Jam Bingo For College of Education Alumni Mentorship Program

6 prompts. Fast, light-hearted prompts. People find a match, laugh, and move on.

• Find someone who teaches a different subject and guess what it is+
• Find someone who coaches a team or club and ask which one+
• Find someone who teaches in a bilingual classroom and learn one classroom phrase+
• Find a principal or school leader and ask how many students their school has+
• Find someone who changed careers to teach and ask what they did before+
• Find someone with a classroom management tip and write it down+

10 prompts. Each prompt asks for a story, a tip, or an opinion.

• Ask a mentor what their first year of teaching was really like+
• Ask a student teacher what has surprised them most in the classroom+
• Ask someone in special education what they wish more teachers knew+
• Ask a school leader what makes a new teacher stand out+
• Ask an alumnus which lesson they're proudest of+
• Ask someone how they handle the first day of school+
• Ask someone what they do to recharge after a hard week+
• Ask someone what changed their mind about the grade they wanted to teach+
• Ask a mentor what they'd put in a first-year teacher survival kit+
• Ask someone about a student who changed how they teach+

20 prompts. Ask-and-challenge prompts for longer conversations people remember.

• Ask a mentor about a lesson that completely failed and what they did next+
• Challenge a mentor to give you their best classroom tip in 30 seconds+
• Ask someone why they still teach on the hardest days+
• Ask a school leader what they look for when hiring a first-year teacher+
• Challenge a student teacher and a mentor to swap one worry and one solution+
• Ask someone how they build trust with a student who doesn't want to be there+
• Ask a mentor what they'd do differently in their first year+
• Ask someone about a parent conversation that taught them something+
• Ask a mentor what they want to learn from a new teacher+
• Ask someone what kind of mentor they'd want, then see if they've found them yet+
• Ask a mentor what their first year of teaching was really like+
• Ask a student teacher what has surprised them most in the classroom+
• Ask someone in special education what they wish more teachers knew+
• Ask a school leader what makes a new teacher stand out+
• Ask an alumnus which lesson they're proudest of+
• Ask someone how they handle the first day of school+
• Ask someone what they do to recharge after a hard week+
• Ask someone what changed their mind about the grade they wanted to teach+
• Ask a mentor what they'd put in a first-year teacher survival kit+
• Ask someone about a student who changed how they teach+