Hi Imose,
This year at Queen's in Belfast we piloted a peer mentoring project in the School of English. There were a few pitfalls along the way but overall the project was very successful and we will be running it again 09/10. It involved 4 mentors offering weekly mentoring sessions to groups of 4-10 first years. The mentors, who had weekly meetings with a lead mentor, were guided by a member of LDS staff and a member of academic staff from the School. The weekly mentoring sessions were based around the needs of each group and mostly concerned transitional and pastoral issues but also included some study skills support. During some of the early sessions the mentors took the students on campus tours and tours of the library. In the second semester the mentors arranged workshops and information sessions with other services.
The mentor training took place over 6 days in September and involved a course in mentorship and a course in facilitation skills. In 09/10 the mentors will also receive training in study skills support from the Learning Development Service and some training from Counselling in how to identify and signpost students in distress. The training not only helped prepare the mentors for the challenges of their role, it also gave them a chance to bond as a team and plan for the year. I can forward you some details on the content of the training.
Angela.
Angela McQuade
Learning Development Tutor
Learning Development Service
Queen's University Belfast
BT7 1NN
028 9097 2617
www.qub.ac.uk/sgc
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From: learning development in higher education network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Imose Itua
Sent: 25 June 2009 09:10
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Subject: Re: Peer Mentoring Training Material
Dear All,
I am looking to set up Peer mentoring at my department. This is something I think will benefit both staff and students. As I am new to this, I was wondering if anyone has any training materials they have used previously for recruitment and initial training that could be useful to me. Pointers in the right direction will also be useful.
A reply will be very much appreciated.
Kind regards,
Dr Imose Itua
Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in Health
Room 210
Health and Applied Social Sciences
HCA
Liverpool Hope University
Liverpool
L16 9JD
Tel: 0151 291 3506
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