Information
About Mentoring
The Main Objective of the Program
The main objective of Arts Network is to help to build an encouraging
and supportive learning environment and sense of identity and
belonging for all students in the Faculty of Arts, especially
for incoming first year students. In working towards achieving
our primary objective, we might just happen to have a bit of
fun along the way too ;-)
Training Sessions – what’s involved?
There will be two half-day training sessions to attend. The training program has been completely revised this year (thanks to fabulous feedback from our past mentors!).
At our first training session you will learn some simple but
effective skills that will help you to establish a good relationship
with the first year students in your group; the focus here
will be on developing your interpersonal skills. We're delighted
that some of our past mentors will be there to offer some words
of wisdom, and share their experiences with you. We’ll
also give you some very practical information about the program.
Our second face-to-face training session will take place on Saturday
23 February 2008. During this training we will make
all the final arrangements
for
Arty Starty Day (held on Monday
25 February); this is where you’ll find out exactly where
to go and what to do on the day.
Don't forget that there are also two online training activities
for Mentors. The second of these is now available on our WebCT
site and must be completed by Thursday 14 February.
Can’t make one of the training sessions?
If it turns out to be absolutely impossible for you to come
to one of our training sessions (because of illness or some other
serious factor beyond your control), you may still be able to
participate in the program in a supporting role. Let’s
hope the problem doesn’t arise but, if it does, you must
let us know by sending an email to artsnetwork@arts.usyd.edu.au,
and we’ll discuss the possibilities.
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