mentee training

<Project name> Mentee Training

Session Outline

Section One:• Introduction: why ementoring, who’s who, your

expectations• Activity: <Great Expectations>• Keeping safe• Activity: <What If…?>Section Two• Getting started on the site• Activity: <Making sandwiches!>• Evaluation

• Understand what ementoring is and what your role as a mentee involves.

• Be able to use all the features on the <Project name> ementoring website.

• Have a plan of what you want to get out of ementoring.• Know who to contact if you get stuck.• Have written your first message to your mentor

By the end of the today you will be able to:

Section One

Knowing you, Knowing me!

Activity:

Great Expectations

Great Expectations Activity SlideAre the following statements True or False?

1. It is best to have no expectations about ementoring, that way you can’t get let down.

2. Your mentor is not there to help you with your homework.

3. You should write a message to your mentor AT LEAST twice a day.

4. By the time you finish ementoring your mentor should know everything about you, even very personal information and vice versa.

5. Your mentor is likely to be quite old and won’t really understand you.

6. Your mentor is a great source of information and can give you lots of advice and support.

What’s In It For Me?

Ementoring will…• Give you someone to talk to about your future• Help improve writing and IT skills• Help build your confidence• Help you to think about your next steps – education or

work – and how to get there!• Allow you more time to think about questions than you

would have with face-to-face mentoring

“It has helped me to be confident in myself and to

study hard to get what I want”

Your ementoring coordinator

• The person who matches you with your mentor and looks after your scheme.

• Use them as a first point of contact if you have problems or concerns about your mentor, or if you want to talk about your place on the programme.

Who’s Who?

BrightsideUNIAID

• Education charity which helped develop the <Project name> ementoring programme.

• BrightsideUNIAID provide online resources and tools to help individuals overcome barriers to education and employment.

• BrightsideUNIAID can support you if you have any technical problems with the website.

• If you’d like find out more about BrightsideUNIAID contact 0207 922 7800

Who’s Who?

Who Else Is Involved?Your mentor:

• An enthusiastic student who has volunteered to help you• They will be able to help you think about your future

plans and share their own experiences

You!

• You are taking part in the <Project name> ementoring programme

• It is your responsibility to keep in regular communication with your mentor and make the most of their knowledge and guidance

Get Protected!

• Avoid giving your email address or phone number to your mentor.

• Don’t agree to meet your mentor unless arranged by your coordinator.

• The ementoring site has some automatic filters, designed to protect you.

• If you write a message containing certain words, like swear words or send an attachment, it will not appear instantly on the site. It will be held until your coordinator or BrightsideUNIAID can check it to make sure it’s ok.

• Key filter words: email, meet, Arsenal…

Confidentiality Statement• The relationship with your mentor is confidential,

EXCEPT where your mentor becomes aware that you may be at risk of being harmed.

• In this situation, your mentor will seek advice about how to help protect you.

• All communication on the ementoring website is monitored by BrightsideUNIAID and your coordinator

<Activity>

What if…?

Section Two

Using the ementoring website

Go to <Project URL> to see the website!

You’re going to learn how to…• Check your conversations• Write your first message• Change your profile• Look at the resources on the website• Use the activities

Login page screen shot

• With annotation:• Enter your login details here. • If you have forgotten your details click on

‘forgot your password’• See below for old screenshot

Enter your login details here.

If you have forgotten your details click on ‘forgot your password?’

Navigation bar

Recent activity feed

Summary view

Filter messages by sender

View sent, received or archived messages

Click here to reply to a message

Or here to archive the conversation

Start a new messageBy clicking on ‘contact’ Or ‘new message’

Select your recipient

Give your message a title

Edit your message here

Click here to add attachments

You can view your progress on activities – those you have self-started or those your mentor has assigned

‘Why not try’ suggest activities that might be useful to you based on your profile.

View your course progress

Continue your course

Review what modules are in this course

Read the instructions and answer the questions

Use the search function to find useful articles e.g on careers information or student loans

Latest articles in the Knowledge Bank and latest news

Articles that relate to interests you have selected in your profile

You can also browse by topic

Article on resource bank

Rate an articles and leave a comments

Useful related and trustworthy links

Let’s Get Started

<Project URL>

<Activity>

Making Sandwiches

Evaluation

• Please fill out evaluation forms• Collect a mentee handbook • Take your mentee handbooks and activity handouts with

you!

< Your Name >

BrightsideUNIAID0207 922 7800

info@brightsideuniaid.org