2026-27 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

A virtual Kick-Off session will take place on Wednesday, September 2nd, 7pm via Zoom. You will recieve the link in the confirmation e-mail after you submit this registration form.

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

Name

First NameLast Name

Pronouns

Other (please specify your preferred pronouns)

Email

example@example.com

Mobile Phone

Please enter a valid phone number.Format: (000) 000-0000.

Are you a current MBA member?

School(s) you are teaching at in 2026-27:

Type none if you have not yet secured a position.

School Division(s) you teach in for 2026-27:

If you are subbing, type which School DIvisions.

Subjects/classes you are teaching in 2025-26:

If you are subbing, please indicate that as well as what subjects you are willing to sub in.

Grade(s) you are teaching in 2026-27

Other (please describe)

Teaching Experience (as of Sept, 2026)

Other (please describe your experience)

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

Other (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:

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, September 2nd, 2026 at 7:00pm. Are you able to attend? (you will receive the link upon submission of this form)

Our first in-person event, The MBA Mentorship Prelude Day will take place on Friday, October 9th at John Henderson School in Winnipeg (River East Transcona S.D.). The morning will be spent observing experienced music educator Laura Zinn, followed by lunch nearby, and then a debrief in the afternoon followed by a discussion addressing relevant topics generated by participants. Are you able to attend? Note: there will be a separate registration for this event that will open in the fall, and a modest fee of about $20.

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 you with release time requests for in-person PD events such as the October 9, 2026 Prelude Conference Day, and a February 5, 2027 Jazz 101 Workshop.

Please provide the salutation, full name, & title of your school administrator:

e.g. Mrs. Cathy Horbas, Principal

Please provide e-mail address of your school administrator:

e.g. chorbas@sevenoaks.org