What is Academic Mentoring?6 Sessions each year where you, with the assistance of a mentor, will evaluate your learning and progress. What's It For?To make each of you experts in your learning. Experts?- Know your own strengths
- Know your areas for improvement (AFIS)
- Know your goals
- Know how to talk about learning
- Know your WAL
- Know your targets
- Know what you have to do to improve
- Know how to access help
- Know how to tell people - your parents, your teachers - all about your learning
- To know the secret of success
Who will be my mentor?- Tutor
- Other classroom staff
How often will I be mentored?- 6 times per year.
- 3 times your parents will be invited to join the mentoring meeting.
What is a Mentor?- Adviser
- Coach
- Guide
- Guru
- Instrutor
- Teacher
- Tutor
- Counsellor
What will my mentor do?- Guide you to becoming the expert in your learning.
- Help you to establish:
- Where you are now
- Where you want to go
- How many ways there are to get there
- Which way you're going to choose
How will this work?
GOALS: What do you want to do? REALITY: What is happening now? OPTIONS: What could you do? WILL: What will you do? What do I need to do?- Play your part
- Assume responsibility for you and your success
- Acknowledgement that if it's good enough for Johnny Wilkinson and Paula Ratcliffe it's good enough for you
- Understand that you can get to where you want to go if you really want to and are prepared to work for it
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