by Robin Cox | Apr 30, 2008 | GR8MATES
Yesterday the mentors and mentees met for their final term or semester. There was a wonderful buzz in the room after the mentees had returned to class and soon it was obvious why this was the case.It was a catch-up session, yet mentors were just blown away at what...
by Robin Cox | Apr 21, 2008 | GR8MATES
No sooner was there some encouragement about the possibility of youth mentoring expanding in Australia, than an article appeared in today’s newspaper suggesting that one of the most successful youth mentoring programs in New South Wales could be scrapped because...
by Robin Cox | Apr 21, 2008 | GR8MATES
During the past weekend, new Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has held a 2020 Summit attended by 1000 delegates from around Australia. The purpose was to put on the table some Big Ideas for the future development of Australia. As with all such summits, there was criticism...
by Robin Cox | Apr 21, 2008 | GR8MATES
I always find it inspiring and motivating when I interview potential mentors after they have completed their training. They are so enthusiastic, keen to begin the mentoring journey and, in some cases, are already offering their expertise as volunteers in support of...
by Robin Cox | Apr 9, 2008 | GR8MATES
A busy time as I finish the training for our two new programs due to start in mid-May and spend the next few days interviewing the mentors 1:1 to complete the screening process. While I am doing this, they will individually complete the on-line Mentor Profiler....
by Robin Cox | Mar 27, 2008 | GR8MATES
This week I asked all the mentors and mentees to complete a 6 month survey ie, they have been on the mentoring journey for 6 months. They were absolutely awesome. The students were clearly seeing the benefit of the program to their futures, while the mentors were so...
by Robin Cox | Mar 19, 2008 | GR8MATES
It’s been a busy week. The training for the two new programs is going well and the schools are preparing themselves for the matching of the students with the mentors in early May. I hope to attend an orientation with the students interested in the program before...
by Robin Cox | Mar 6, 2008 | GR8MATES
The training of the third group of mentors is into it’s second week. There are only 7 potential mentors in this group, but we decided to go ahead in the hope that once the program is up and running we will be able to attract more mentors. The need in the...
by Robin Cox | Feb 22, 2008 | GR8MATES
This has been a busy week.The mentors and mentees met up again and all is going well with the program. Sometimes it is good to be reminded that these are moody adolescents, very normal …….. one mentor battled this week as his mentee was in one of those...
by Robin Cox | Feb 18, 2008 | GR8MATES
The second meeting of the new school year was a positive one for most of the mentors and their mentees. More and more sharing of personal stuff is taking place, together with the exploration of possible careers in the future and what will be required to get there.A...
