Mentorship

 
The Student Support Facilitator’s role as part of the Student Support Team is to be a liaison between students, teachers, administration, and parents. As an advocate for students, the facilitator works with resource, guidance, and administration, to identify students’ academic, behavioural, and social needs, and to develop an appropriate support strategy and system. The facilitator meets one-to-one with students to provide academic assistance as required and also to discuss social-emotional/behavior difficulties that are impacting upon classroom performance.
 

PURPOSE 

To contribute to the overall goals and objectives of the Rolling River Division by improving opportunities for all young people to fully develop the academic, social and healthy life skills needed to succeed in and transition from high school and to lead productive lives.

The Student Support Facilitators have become mentors to student in Grade 9 to Grade 12, who do not see the importance in school or who do not feel good about how they are progressing in school.

The mentorships that develop between the Student Support Facilitators and the students fill a gap that previously existed in the system.
 
OBJECTIVE

Overall, the program is meant to provide students with the supports they need to experience success, stay in school, and hopefully become more prepared for life after school. 
 

SUPPORT TEAM 

The support team at Elton is made up of the Principal, Mr. McNabb, the Guidance Counselor, Ms. Stocks, the Resource Teacher, Mrs. Vasconcelos, the Student Support Facilitator, Mrs. Praznik and the LifeSkills teacher, Ms Kuhn.  The team meets on a regular basis to discuss students at-risk and develop strategies to help those students succeed. 

WHAT IS A MENTOR? 

A MENTOR IS...... 

* cares about others 
* listens without judging 
* is an advocate, personal advisor, and role model 
* helps to develop positive self concepts 
* advises without preaching 
* respects the right of others to make their own choices 
* accepts and values individual, social, and cultural differences 
* provides reinforcement for appropriate behaviors 
* is an agent for social, cultural, athletic, and occupational growth 
* is willing to acknowledge the validity of viewpoints other than his/her own 
* is patient, sees that the process of change may take time 
* is sufficiently confident and self-aware so that the opinions and feelings of others pose no threat to his/her self image 
* communicates on a level the student understands 
* is reliable and responsible 
* is prepared to make a commitment 
* sees a problem as a barrier to get past, rather than a stop sign 
* is flexible and open, even to the point of changing his/her attitudes, viewpoints, or behavior as a consequence of the relationship. 

 

ROLE OF THE STUDENT SUPPORT FACILITATORS

- Be a mentor to students - i.e.

  • be an a advocate, personal advisor and role model;
  • help develop positive self concepts in students;
- Be a member of the Teacher Support Team in the school;

- Establish, in collaboration with the team, the needs and goals for each student identified as being at risk;

- Assist in designing and delivering the program required in order to provide success in learning;

- Be a liaison between students and teachers, students and parents, parents and teachers;

- Meet with students individually on a regular basis;

- Maintain records for each student in the program;

- Be involved in Individual Transition Plans from school to life for students as well as transition from one grade level or school to the next;

- Prepare regular reports for administration;

- Participate in personal professional development and training sessions when available;

- Promote The Mentorship Program at every opportunity.

If you would like more information about this program please contact the school and ask for Mrs. Praznik or email rpraznik@rrsd.mb.ca