Support for Students by Students

Introducing the MIT Peer Mentor Program

MIT offers a free peer mentoring service to support students with unit-specific study. Mentees are mentored by current students (mentors) who have previously scored high results for that unit. Once a suitable mentor has been found arrangements will be made for you to meet. Full-time students are entitled to one hour of mentoring per week for each of their units.

 

 

The MIT Peer Mentoring Program is for students who need additional help in understanding the unit material. Senior students who have completed the unit and achieved high grades are available on a weekly basis via zoom and their peer mentor profiles and zoom links can be found through the units Moodle pages. The mentor can help you with understanding unit material, understanding assessment tasks and exam study and preparation. Sometimes it’s easier to learn from someone who has been in your position.

Best of all its completely free!

Become a Mentor

Apply to become a Peer Mentor

Benefits of becoming a Peer Mentor:

  • Develop and enhance your communication skills, interpersonal skills, leadership skills and conflict resolution skills, which all are transferable to the job market.
  • Get to know your School better and have staff see you as leader.
  • Acquire experience which can add value to your CV.
  • Résumé building opportunity to show potential employers that you are a leader.
  • Receive a letter of recommendation and a certificate of participation upon completion of a trimester as a mentor.
  • Make a difference to your fellow students and improve the student experience on campus.
  • Students have the opportunity to engage in mentoring activities at every stage of their learning journey.
  • Access the Peer Mentoring application forms from the Centre of Learning Moodle shell.

Eligibility

For Peer Mentors, this program is open to all full-time enrolled students who are in their second year or higher and who are in good academic-standing at MIT.

Peer Mentor priorities are firstly as a student and undertaking mentoring should not jeopardise your own academic success. It is expected that peer mentors would continue to achieve academic success in their course of study.

Statement of Understanding

It is also expected that Peer Mentors will adhere to the Peer Mentor Position Description. On signing this document the Peer Mentor agrees to the content, the duties and expectations of the role. These would be items for discussion during meetings and training, and documented in the forms pertaining to the Peer Mentoring program. Contracts will be signed before the Mentor is trained.

To be successful in this program we require you to commit to the following events:

  • Attend Mentor/Leader Training
  • Meet with your mentees as prescribed
  • Ongoing training throughout the trimester

 Mentor PD (Position Description)

General Enquiries:
Melbourne Campus:
The Argus,
Level 6
288 La Trobe Street
Melbourne 3000
Tel: 03-86006700
centreoflearning@mit.edu.au
Sydney Campus:
Level 6
154-158 Sussex Street
Sydney 2000
Tel: 2 8267 1400
centreoflearning.syd@mit.edu.au