2025-26 MBA Mentorship Program Registration

Welcome to the MBA Mentorship Program!

Please fill out the following form to help us assess how we can best support you and pair you with a mentor. Please note that although we will do our best to pair mentees with a mentor of their choice, this process takes into consideration a variety of factors including capacity, distribution of workload, and geography and cannot guarantee a specific pairing.

A friendly reminder, the MBA Mentorship Program is open to current MBA Members. You can become a member (or renew your membership!) here: www.mbband.org/membership

Planning is in progress for an info session in September.

If you have any questions please contact Brent Johnson, Executive Director, at executivedirector@mbband.org or 204-663-1226.

Name*

First NameLast Name

Pronouns*

She/herHe/himThey/themOther (please specify your preferred pronouns)

Email*

example@example.com

Mobile Phone*

Please enter a valid phone number.

Are you a current MBA member?*

YesNo

School(s) you are teaching at in 2025-26:*

School Division(s) you teach in for 2025-26:*

Subjects/classes you are teaching in 2025-26:*

Grade(s) you are teaching in 2025-26*

Early YearsMiddle SchoolHigh SchoolOther (please describe)

Teaching Experience (as of Sept, 2025)*

I am a first year band teacherI am in my second year of teaching bandI am in my third year of teaching bandI am an experienced educator new to teaching bandOther (please describe your experience)

Preferred Mentorship Experience(s) (you can choose more than one)*

In-person school visitOnline conversationPhone ConversationOther (please describe)

What do you hope to gain from your MBA Mentorship experience?*

Please indicate if there are one or more mentors that you would be particularly interested in working with this year:

Bill Kristjanson (Winnipeg)Eric Marshall (Winnipeg)Fraser Linklater (Winnipeg)Janet Yochim (western Manitoba)Derek Fraser (south Winnipeg)Vanessa Nowostawski (east Winnipeg/Transcona)Rob Chrol (south Winnipeg)Other (please tell us who you have in mind)

Our first event will be a virtual kick-off information session held via Zoom on Wednesday, August 27, 2025 at 7:00pm. Will you be able to attend? (you will receive the link upon submission of this form)*

YesNo

Our first in-person event, The MBA Mentorship Prelude Day will take place on Friday, October 3rd at Springfield Middle School in Oakbank, MB. The morning will be spent observing experienced music educator Marissa Hirsch, followed by lunch nearby, and then an afternoon discussion addressing relevant topics generated by participants. Are you able to attend?*

YesNo

Are there any specific topics or areas of focus that we can help you with either through visits with your Mentor or through Professional Development sessions?

Do you have any additional questions or comments?

To help Mentees build relationships with their school administrators, the MBA Mentorship program will provide a personalized letter outlining what the program entails and how we are supporting their music educators. This will also help with release time requests for in-person PD events such as the October 3 Prelude Conference Day, and the January 30 Jazz 101 Workshop.

Please provide the salutation, full name, title, & e-mail address of your school administrator:*

e.g. Mrs. Cathy Horbas, Principal, chorbas@sevenoaks.org