Media Meal Planning
Program Overview
Media Meal Planning is a four-part, interactive program to help you improve your personal media consumption practices. Learn about the fundamental role of Journalism in society, what practices make for good reporting, and how editorial policies shape what you read. Working in live small groups and with moderated discussion forums, you will develop your criteria for selecting and judging information.
Program Duration and Type
Class, workshop, forum?
24 – 30-hour group workshop.
This is a group class with largely solo journaling and writing work and regular group meetings to share work and get group feedback. Student will interface with their personal network as well.
The class that can be configured as a stand-alone workshop or portion of an advisory curriculum. Individual and Multiple small groups are supported.
Optional extensions are available to be incorporated into the program or used by individuals wishing to dig deeper.
Target Audience
Who will benefit from this program?
Individuals who want to align their strengths and interests to their career choices. The program can be used by young adults in schools or coaching programs, with career coaches for people in career transitions, or retirees seeking to discover new adventures.
Ideal Mentor
The primary skills needed to conduct this course are interpersonal, group management, competence managing the technical tools, and affinity to support the target individual participants (works well with teens, etc.). Detailed domain knowledge is not necessary.
Career counselors who wish to provide a more meaningful guidance to their participants and career coaches who want to offer a group-based career program. The program can also be mentored by responsible parents, young adults, or as part of a community-based program.
Mentor Workload
Individuals who want to align their strengths and interests to their career choices. The program can be used by young adults in schools or coaching programs, with career coaches for people in career transitions, or retirees seeking to discover new adventures.
Program Details
Learning Objectives
What are the specific learning objectives of the program and how are they measured?
Participants develop and deep knowledge of themselves, their influences, their strengths, and their goals across eight domains of self-knowledge. As a result, students develop self-confidence and direction for their lives while developing understanding and empathy for the differences, strengths and directions of others.
Participant Benefits
What will participants get form this program? How will they be engaged? How will they be transformed?
Participants will examine many aspects of themselves and relate what they learn to their life goals in a way that help them make more aligned career choices. Working in groups and with the support of the program mentor and their personal support team, they will gain more clarity and confidence as they make career and life choices.
Interactive Activities
Participants discuss their journals with their groups and personal support network to get feedback and validation of their results. Final papers are peer reviewed.
Products and Results
Certification Process & Cost
What is the certification process and cost for a mentor to be able to deliver this program?
Designer
Michael Freedman
Founder and CEO
Program Design, Mentoring, and Marketing