Mentee Training

Session OutlineSection One:• Introduction: why ementoring, who’s who, your

expectations• Great Expectations• Keeping safe• Good message, bad message• What If…?

Section Two• Getting started on the site• Evaluation

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

• Be able to use all the features on the Bright Links 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 ExpectationsTrue 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

Your ementoring coordinator

• Matches you with your mentor• Looks after your scheme• First point of contact if you:

– have problems or concerns about your mentor– want to talk about your place on the programme.

Who’s Who?

Brightside

• Education charity develop the Bright Links website• Brightside provide online resources, tools and teaching

resources• Brightside provide technical support for problems with

the website• Contact 0207 922 7800 (on the website)

Who’s Who?

Who Else Is Involved?Your mentor:

• An enthusiastic person who has volunteered to help you• Can help you think about your future plans and share

their experiences

You!

• You are taking part in the Bright Links ementoring programme

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

Protect yourself!

• Don’t give your email address or phone number to your mentor

• Don’t meet your mentor unless arranged by your coordinator

• Automatic filters, designed to protect you

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 Brightside and your coordinator

Activity:

Good message, bad message…Your message!

Activity:

What if…?

Section Two

Using the ementoring website

Go to www.brightlinks.org to see the website!

• Update your profile• Change username and password• Write to your mentor• Look at the resources on the website• Use the activities

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

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