Friday, 5 October 2012

October 2012 StAMP Project: Mentoring Skills


Discussion Group Mentoring

Things to consider:

-          Identify ways for your mentor to answer any questions that students may enquire about in post lecture break out groups, and the method of delivering any feedback gained during this.

-          Ensure your student partner knows any core readings for your module, and is able to explain them in broader context for struggling students in the Reading Focus Group.

-          Make sure the mentor has sufficient knowledge of the assignments related to the course, and what is required in them in terms of module content for walk in group sessions.

-          To start to develop ideas for group sessions for mentees when holding a reverse lecture, so that each weekly topic can be engaged with to its maximum capacity.

-          Discuss timetables including dates and times, where you and your mentor can initiate meetings to develop the project or when to be available for any Online Group Forums.

Teaching Assistant Mentoring

Things to consider:

-          Have you narrowed down and identified areas of your course that you and your mentor need to focus on in terms of course development and lesson implementation?

-          Does your mentor have basic knowledge of your lecture content so that they are ready for any re-cap mentor sessions where this will be reviewed and explained.

-          Go over any activities you would like your student partner to aid you with, and make certain that they are able to demonstrate these activities to pupils and retrieve any materials that may be required for the session when Assistant mentoring.

-          Do you need to supply your students with key materials of the course in order for them to feedback about the curriculum development of a certain module, and arrange ways to better improve or create a new lesson plan?

Placement Mentoring

Things to consider:

-          Are there students on your course that you have identified that may require the use of a One to One Mentor?

-          Have you selected a particular class that your student partner can help in? Preferably a class that your student is comfortable and knowledgeable enough to be an academic tutor in.

-          Do you have the relevant resources so your student partner can focus on a particular skill and provide walk-in or one to one tutorials on that skill?

-          Were the mentors successful in the examination process when they did it? And is their knowledge of the exam and what is required in it sufficient to teach to others.

-          Do your mentors know what readings and theoretical frameworks are involved in exams? And can they explain them in depth to others?

-          Are there any exam techniques you can supply in exam revision sessions?

Induction Mentoring

Things to consider:

-          Do your mentors know properly about the services each of their faculty offers? E.g. student services, CAS, Student’s Union

-          Prepare a list of common questions that are asked to staff, so that mentors could get a brief picture of what may come up for preparation’s sake for University Mentoring.

-          Are there areas of your course induction that need to be improved? And if so, what measures do you need to take to fill in those gaps.

Workshop Mentoring

Things to consider:

-          Are your sessions catered for all types of people in your workshop e.g. does it enable less confident, capable students to have equal input to the sessions?

-          Have you identified parts in your course where sessions can hone practical skills for students on your course and created possible activities in order to showcase them?

-          Have you identified ways to correctly display techniques to other students in workshops and direct mentees when they perform them incorrectly?

Employability mentoring

Things to consider:

-          Have you identified the criteria to enhance employability? E.g. how to make a good C.V or Covering letter.

-          Organise workshops to go through each of these employability attributes and devise ways to create a portfolio of some kind.

-          Create a list of interview skills that can be taught in a workshop and acted out in some kind of scenario setting.

-          Offer work experience or internship opportunities to mentees so that a career path can be identified.

-          Create a timetable when the mentors will be available for appointments or walk in sessions.

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