Mentoring and E-mentoring
Aims & Objectives
Mentoring is now widely and successfully used to support the development of students and contribute to school improvement. Successful mentoring can help prevent drop-out, support improvement in academic performance, help in the development of key skills, raise self-esteem and widen horizons, as well as providing an invaluable insight into the world of work, jobs and careers. Our experience has shown that mentoring works particularly well with self-selecting students from focused groups in Year 10.
Description of Activity
Over a period of 9 to 12 months, mentors help out mentees with all kinds of
issues they might encounter. Mentors are matched with students, aged between
14 and 16, on a one-to-one basis. Mentors can help their students by listening,
discussing relevant issues, helping with planning, exploring problems, etc.
Ideally there is a match of mentors of the same company with mentees of one
school. Typically there are four face-to-face group meetings during one year
and in between these the mentee and the mentor will communicate by email. The
Newham EBP offers a secure, monitored e-mentoring environment to ensure that
all e-mail contact is easy and safe.
What we Need
We are always looking to increase the number of volunteers and students on our programmes. So if you want to become a volunteer or want your business to be involved in mentoring, please do contact us.
Details
| Year Group | Years 10 |
| Group Size | 1:1 or 1:2 |
| Room(s) | Meeting rooms should provide enough room for all mentoring pairings to meet together but also provide enough privacy. School computer to provide regular email contact is desirable. |
| Time/Duration | 4 one hour face-to-face meetings, weekly emails |