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Mentorship Training Meeting Planning - Spring 2016
What: Training Meeting for Mentors
Who: Mentors for the lab and the leadership team
Where: iLab or HH389?
When: After the orientation meeting or sometime during the first week of school
Why: Provide training to our mentors so they know what to expect especially if it is their first time mentoring students
Topics to Discuss
- Process for getting help
- Students should first research on their own
- If stuck, ask mentors
- If still stuck, consult leadership team
- Be able to communicate through the various channels that our lab uses and make sure your students are familiar with these channels
- Email- primarily
- Discourse, Slack
- Meeting in person
- If something important is discussed, details should be recorded on the wiki
- Things the students you mentor should do
- Communicate- respond to emails
- Ask questions- encourage students to ask questions especially if they are stuck
- Think- they should not be coming to you for answers without researching
- Get to know your students
- Understand their background, strengths and weaknesses
- Will help you when mentoring them
- What to do when helping students
- Think about what you say before you say it
- Adjust your mentoring techniques according to each students' learning style
- Keep in mind students may be of different classes, experiences, etc.
- Don't feed answers- encourage thinking
- Be mindful of the relationship you have with the students you mentor
- Respect your students
- Your students are smart so encourage learning