:01:26.290 how can we improve them, 37 00:01:26.290 --> 00:01:28.450 where the strengths and the weaknesses, 38 00:01:28.450 --> 00:01:30.220 are there any changes that are gonna take place 39 00:01:30.220 --> 00:01:33.210 line:15% that you know of in the near future that might affect us? 40 00:01:33.210 --> 00:01:36.010 line:15% And then ultimately I get to observe an activity 41 00:01:36.010 --> 00:01:36.843 line:15% with the kids. 42 00:01:36.843 --> 00:01:39.760 line:15% So, all of our programming, we're bringing 43 00:01:39.760 --> 00:01:43.390 line:15% elementary school students to a college campus once a week 44 00:01:43.390 --> 00:01:44.860 and those kids are paired one on one 45 00:01:44.860 --> 00:01:46.100 with college student mentors. 46 00:01:46.100 --> 00:01:49.160 So every single week, it's the same kids, same mentors 47 00:01:49.160 --> 00:01:52.630 but the leadership are planning new, hands-on 48 00:01:52.630 --> 00:01:54.790 experiential learning opportunities so, 49 00:01:54.790 --> 00:01:57.270 they may be making slime in the chem lab or 50 00:01:57.270 --> 00:01:59.230 they may be selling lemonade on campus or 51 00:01:59.230 --> 00:02:00.820 practicing with the football team and talking 52 00:02:00.820 --> 00:02:03.070 about teamwork and inclusion. 53 00:02:03.070 --> 00:02:05.700 Any number of things so I get to, outside 54 00:02:05.700 --> 00:02:09.240 of all those meetings, I break that day off and 55 00:02:09.240 --> 00:02:12.360 set aside that time and I just go watch and see how it goes. 56 00:02:12.360 --> 00:02:15.240 I'll ride the bus with the kids and I'll eat snack and 57 00:02:15.240 --> 00:02:18.550 line:15% I'll hang out and I'll just watch the relationships develop 58 00:02:18.550 --> 00:02:20.700 line:15% and make some notes on you know, you can tighten up 59 00:02:20.700 --> 00:02:22.230 line:15% the screws here on this thing or 60 00:02:22.230 --> 00:02:23.730 line:15% this went really really well. 61 00:02:24.980 --> 00:02:27.855 line:15% And then, after that's over, the kids go home and 62 00:02:27.855 --> 00:02:30.250 we usually kind of have a Pow Wow breakdown, 63 00:02:30.250 --> 00:02:32.500 how everything went and what could go better.