Developing Potential, raising aspirations, awareness

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Developing Potential, raising aspirations,
awareness attainment A Leeds Mentoring
Training Workshop BARRY HILTON
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Focus - Aimhigher

• Awareness
• Aspirations
• Attainment - improve of 5 Grade A - C GCSEs
• Progression to Higher Education

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• SUCCESS COMES IN
• Failure comes in
• cants!!!!!!!

CANS
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Present
Future
SMART Targets/Goal
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WHAT IS A MENTOR?
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A Mentor?

• Inspires
• Supports
• A positive role model
• A guide
• Gives confidence can do
• Non judgemental
• Proactive
• MOTIVATES

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The Role of the Mentor - Activity

• Think about someone who has made a difference to
  your life
• In pairs, discuss the following points
• Why did that person make a difference to your
  life
• What were the special qualities of that person?
  What skills did s/he have?
• What did s/he specifically do? What techniques
  did s/he use?

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Skills / Techniques for Mentoring

• Showing respect
• Showing understanding and empathy
• Clarifying
• Questioning
• Listening actively
• Focusing
• Summarising
• Giving feedback
• Problem solving
• Target setting
• Action planning

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• COACHING?
• Showing another person
• how to do a particular
• task or activity to improve
• their performance.

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Developing a relationship
Meetings
Your objectives
Methods to use

• Stage 1
• (3 meetings)
• Stage 2
• (2-3 meetings)
• Stage 3

• Listening Asking open questions
• negotiating long short term agenda
  
• sharing experiences giving feedback
• giving advice information
• creative thinking problem solving

• Get to know each other
• clarify purpose of relationship
• Start to recognise mentees strengths weaknesses
• begin to identify their development needs
• agree action plan and targets

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Topics for Mentoring Meetings

• Organisation Skills
• Time Management
• Communication Skills
• Use of Reference Materials
• Work Experience / Interviews
• Post-16 / 18 moving on
• Target Setting
• Study Skills

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NFER National Evaluation Survey

• General findings for mentored students
• 70 motivation had improved
• 75 positive impact on GCSE results
• 66 more time devoted to coursework
• 55 more time devoted to homework
• 55 more likely to pay greater attention in
  lesson
• 51 more enthusiastic and interested in lessons
• Andrew Miller, NFER, University of Warwick

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Motivation - Definition

• Realising that there are potential gains
  sufficient to warrant the effort made to learn
  and achieve
• The extent to which an individual makes an
  effort to do something

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Setting Targets / Goals

• Specific
• Measurable
• Achievable
• Realistic
• Time Related
• Enjoyable
• Rewarding

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Mentoring v Teaching

• Vision SMART targets
• Guide, non-judgmental advice.
• 1 1 support, advising
• listener, encouraging.
• Motivator, Helper.
• Help realise full potential
• NOT academic support