A damp squib
The podcast interview is released during the final week of Grace’s internship before she returns to university. Grace is disappointed that her internship is coming to an end because she won’t be able to monitor the real impact of the publication. However, during the following months Grace watches the social media engagement from afar and […]
Sustain
The courses are split into three sections: Align – to explain the rationale for the lessons and topics contained within Equip – to provide knowledge and develop understanding of the subject matter Sustain – to apply tools and strategies discussed, during case studies and within your own mentoring practice outside the course This is the […]
Planning for the unplanned
Within one of your mentoring conversations Bill shares a frustration about a number of recent sessions with students where he feels that he has wasted a lot of his time planning activities and action plans that were not used. Bill used your advice to include a clear structure within his sessions that included target setting […]
Reciprocity
You are about to start the third and final month of your mentoring programme with Winston. You have made some important breakthroughs including dedicated time each day to play the guitar, one evening every week where you reconnect with Janelle and created an action plan to release an online album by the end of the […]
Mentoring in the dark
Miriam starts her mentoring programme with a small group of three students. It gets off to a good start with motivated mentees who are appreciative of Miriam’s input and expertise. Although the three students seemed to enjoy the initial mentoring sessions, Miriam is nervous about the effectiveness of her input, which is based solely on […]
Skills for lifelong learning
Aaliyah is making good progress and performed much better in her recent mock exams. One of the strategies that you introduced was for Aaliyah to create images that represented key learning from modules studied alongside a short blog to explain further. Aaliyah started posting these daily journals on her social media pages and they have […]
Fighting addictions with mentoring
Despite your best efforts, you have not made any progress with Jess, Shaz and Indi who are now starting to exhibit early signs of mental health issues. Their parents have all expressed new concerns about them not sleeping and losing weight. The girls are seeing an Educational Psychologist at school who is supportive of your […]
An infinite game
At the end of your 12-week mentoring programme it is clear that you have managed to make good progress with Zach and the headteacher is very pleased with what you’ve achieved to help keep Zach in school until his final exams. However, Zach will soon be leaving school and enrolling at his local college and […]
