College Mentors Application 2022

First Name:

Last Name:

Contact Information

Cell Phone:

Home Phone:

Email:

Home Address (where you will be this summer!):

City:

State:

Zip:

Emergency Contact

Emergency Contact Name:

Relationship:

Cell Phone:

Home Phone:

Emergency Contact Email:

New Staff

Please watch the 2017 Bloomberg Arts Internship Baltimore video HERE. After watching it, what will you bring to this position and what do you hope to gain from it?

Please skim through THESE posts by BAI interns through the years. Based on what you read, what excites you the most about supporting students and what do you think might be challenging?

Please watch this promo video created by a BAI alumni about the 2020 VIRTUAL summer HERE. What is something new that you learned about the program?

Please watch THIS video that students made for our culminating event in 2021. What surprised you?

New Staff

Please share five words that describe you:

Please share five words that describe Baltimore City students:

Creative Team

You will be joining a Creative Team for the summer. With that in mind, create your own based on this example from Center Stage and using the prompts below. You can use the text box OR create your own document to upload.

Please include:

Your name
Your title (What is your current title in life?)
Your pronouns
One sentence introduction
Creative inspiration
Community Engagement/Activist Work
Awards/proudest achievements
Final word

How will you share your Creative Team?

I will type directly into the text boxI will upload it

Please type your Creative Team below

Please upload your Creative Team here:

A few more questions....

What do you think a mentor is? What does a mentor do? What does this look like? Sound like? Feel like?

You will be co-facilitating a Book Club for interns. What are your first thoughts about how to structure this? (45 minutes on Fridays).

Choose ONE to answer:

If you could go back to your senior self and give yourself one piece of advice about choosing, applying to, or transitioning to college, what would you say?What is the biggest thing you learned from college? (This can be academic or personal)

Type your response here:

Choose ONE to answer:

How do you define professionalism in the workplace? Please address communication, deadlines, presence, etc. Part of the role as a college mentor is to serve as a professional role model to students. Share how you will balance that with building strong relationships with students.

Type your response here:

Choose ONE to answer:

What is the difference between sympathy and empathy? How can each impact your ability to teach?How do you describe the relationship between diversity and excellence?

Type your response here:

How do the arts play a role in your life?

Are you applying to be the Lead College Mentor?

Yes! No.

Please share any experience you have had leading or supervising a team of peers. What is your vision for holding your team accountable while also supporting them?

BONUS QUESTION: Is a hot dog a sandwich or not?

Returning Staff

Why are you back?

What have you experienced/learned in the past year that you will bring to BAI Summer 2022?

Choose ONE to answer:

What is the difference between sympathy and empathy? How can each impact your ability to teach? How do you describe the relationship between diversity and excellence?

Please type your response here:

You will be co-facilitating a Book Club for interns. What are your first thoughts about how to structure this? (45 minutes on Fridays)

How do the arts play a role in your life?

Creative Team

You will be joining a Creative Team for the summer. With that in mind, create your own based on this example from Center Stage and using the prompts below. You can use the text box OR create your own document to upload.

Please include:

Your name
Your title (What is your current title in life?)
Your pronouns
One sentence introduction
Creative inspiration
Community Engagement/Activist Work
Awards/proudest achievements
Final word

How will you share your Creative Team?

I will type directly into the text boxI will upload it

Please type your Creative Team below

Please upload your Creative Team here:

A few more questions...

What question have we NOT asked you? What is your answer to that question?

Are you applying to be the Lead College Mentor?

YesNo

YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE

Have you worked for Arts for Learning (formerly Young Audiences) before?

YesNo

If so, please describe:

Have you ever worked/partnered with any of the Arts for Learning (formerly Young Audiences) staff or artists?

YesNo

Please list their names:

Employment/Volunteer History
Please complete the following with your last 3 years of employment or volunteer work.

Most recent job/volunteer work

Dates Employed:

Roles/Responsibilities

Do you have additional jobs to include?

YesNo

Additional job/volunteer work

Dates Employed:

Roles/Responsibilities

Do you have additional jobs to include?

YesNo

Additional job/volunteer work

Dates Employed:

Roles/Responsibilities

Do you have additional jobs to include?

YesNo

Additional job/volunteer work

Dates Employed:

Roles/Responsibilities

REFERENCES

Please provide one reference and include their name, phone number, email, relationship to you, and what you think this person would say about you:

Video (We asked students to do this, too!)

Please create a 30-45 second video about yourself. We have included some guidelines below to make sure it is no more than 45 seconds. Though these enabling constraints exist, please have fun with this! Include:

A greeting of your choice
Your name
(Complete this sentence with something you are comfortable sharing!) If you really knew me, you'd know...
(Complete this sentence with a social justice issue that is really important to you!) I believe...
(Complete this sentence with a description of the people you surround yourself with, i.e. artists, loud, quiet, honest, loyal, hilarious, creative, dancers, etc.) My people are...
(Complete this sentence with what art means to YOU) Art is...
(Complete this sentence with pure honesty about what you love about Baltimore) Baltimore, I love...
A closing of your choice

Please upload your video here: