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MENTORING BENEFITS
For Mentors, you will...
- improve your teaching and communication skills.
- enhance your leadership skills.
- spend time discovering more about yourself and what you have to offer others.
- cultivate a sense of belonging among fellow mentors.
- develop a stronger connection with the TRiO/SSS program.
- gain satisfaction by assisting in the development of fellow TRiO/SSS peers.
For Mentees, you will...
- receive valuable guidance during your academic pursuit by somebody who has already been in your shoes.
- cultivate a sense of belonging as a mentor helps you find your place at Parkland College.
- receive personalized attention designed to meet your specific needs.
- develop better interpersonal skills to take with you into the job market.
- feel comforted in knowing that you have a peer investing in your success.
- spend time exploring your strengths and discovering how to use them to benefit others.
- develop a stronger connection to Parkland College and the TRiO/SSS program.
- experience personal growth and development as you work with your mentor.
PERSONAL TESTIMONIALS
Mentors:
- “The beginning of this program is a great opportunity for students who want to succeed. Even though sometimes mentees don’t care about the help they might receive by showing no interests, that doesn’t mean failure for mentors. On the contrary, it teaches us how to improve and to approach them while participating in this program.”
- “One of my mentees improved his GPA. Additionally, his confidence, self-esteem, and motivation grew.”
- “Mentees seem less stressed because they have an outlet.”
- “Mentee was more comfortable. Self esteem and focus improved – more on the right track.”
Mentees:
- “I hate to admit it because it is a weak quality, but I am very shy, stick to myself, and stubborn. I hate meeting new people, going to events, and getting out – but I realized how many great people and fantastic opportunities would have passed me by if I stayed as I was.”
- “Concern mentor has for education, makes me want to work harder; it is a boost for me. Mentor checked on progress of school work, and pushed me to do things sooner than later. Helped me obtain my academic goals.”
- “Sometimes I get to a place where I want to just stop or close and give up, but my mentor is a ‘pusher’! In a good way, he wouldn’t let me give up or close up. It took me out of my comfort zone but I realized that’s what I needed.”
- “I think this is a great program. It really gives people a chance to work on problems they have in and out of the classroom.”
- “It was nice to get help with academic and personal issues that my mentor said she had already been through.”
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