Mentoring Basic Skills Learners

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Mentoring Basic Skills Learners
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The Mentors Role

• Advocacy
• Advice
• Support
• Motivation
• Encouragement
• Help
• Information

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Some Boundaries

• Counsellor
• Friend
• Teacher/Trainer
• Coach
• Educational Advice/Guidance

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Level 2 Certificate for Adult Learner Support
(Literacy/Numeracy/ESOL)

• Working in the Sector Skills for Life Key
  issues Key Roles
• Supporting Learners Knowledge, Skills and
  Understanding Needed to Provide Effective Support
• Specialising Literacy, Numeracy, English for
  Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)

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Role of the Union Learning Representative

• Trust and confidence of fellow workers
• Understanding of workplace issues and members
  wider lives
• Encourage and support learners into programmes
  and throughout the learning
• Proactive encouragement to progress
• Work with employers and providers to get the best
  support for learners

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Union and TUC Training Support

• ULR initial 5 day training course
• 3 day follow on SfL link with Level 2 Adult
  Learner Support Certificate
• TUC and union support to ULR networks crucial

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• The impact that any individual has on our lives
  cannot easily be measured. But the benefits of
  having a mentorsomeone who has given freely of
  his or her own time, can last a lifetime. ( Ivan
  Lewis)