Online Mentoring for Students

Mentors have an effective role and should be innovative in creating efficiencies within the industry with the understanding that "someone’s hindsight can be another's foresight" (Drucker, P.F, cited 13 August 2017).

 

The mentoring process has progressed in may professions and is crucial to the development of many starting out in the business sector and in particular start-ups but from a practical standpoint, I have not seen many mentoring programs or relationships be fruitful, long lasting or in abundance within the education setting - for new start teachers as well as for students. I currently, don’t have a mentor myself and have struggled to find many ex or current teachers willing to give their time and effort into mentoring future talent in the industry. Especially, within secondary school teaching setting.

 

Online Mentoring using SLACK provides avenues for students to access crucial information/advice and maybe in turn decrease the high levels of anxiety and angst which exist in our secondary school cohorts. Even minimise the negative persona and perceived heavy workloads that teachers think they face. i.e.. Have a pool of mentors available to ask questions...