Final Project & Exam

Final Project: Mentoring Covenant, Six-Meeting Plan & Role-Played Conversation

Bring the course together in three parts plus a short reflection. Everything may be handwritten. Part One is a mentoring covenant template any mentor and mentee could use. Part Two is a six-meeting mentoring plan for a composite mentee using The Timothy Pattern: Be With, Build Up, Send Out. Part Three is one role-played mentoring conversation with a written self-evaluation. Your composite mentee: Keisha, 34, was released four months ago and lives in a transitional program. She works part-time at a warehouse and wants full-time work. She hopes to rebuild her relationship with her 10-year-old daughter, who lives with Keisha's aunt. She is on supervision, recently trusted Jesus at a chapel service, and reads slowly. She asked her program for a mentor because she wants to grow in faith and get her life in order. (Keisha is a composite example.) Describe any real person only by role or first initial. Do not include details of crimes, cases, victims, other residents, staff, or facility security.

Requirements

• Part One: Mentoring Covenant Template (one page, drafted in Module 3 and revised in Module 6): purpose; frequency and place; length and review date; communication; confidentiality and its limits in plain words; boundaries covering time, availability, phones and social media, money, housing, and romantic or family entanglements; how either woman can end; signature, date, and program-contact blanks; Amos 3:3
• Part Two: Six-Meeting Mentoring Plan for Keisha (drafted in Module 7): for each meeting, a goal or theme, one KJV passage, two open questions, one practical focus, one small next step she might choose, and the part of The Timothy Pattern it emphasizes; at least two places where you point her to an official source (supervising officer, case manager, caseworker, or legal aid); one note on mentoring across a difference
• Part Three: Role-Played Mentoring Conversation (planned in Module 5, performed in Module 8): a 10–15 minute conversation with a classmate playing a composite mentee, including welcome and check-in, open questions, at least two reflections, specific encouragement, a truth in love (LOVE steps) or a referral, a fitting KJV verse, a next step chosen by the mentee, and a closing; if you cannot perform it, submit a written script
• Self-Evaluation (one page): what went well; which skills you used (listening, questions, reflections, encouragement, LOVE, referral); one thing you would do differently; how you kept boundaries and avoided controlling or shaming
• Safety and Referral (part of the plan): get-help-now steps (staff or chaplain inside; 911 or 988 outside) and at least three referral sources by role
• Reflection (one half to one page): what you learned about being a mentor, how The Timothy Pattern shapes your approach, and how you will end mentoring relationships well

Timeline

• Module 3: draft your covenant template
• Module 5: plan and practice your role-play
• Module 6: add the boundaries section to your covenant
• Module 7: draft your six-meeting plan for Keisha
• Module 8: revise, perform your role-play, complete the self-evaluation and reflection, and submit

Grading Rubrics

Every rubric uses the same four levels. Your instructor will mark the level that best matches your work for each row and add a short comment.

Module Assignment Rubric

Total possible: 16 points.

Reflection Journal Rubric

Journals are graded on effort and reflection, never on spelling, grammar, or the details of a personal story.

Total possible: 16 points.

Participation Rubric

Scored at the end of each module. Average the eight scores for the Attendance & Participation grade.

Total possible: 16 points.

Final Project Rubric: Mentoring Covenant, Six-Meeting Plan & Role-Played Conversation

Total possible: 20 points.

Mentoring Quick Guide

Keep this guide with your important papers after release.

Get Help Now: Red Flags

• ☐ Talk of suicide, wanting to die, or self-harm
• ☐ Talk of harming someone else
• ☐ Abuse happening now, or a child or vulnerable adult at risk
• ☐ A medical emergency, including overdose
• ☐ Inside: tell staff or the chaplain right away
• ☐ Outside (U.S.): call 911 for an emergency, or call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline)
• ☐ Never promise secrecy: “I care about you too much to keep this to myself.”

The Timothy Pattern

Know Your Role

Mentoring Covenant Checklist

• ☐ Purpose
• ☐ Frequency and place
• ☐ Length and review date
• ☐ Communication: how and when
• ☐ Confidentiality and its limits
• ☐ Boundaries
• ☐ How either woman can end
• ☐ Signatures, date, program contact

First Meeting

• ☐ Welcome
• ☐ Listen: “What are you hoping for?”
• ☐ Explain what a mentor is and is not
• ☐ Talk through expectations
• ☐ Explain confidentiality and its limits
• ☐ Agree on a next step
• ☐ Pray, if she would like

Open Question Starters

• ☐ What has this week been like?
• ☐ What went well?
• ☐ Where did you see God at work?
• ☐ What led up to that? (instead of “why”)
• ☐ What is one small step before we meet again?
• ☐ What might get in the way, and what could help?

LOVE: Speaking a Hard Truth

Boundaries at a Glance

• ☐ Agreed meeting times; start and end on time
• ☐ Stated availability; you are not a crisis line
• ☐ Follow program rules for phones and social media; never post about her without permission and approval
• ☐ No loans, borrowing, co-signing, holding money, or paying bills
• ☐ No living arrangements unless through an approved program
• ☐ No romantic or family entanglements
• ☐ If either woman is on supervision, check with the supervising officer before meeting
• ☐ Kind no: “I care about you, and I can't do that. Here's what I can do…”

Point, Don't Answer

• ☐ Listen: “That sounds stressful. Tell me more.”
• ☐ Name the right source: officer, case manager, caseworker, attorney
• ☐ Help her write down her questions
• ☐ Offer support: pray before the call; follow up next time

Ending Well

• ☐ Talk with your coordinator or pastor first if anything is hard or unsafe
• ☐ Have a closing conversation if possible
• ☐ Look back: name the growth you've seen
• ☐ Look ahead: help her list her supports
• ☐ Bless her with prayer or a note

My Mentoring Contacts

Program coordinator: ______________________________

Pastor or chaplain: ______________________________

After-hours or crisis number for my program: ______________________________

Local referral resources: ______________________________

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.— Philippians 1:6 (KJV)