Adult Mentoring

Volunteers recruited from the private, public and voluntary sectors and from local community organisations. They are matched on a one to one basis with students and offer young people a positive role model, alternative work views, they motivate, help raise self esteem and generally help young people to achieve academic potential.

 

Student quote“ The meetings are helping me to be more aware of the things I need to do in order to progress. It is slowly building my confidence in things. It has helped me understand the importance of school and work”

Other Adults

We offer mentor training and support to teachers, parents, NTA’s, Learning Mentors, office staff and other adults in our schools and colleges. We present at training days, staff meetings etc to help schools and colleges recruit potential mentors.

Training includes:

• Skills and techniques of 1 – 1 mentoring
• Strategies ways of helping
• Motivation skills and techniques
• Use of the Leeds Mentoring mentor tracking student booklet
• Setting SMART achievable targets and goals

Training can be arranged at a time and venue convenient to the needs of individual organisations. (There is no cost)

At the end of the year we can assess the impact of mentor support through Fischer Family Trust GCSE “Added Value”. Feedback is provided to all schools.