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Mentors

Being a Mentor is an opportunity for you to share your experience, knowledge and skills with a new-to-Curtin student. 

 

Mentoring essentially means that senior students act as a guide and advisor to new students in the same course (or in a similar or related course) during their initial period of adjustment to university. The general idea is to assist new students to successfully transition into University to become:

 

  • Independent learners in a new environment

  • To enable student success and an improved student experience

  • Better student persistence rates

  • To link new students to appropriate sources of support in a timely way
     

Mentors are not expected to be a teacher, proofread assignments, solve all problems, or be on call.

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 What will you gain as a PAL?

Enhance your character:

 

  • Learn to be trustworthy

  • Sensitive and genuine

  • Tolerant and understanding

  • Be flexible

For mentors enrolled internally

 

  • Leadership training and experience

  • A Certificate of Participation

  • Official recognition from the University via the Curtin Extra Certificate (TBC)

  • Assistance with how to use your mentor experience in future career goals

Build up your skills:

 

  • Learn to problem solve

  • Assess and respond to the needs of being a mentor

  • Effective communication

  • Active listening

  • Managing your time better

  • Ability to reflect

  • Resolve conflict

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Be a PAL today!

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What is expected in PAL

If you become a mentor in your department, your commitment will involve:

 

  • Participation in a training workshop, scheduled prior to O-Week

  • Active involvement in the Faculties session during the O-Week with new students

  • An expectation that you will meet your mentees either individually or as a group during the semester

  • An expectation that you will send frequent (perhaps weekly) emails to your mentee group - and respond to queries the new students may have

  • A minimum of two mentor meetings with the Mentor Program Coordinator during the semester

  • Participation in the evaluation process at the end of the semester

The application will require 7 working days for it to be screened through. Applicants would then be contacted by Office of Student Affairs for an interview session for the mentor position.

Application condition:

  • Have no history of misconducts

  • Good Standing for their Academic Status

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