General views, comments & suggestions about 2010/2011 YLMP session:
• Mentees should be allowed to bring up topics and books for discussion (for mini seminars, course text etc).
• Training of mentees to become junior mentors when they get to the tertiary level to ensure sustainability of the programme.
• Getting the mentees involved in research for some institutions. In his opinion, this will enable the mentees to gain some skills in research that will go a long way to help them in their academic field, especially at the tertiary level.
• Finding different ways of engaging the mentees during the long vacations in some productive activities.
• Some mentees found the Appraisal Forms tedious and challenging to understand
• Some junior mentors also complained about the fact that they were unable to meet with their senior mentors because they tend to be were very busy with their work.
• Keeping record of the academic performance of the mentees.
• Mentors could offer to provide extra classes for mentees. Subjects will depend on mentor’s specific areas of expertise.
New strategies for improving the next session of the YLMP:
• Senior mentors will be made to meet with their junior mentors occasionally, preferably on Saturdays to enable the junior mentors to benefit by being mentored as well.
• Supporting this, mentor forums could be organised specifically for junior and senior mentors
• ALI/YLMP Forum: this will be a forum where some ALI fellows will be invited to meet with the junior mentors. Before these sessions, junior mentors should come up with topics they would like to discuss
• A three strike policy will be implemented for mentors and mentees who are absent from YLMP events without notifying either their mentors or Databank Foundation staff
• Mini seminars will have more variety and will include more than the usual lecture based format. Next year, a film show, quiz and debate will be organised
• More effort should be made to expose mentees to different extra-curricular activities to encourage reading and to deepen their life experience in general. For example, a book club could be tied in to the YLMP or a YLMP Sports Day could be organised
• Appraisal forms will be discussed during the mentor training session and mentors will have a chance to start going through the forms with their mentees during the Leadership Conference
• It was agreed that the mentors meeting should happen more than once a year. A mid-year meeting will be implemented from the 2011/2012 session
If you’d like to stay on for the 2011/2012 please let Nicholas know. You can send him an email at ylmp@databankgroup.com (please copy infoYLMP@gmail.com as our Databank email doesn’t always receive external mails).
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