Peer Mentor Companion Book

I. Introducing Peer Mentoring 1. Becoming a Peer Mentor Case Study: To Be or Not to Be What Is a Mentor? What Is the Difference Between Formal and Informal Mentoring? How Is Mentoring Different from Tutoring? How Confident Are You in Your Mentoring Knowledge and Skills? What Are the Benefits of Becoming a Peer Mentor? How Does Your Motivation Impact Your Mentoring? How Do You Balance Your Needs and Your Responsibilities as a Mentor? 2. Helping Students Make the Transition to College Case Study: Striking Out What Factors Affect a Student's Transition to College? How Is College Different fromn High School? How Can Mentors Help Students Make Successful Transitions? Why Do Campuses Have First-Year-Experience Programs? What Is the Effect of Peer Mentors on Student Development? 3. Defining Roles Case Study: Keeping It All Inside What Are the Mentor's Roles in the Mentoring Relationship? How Do You Develop Your Abilities to Be an Effective Mentor in Each Role? How Will Your Habits Affect Your Mentoring? What Is the Student's Role in the Mentoring Relationship? What Is the Mentor's Role Within the Program? 4. Establishing and Maintaining Relationships Case Study: Nowhere to Go What Makes the Mentoring Relationship Unique? What Attributes Improve the Mentoring Relationship? What Are the Stages of a Mentoring Relationship? II. Increasing Awareness of Self and Others 5. Understanding Self-Awareness Case Study: Where Do I Begin? Why Is Self-Awareness Necessary to Be an Effective Peer Mentor? What Is Self-Awareness? What Is Agency? How Does Self-Awareness Affect Your Agency? How Does Awareness of Your Thinking Lead to Change? What Types of Awareness Are Essential for CollegeStudents? 6. Becoming a Role Model Case Study: The Freewheeling Junior How Is a Role Model Different from a Mentor? Why Is It Important for a Positive Role Model to Be Authentic? What Are Common Values Peer Mentors Successfully Model to Others? How Will You Help Others Recognize Their Values? 7. Developing Cultural Sensitivity Case Study: Hidden Meanings Why Does Diversity Matter? How Can You Effectively Mentor Diverse Students? How Do Cultural Perspectives Affect You? How Do Your Cultural Beliefs and Biases Impact Your Attitude? What Strategies Will Help You Show Sensitivity Toward Culturally Diverse Students? What Cultural Characteristics Should Mentors Know? III. Learning Effective Peer Mentoring Skills 8. Communicating Effectively Case Study: You Didn't Tell Me How Is Mentoring Communication Different from Other Communication? What Are Useful One-on-One Communication Guidelines? What Are Some Useful Communication Ideas You Can Use When Working with Small Groups? What Are Some Useful Communication Ideas for Presenting to Large Groups? How Do You Give and Receive Feedback? What Are Other Important Communication Issues to Remember? 9. Facilitating Learning Case Study: Walk the Talk What Does It Mean to Facilitate Learning? How Does Maturity Affect Students' Approach to Learning? What Is Metacognition? How Can You Stimulate Learning in the Brain? How Is Intelligence Related to Learning? What Is Active Learning? How Can You Be an Effective Facilitator? Why Is Peer-to-Peer Teaching Effective? 10. Planning and Problem Solving Case Study: The Single Mom What Do You Need to Know About Planning? How Can You Help Students Plan for the Semester? How Can You Demonstrate Effective Goal Setting? How Can You Demonstrate Effective Decision Making? How Can You Demonstrate Effective Problem Solving? 11. Utilizing Campus Resources Case Study: Feeling Lost Why Is It Important to Know Your Campus Resources? What Academic Resources Are Available to You? What Student Support Services Are Available to You? How Can Campus Resources Help Students Deal with Stress? 12. Continually Improving Your Mentoring Skills Case Study: What's the Point How Does Your Motivation Affect Your Mentoring? How Confident of Your Mentoring Abilities Have You Become? What Is Critical Reflection? Why Is Evaluating Your Skills and Performance Important? How Can I Improve My Performance?