[Webinar] Leveraging Student Employees to Bolster Your Mentorship Program: Examples & Strategies

This webinar explores the practice of incorporating student employees into mentorship programs. Current Mentor Collective partners share strategies and experiences for including students in mentorship initiatives and actionable insights that optimized their current programs.

You can also watch each partner's individual presentation through the links below:

Brooke Sokoloff-Adams, M.S.W: Director of Student Development, Holyoke Community College

Brooke Sokoloff-Adams, M.S.W., discusses the importance of language and representation in crafting effective recruitment messaging, and the logistics of running a successful paid mentorship program at a 2-year institution.

Zachary Helsper, M.Ed.: Senior Strategist, California State University Northridge

Zachary Helpser, M.Ed., shares strategies for building a paid mentorship program for first-year students at scale, including ways to support mentors.

Daisy Moore, M.A.: METAS Student Affairs Generalist/Second Year Experience, California State Monterey Bay

Daisy Moore, M.A., discusses intentionality with supporting second-year students, ways to use social media and on-campus events to recruit, and strategies to provide structured support to mentors.

Checo Colón-Gaud, Ph.D. (presented by Jess Kitt, Mentor Collective): Associate Dean, Jack N. Averitt College of Graduate Studies, Georgia Southern University

On behalf of Checo Colón-Gaud, Ph.D., Jess Kitt of Mentor Collective shares benefits of leveraging paid graduate students to run an effective mentorship program.

Want to learn more? Read through more best practices and participation models for paid mentors here.

See presentation slides here.