The A-Team has been mentoring Cohort-3 for a couple of weeks now, and I must say that I am very impressed with the process and the results!
The Cohort-3 members may not know this, but it has been a challenge to organize this effort. Philémon did an excellent job of conceiving of and organizing the protocol and content of the effort.
I (Mike) got overwhelmed with the number of people involved between all the mentors and mentees. My usual way of keeping track of contacts was overwhelmed and I needed a better tool, so I setup a Disciple-Tools website that I call Team.MichaelKentBurns.com. For those who don’t know yet, D-T is a Customer relationship management (CRM) system for recording contact information and organizing them into groups. I invited all of the mentors as members of that and each has a group for their mentees. One of the features is the ability to leave comments about a contact. I think it was Salomon who first started leaving comments with progress reports and insightful comments about each mentee. What their strengths and challenges are. He even made observations about how two mentees could interact to strengthen each other. This shows clearly that the mentors are taking their role seriously and are committed to your success.
The mentors are also leaving comments with links to the GitHub projects and live pages of the completed work. That has given me the great pleasure of seeing the high quality of work, the process, and documentation that is now part of your discipline. You all should be commended, and this will serve you very well for years to come.
Keep it up!
I am truly encouraged by the process of Cohort-3. It made a significant difference in building professional communication skills among members.
I personally believe that this is the power of collaboration. The organization and effort behind this initiative demonstrate how the new team is engaged in collaboration, capable of reading and executing instructions. Special appreciation goes to the entire team for their effort.
What stands out the most to me is the documentation process in setting up the system. I valued the fact of designing the project in mind, and tackling it by tracking issues respectively on GitHub. I hope the use of the Frontend mentor was quintessential, as it includes a documentation starter. I believe the discipline we are developing in critical thinking and problem-solving ingenuity can greatly enhance our productivity.
It is so satisfying when a challenge is completed by one’s efforts.
We are so delighted to have mentors monitoring us during these challenges. This could not be possible without our mentors and all the team. We are blessed