Class Credit
General Expectations:
- Mentors are expected to maintain a consistent schedule throughout the entire semester.
- Mentors are expected to give ample notice should they miss a day of programming.
- If taken as a class, mentors are expected to fulfill their class requirements of a weekly log book, activity facilitation, a final paper, a self-evaluation and proactive participation in programming.
- Mentors are expected to attend the mentor debriefing sessions and trainings.
- Mentors are expected to serve as positive role models to the students we work with and to ask for help from program staff when needed.
Class Requirements:
You may get credit for being a mentor for certain classes at Hunter. Please contact the Director, Eleonora Demetrio, at deleonor@hunter.cuny.edu for more information.
- Weekly logs of interactions with mentees (25%)
Mentors are required to maintain a weekly log of reflections, successes and challenges of his/her interactions with the students in the program. This log is submitted on a weekly basis and reviewed by HCLPP staff, which is then returned to the mentor for review.
- Development and implementation of lesson plan/activity (25%)
Each mentor is required to facilitate at least one group activity in the after-school program (though we expect facilitation of three or more activities over the course of the semester). The mentor is responsible for developing a lesson plan for the activity and for submitting the plan to the instructor at least a week before scheduled facilitation for review and feedback.
- 5-7 page final paper (25%)
Each mentor is required to write and submit a final paper at the end of the semester. The paper is a culmination of the learning experience and includes self-reflection by the mentor, what skills were learned and utilized, the role of mentoring in adolescents, etc.
- Attendance and participation (25%)
Mentors are evaluated based on their attendance and level of participation. Consistent attendance and proactive, interactive participation in activities are rewarded. Mentors are also expected to attend bi-monthly group trainings and debriefing sessions in order to earn full attendance and participation credit.
- Mid-semester and end-semester reflective self-evaluation
This self-evaluation is not graded separately, but is part of the attendance and participation grade. Each mentor is asked to complete a self-evaluative form of his/her performance mid-semester and again at the end of the semester. The instructor then reviews the form with the mentors and provides feedback for each mentor.
Time Commitment
Our after-school program currently runs three days a week: Mondays and Thursdays from 3:30-5:30 at Harlem Renaissance High School and Tuesdays from 3:00-5:00 at Hunter College. If mentors participate in HCLPP through a class, they are required to participate at least two days a week.
You may receive work-study and class credit simultaneously.