STAGE 3: BUILDING TRUST
STAGE 2: DISCOVERING
The time you spend in the mentor-mentee relationship building it up:
- Being consistent, committed and invested in the relationship
- Allowing your mentee to express their interests and leading the interactions
Meetings between you and your mentee:
- Learning more about each other
- School Tours
- Get an idea what your mentee’s needs + goals are
Besides during Program time, when can spend time with your mentee to help and get to know them more?
The Importance of Effective Closure + Wrap-Up
Imagine suddenly feeling like you don't have anyone to depend on outside of Mentorship Program.
Imagine feeling 'abandoned' or 'let down' and how that would affect you if you suddenly felt lonely.
It is important to make sure newcomers feel that when your term as their Peer Mentor is done, you should prepare them for this transition.
Refer to Page 19 in your Manuals:
Look over the different ways you can make sure newcomers do not feel left behind or lonely when you are no longer their Peer Mentor.
Can you think of any other ways you can do this?
STAGE 1: PREPARING
STAGE 5: WRAPPING UP + CLOSURE
The end of the year makes the wrap up and closure of your mentor-mentee relationship with a particular student:
- Wrap things up with your mentee in a thoughtful and sensitive way
- Celebrate all the fun and growth you two shared throughout the year
The registration, trainings and initial process:
• Learn more about how the Mentorship Program works
- CURRENT STAGE: PEER MENTOR TRAINING!
• Learn about diversity and cultural understanding and important skills to develop a mentor-mentee relationship
• Bond with other mentors and mentees in different settings - After school Program
STAGE 4: ACCOMPLISHMENTS
The time you start to feel that there are successes and a comfortable rhythm between yourself and your mentee:
- Consistently logging success and struggles to track the progress of the relationship
- You will start to recognize how close you and your mentee have become
MENTOR - MENTEE RELATIONSHIP CYCLES
*There will come a time where Peer Mentors + Newcomers will log their experiences in a journal (starting in September)