Annual Chapter Plan 2011-12 EnvironMentors Program Season Mission/Vision 1) EnvironMentors mission is “to mentor and motivate high school students who are underrepresented in the sciences as they plan and conduct environmental research and acquire skills that will allow them to build careers and become more active stewards of their communities and the environment.” In general terms, how would you articulate your chapter’s mission? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 2) How would you articulate you chapter’s vision or overall impact that you seek to make through your EM program? __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 3) What are the overall goals you hope to achieve through your 2011-12 EnvironMentors Program? For you students: ___________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ For your mentors: ___________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ For your university/college (internal or external): __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ For your partners (high school or college access partners): __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 4) How do you intend to integrate technology (online community, digital toolkits) your chapter? __________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________
5) What role do you see college access serving at your chapter and what are your plans to integrate some form of college access in your 2011-12 program season? __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________
6) What chapter strengths and successes from past years do you hope to build on, and incorporate in your 2011-12 program? __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 7) What new program strategies, activities, partnerships, and/or new college/university resources will you incorporate into your 2011-12 program to support your chapter goals? __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 8) What challenges do you foresee to meeting your program goals/objectives? Please list strategies to adaptively manage these challenges. __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________
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