Peer Mentoring Program - Peterborough

Students helping students. The peer mentoring program is an academic mentor-matching service that identifies student needs, evaluates available support and services, and facilitates mentor-mentee relationships through regular communication and distribution of useful materials.

The PMP recruits mentor volunteers and screens based on academic performance and background.  Mentee requests are collected and analysed; PMP assistants work hard to find a match for all requests.  Matches are made based on mentee concerns and mentor background; some matches may be in small groups of 2-3 mentees to 1 mentor based on availability.  When no mentor is available, it is our goal to provide personalized referrals and recommendations for other supports and activities.

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Mentee

A mentee seeks the guidance of a mentor to explore additional background, conduct general review, or engage in supplementary discussion to better understand the concepts in a field or ideas on how to best approach a course of study. 

Students who are struggling with specific concepts or content in a course or discipline may benefit from the guidance of an experienced mentor who can provide support from their knowledge base and skill by:

• Explaining, demonstrating, contextualizing, interpreting, illustrating, analysing, or compiling concepts and content

• Helping the student find his or her best way to understand material for the course

• Acting as an academic example

• Providing context for knowledge in the course and beyond

• Suggesting supplementary activities and reading

FAQs for Mentees

Need a Mentor? Mentee Registration Form

(Microsoft Word document)

Mentor

A mentor acts as a guide, offering advice based on academic experience in the field of study.  He or she demonstrates good practice, provides opportunities for review and refers students to appropriate services for support. 

FAQs for Mentors

Want to Mentor? Registration Form

(Microsoft Word document)

 

Peer Mentoring Program Policy & Guidelines (PDF)

 

Tutoring

In contrast, a tutor offers regular, paid private supervision of studies based on expertise in a field.  He or she provides exercises for practice, offers intensive content review and focuses on subject-specific skill-building, generally to improve performance on exams.   Students can be referred to the tutor resource list available on the ASC website.