WHAT NIGERIAN SECONDARY STUDENTS NEED MOST ARE MENTORS/LIFE COACHES NOT “TEACHERS” (2)
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B.GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR MENTORING WORK AT MASON COLLEGE
NOTE:SOME OF THE TERMS YOU MIGHT COME ACROSS IN THIS WRITE-UP WERE INTERNALLY GENERATED AT MASON GROUP OF SCHOOLS BUT YOU MAY ASK FOR FURTHER EXPLANATION IF NEEDED
1.Mentoring work includes classroom checks or compound searches whenever necessary. In some cases it should involve home visits by mentors as authorized and previously discussed with management.
2.The bulk of mentoring work however shall consist of integrity checks of students under each mentor to ensure that he/she is participating effectively in both academic and related programs of the school. The ultimate objectives are to contribute to their education and generally improve their academic performance as shall be reflected through mid-term or terminal reports.
3.For staff members, mentoring shall be the fastest way to progress in terms of promotion and increased salaries in the school. It is not likely that a tutor who is not a mentor can progress as fast as a mentor to a management position in the school.
4.Where there are obvious cases of dramatic positive changes observed on the part of the student which are traceable or attributed to a mentor such a mentor shall be due to a bonus at the end of the term equivalent to 50% of one month salary. This is a discretionary decision which can be taken by the Director only with or without recommendations from the school’s management. It shall also be in addition to any additional payment that might be considered for mentors by management.
5.All mentors are expected to be aware of school rules for students and staff members that are available in the library. No mentor shall be allowed to punish students under them except through the Vice-Principals.
6.No mentor shall be allowed to contact parents of students under his or her care directly for any reason. Even if the parent makes the initial contact, he/she shall be directed to the Vice-Principal or the most senior staff in charge of Remedial studies. This is because mentoring is both academic and mainly remedial in nature. The work to be carried out is based on academic-related programs but the mentors’ job is mainly remedial. Every effort by the school staff need some overall coordination.
7.Any mentor found to be lacking in any respect or department of his/her job may not only be removed from mentoring job but might also have his/her overall appointment terminated especially where lack of self-motivation is found.
C. SPECIFIC GUIDELINES ON MENTORING WORK AT MASON COLLEGE (AMENDABLE FOR OTHER SCHOOLS)
8..Remedial work is divided up as follows:
a.Maths Clinic / Maths Continuous Exercises/ Maths Foundation Exercises.
b.English Clinic/English Foundation Exercises
c.Study and Examination Techniques.
d.Motivational Discussions / Notazine Work/G.P. Exercises
e.Overall Review Exercises (including Seminars).
f. Integrity Checks in the following areas
- Assignments’ checks.
- Red notes checks/Salvation lines checks.
- Notes completion/Text book checks/NP checks.
- Novel summary checks.
- Behavioral records’ checks and observations.
What mentors are expected to do under Maths Clinic, English Clinic and Study and Examination Techniques are already covered by handouts included in Eduguide. These shall be modified by announcements and meetings when necessary.
9. Motivational Discussion covers what we know in Mason College as Life 101 & Life 102. Many of the topics for these are also covered by past handouts which are also to be found in the Eduguide for students or for staff members.
10.Overall reviews are usually conducted by the Director or by any of the VPs as shall be directed.
11.What mentors are expected to do under integrity checks are stated below under the ‘scoring scheme’.There are also write-ups on Red Notes/Salvation Lines, N.I.P. Novel Summary Exercises which are also to be found in Eduguide for students or staff members.
SCORING SCHEME/ASSIGNMENTS (MONDAYS)/SUBMISSION OF ASSIGNMENTS
12.Award 50 marks for total number. of assignments given and fully submitted by students according to the school’s schedule.
13.The V.P (Academics) shall tighten things up at the gate to ensure that there are no disputes to submission dates and that no student comes to school early in the morning to conclude his/her assignment within or without the school’s compound. Any student caught by clerks or by any other staff while making effort to conclude an assignment in school shall be treated as if the assignment was not submitted as scheduled.
14.50% of the available score for prompt submission shall be lost for late submission prorated over the number of assignments or subjects involved.
15.The whole of the 50% score shall be lost if submission takes place more than 24 hours after the expected hour/date of submission.
MARKING OF ASSIGNMENTS
16.This is the second stage for scoring of assignments. The total maximum score for converted scores of all assignments shall also be 50%. This shall be by prorating the total score over the number of subjects/assignments given. Example: if only two assignments are given each subject shall have a maximum of 25marks. So a student with 60% score in one subject will have 60/100 × 25 = 15marks for the actual assignment in that particular subject.
17.For assignments not submitted at all the student shall obviously lose the maximum score available not only for submission but also for marking.
PERSONAL STUDY TABLES/REVISIONS/RED NOTES/SALVATION LINES/SALVATION QUESTIONS (TUESDAYS)
18.The historical links to the Red Book of the era of Chairman Mao in China was explained to mentors.
19.As graduates of higher institutions it was to be assumed that mentors were themselves conversant with how to prepare revision notes.
20.There is a write-up on Red Notes for reference by mentors under Eduguide for students. Mentors are also to note that the preparation of Red Notes have links to write-ups in preparation of personal study time tables as well as study and exam techniques.
21.In fact Red Notes shall be prepared vis-à-vis students’ personal study time tables.
22.Mentors are however, to assist students decide or organize their reading hours at home remembering that each student shall essentially be required to spend 2 hours of study each day on three major activities which are Assignments, Red Notes and Novel Summary Scheme. A fourth dimension can be hand writing sessions for those identified as needing them. For this purpose mentors must obtain and sign the Daily Diary of their students. They are to note that the students’ Daily Diary is directly linked to the students’ personal time table on a daily basis.
23.Where student have incomplete notes they are to regard the completion of their assignments and notes most important during private studies each day.
24.Mentors have been warned that students have many tricks up their sleeves when it comes to preparation of Red Notes as well as in completion of assignments. Specific examples of what have been done in the past and what can be done by students were enumerated to mentors. Many times students tend to forget that these Red Notes are meant to be used to support themselves and not school management when exams are near.
25.Red Notes are not to be confused with Salvation Lines and Salvation Questions. Mentors are to read the write-up on these three under Eduguide for the benefit of their students. They are all students’ tools to be prepared at the appropriate time or on relevant days as evidence of what they do when they are away from school.
26.In preparing their Red Notes any deviation from the personal study time tables agreed with the school shall lead to at least 25 marks being deducted for each occurrence.
27.Any gross violation such as complete deviation from and disregard for agreed study time tables shall also lead to a loss of at least 50 marks and appropriate comment made in the space provided in the mentors working papers.
28.Non-submission of Red Notes on an appointed date on the school calendar shall lead to 100 marks loss. There is no prorated loss as the Red Notes for all subjects are expected to be within inside one book. Even students’ salvation lines are expected to be at the back of their Red Notes. Writing of salvation lines from salvation questions is usually relevant a few weeks to mid-term and terminal examinations.
29.Mentors and management are to agree on the actual week salvation Lines shall be substituted for Red Notes as the focus of their checks. These shall be communicated to students in advance. Students shall also need to be regularly reminded about Salvation Lines.
30.Salvation Lines not drawn in accordance with the handout by the school need to be discouraged. Salvation Lines without collections of questions from the school’s Question Bank or from publications based on actual examinations from WAEC, NECO, JAMB or State Examination Board are also to be discouraged. Students should have evidence from Question Bank Records to show to the person in charge of statistics or mentors that past questions have been used in drawing up their Salvation Lines. They can also be tested to relate their actual Salvation Lines to actual questions used.
31.Students shall be given at least a week’s notice for checking of salvation lines. And the volume of what is written shall not cover more than 100 lines for each subject extracted from their notes, textbooks in order of importance.
32.The scoring/penalty system for Salvation Lines shall be the same as for Red Notes.
TO BE CONTINUED.....
EDUPEDIA IS WILLING TO SET UP AND MAINTAIN A SIMPLE AND WORKABLE MENTORING SCHEME FOR ANY SCHOOL AS A PREMIUM-LEVEL SERVICE
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