Activities Log Mentorship project 2016-2017

Date and Participants Short evaluation and personal reflection

timing
12.12.2016 Angelika Lys I think the most important part of each activity
18.30-21.30 Guillaume was socialisation. Starting off as a 1 st year
Visiting Surmont student, one can feel lonely in a new city, while all
Christmas Louisette high school friends and family are far away. After
market in Nyssen the activity the mentees said that they enjoy
Ghent Simon De Jonge spending time together, they gained some useful
Thalia Acke knowledge about the courses and what is required
Louise De of them at school.
Potter First of all, the problem of organising a group of
Thomas people to meet was the biggest one. We all have
Dupont our courses at different time, as well as lots of
Bert Lytens extra curriculum work. We began with setting up a
Penelope Facebook group chat, encouraging everyone o
Lippens share their suggestions of an activity we could do
Francisca together and the suitable timing. The mentors had
Navarro to be persistent and send reminders to the chat so
that the meeting took place and everyone was
there.
I liked being in control of organising a group
activity, I have some experience in that from my
previous job as a promotion manager. Sharing my
knowledge and some tips on school tasks and
studies in IBM in general felt satisfactory as well,
being able to coach while still a student is a good
practice for future professional life.
I believe that being persistent and keep the
end goal in mind is what I have practiced during
the preparation for the activities. Choosing an
activity that was interesting to everyone was, in
my opinion, key to make people motivated to
participate. I was being friendly and showed
interest in my mentees by asking questions as
well as encouraging them to ask me questions if
they had any.
04.05.2017 Angelika Lys The second activity that we have organised was
18.00-20.00 Guillaume really fun and both mentors and mentees enjoyed
Playing Surmont it a lot. While waiting for each others turn to
bowling Louisette throw the ball, we discussed their progress in
at Overpoort Nyssen studying, checked if mentees have any questions
Bowl Ghent Simon De Jonge or wanted to share any problems. I think the
Thalia Acke benefit of meeting outside school, in a relaxed
Louise De environment is that the people begin to actually
Potter open up and feel like they can confide in you.
Thomas This activity much was easier to organise than
Dupont the first one, because we already knew each other
Bert Lytens better and responses were more fast. I have not
Penelope encountered any problems neither while
Lippens preparing, nor while carrying out the activity.
Natalia I found that after some time the boundary
Rachiteleva between mentors and mentees disappeared, and
we just started sharing our school experiences
with each other as peers. This was a very
enjoyable experience.
In my opinion, creating a trusting environment
was the crucial task for the mentors. When you
see a friend in your mentor and he responds the
same, it is much easier to carry out the
mentorship task. With time, mentees have
become more and more enthusiastic about our
activities together without any extra effort from
our side.
25.09.2016 - Angelika Lys Both our mentees and ourselves believe that
present Guillaume these days Social media have become part and
Peer Surmont parcel of our everyday life. That is why for peer
tutoring Louisette tutoring purposes we have set up a Facebook
Nyssen group chat. Right after the Kick-off myself, Simon
Simon De Jonge and Guillaume have partnered up with Bert,
Thalia Acke Angelika and Thomas to provide the best advice
Louise De and help possible to all our mentees. We have
Potter encouraged them to ask any questions concerning
Thomas studies that arise throughout the year. We all have
Dupont shared our summaries and tips on how to study
Bert Lytens more productively in our group chat.
Penelope We have as well tried to help with the problems
Lippens our mentees shared with us - and each of came up
Francisca with suggestions based on our school experience.
Navarro
Natalia
Rachiteleva