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Buddy Scheme Training

Buddy Scheme Training. Jules Pringle Volunteering Development Coordinator. Purpose of the session. By the end of the session, you will be able to: Get to know each other Understand the Buddy Scheme Understand your role Effectively support and signpost international students

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Buddy Scheme Training

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  1. Buddy Scheme Training Jules Pringle Volunteering Development Coordinator

  2. Purpose of the session By the end of the session, you will be able to: • Get to know each other • Understand the Buddy Scheme • Understand your role • Effectively support and signpost international students • Identify what to do if a student becomes disengaged

  3. Ice Breaker Personal Shields • Name • Why you want to be a Buddy • Skills you can bring to the team/role • Facts about yourself • Favourite or Personal Quote

  4. The Buddy Scheme Where it began Started in September 2012/2013 with a pilot scheme in NBS and SoST and was rolled out across the University in 2013/2014. • 1st Year – 6 Buddies, 33 students • 2nd Year – 20 Buddies, 100 Students Excellent Quality 89% of students would recommend the scheme to a friend 88% of students were satisfied with their buddy match

  5. Committee Student-led The firstproject committee is now in place: Project Leader – Gregory Vaughan Project Administrator – Tobi Adeneye Project Treasurer – Manthan Shah Events Coordinator – Mel Sibanda

  6. Goal: 2014-2015 Our goal is to: • Recruit 30 Buddy Mentors (almost half way there!) • Support 100 Students • Achieve 90% Satisfaction • Assign based on interests and hobbies (where possible).

  7. Funding This year there is a small pot of funding available to: • Cook with your students • Socialising the British way e.g go for a coffee in town You can apply through the Buddy Scheme Committee

  8. Exercise 2: Mentoring What does mentoring mean to you?

  9. Mentoring What does mentoring mean to you?

  10. Mentoring We don’t accomplish anything in this world alone . . . and whatever happens is the result of the whole tapestry of one’s life and all the weavingsof individual threads from one to another that creates something. —Justice Sandra Day O’Connor

  11. Exercise 3: Reflection In small groups: Reflect on your first time at University and how mentoring could have helped you.

  12. Your Role • Assigned approximately 3 students • Meet with each student weekly • Log your students concerns/issues – trends • Log any advice or support you give them and whether they took it. • Attend group socials with your students – organised by committee with input & suggestions from Buddies and students.

  13. Expectations • Be reliable for your students. • Establish an agreement in your first 1-2-1s with students. • Engagement • Communication • Attend a 1-2-1 with staff in first month • Monthly report • Tell someone if you have any issues! • Support the evaluation (April/May)

  14. Support Available Jules Pringle Volunteering Development Coordinator & Buddy Scheme Committee

  15. Exercise 4: Services Available What support services on campus can you signpost students to?

  16. Services Residential Life Chaplaincy Library International Student Support (ISS) ASSIST Visa Team Financial Guidance Academic English Support Accommodation CfAP Mental Health & Counselling Career Service UniTemps

  17. Exercise 5: Case Studies In Pairs……

  18. Questions

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