Mentoring Programme
During Orientation Week or at any time during the year, continuing students assist new students by providing them with information about how the University works and about how students provide support for each other. Student Mentors join the program because they remember what it was like to be a new student. Student Mentors appreciate the assistance they received in their first year and also see mentoring as an opportunity to develop valuable leadership and communication skills.
Finding a Mentor Or Becoming a Mentor
Please contact the Mentor Program Coordinators at the LSS by phone, email or come to level 2 to see us. Also, make sure you give us your full name, course you are pursuing and any special requests.
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First ask yourself the Following Questions:
- Are you people oriented?
- Are you a good listener?
- Are you sensitive to the needs and feelings of others?
- Do you recognise when others need support or independence?
- Do you want to contribute to the academic development of others?
- Are you able to support and help without being bossy?
- Are you able to explain things at various levels of complexity and detail?
Remuneration
- Mentors are not paid, it is a voluntary position.
- A certificate of appreciation and training are offered as an incentive.
- Possibility of rewarding mentors with freebies
- Mentoring provides an opportunity to learn and practice leadership, communication and teamwork skills, vital to any employer.
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The Role of a Mentor
- Greet new students on Orientation Day.
- Contact the Mentee on a regular basis on weeks 3, 6 & 9 each semester.
- Provide support and encouragement for the Mentee.
- Recognise and recruit new Mentors for the program.
- Positively promote the Mentor Program.
- Attend training and professional development seminars.
- Clarify, where necessary, University policy/procedures to new students.
- Network and liase with new students and faculty staff when necessary.
- Participate, and encourage participation, of Mentees in various semester events such as picnics, seminars, socials, and games nights, academic and training workshops.
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