Mentor Briefing Jade McGlynn Programmes Manager Prithu Banerjee April 2017 Mentor Briefing Prithu Banerjee Oxbridge Executive April 2017

Mentoring – an Overview OXBRIDGE APPLICATIONS Mentoring – an Overview Premier Service Access Scheme One-to-one, subject specific Tutorial Format Sharing your experience Application preparation Support

Mentoring – What are we looking for? OXBRIDGE APPLICATIONS Mentoring – What are we looking for? How do we choose mentors? What makes a good mentor? What makes a great mentor? What should you avoid?

Mission statement “Inspiring confidence to achieve success” OXBRIDGE APPLICATIONS Mission statement “Inspiring confidence to achieve success” To provide a space for your student to explore their academic potential, to be stretched and challenged To provide regular, honest and constructive feedback To be patient and encouraging, supporting your student at each stage of the process To set mini, achievable goals for your student to help them progress To help students develop their own individual strengths and interests within their field

The Premier Service Extensive support throughout the application Course choice, college choice, extra reading, personal statement help, interview preparation. 20/30 + 6/8 hours of one to one mentoring International

The Access Scheme 50 students this year High predicted grades, state school Picked based on their statement telling us why they want to go to Oxbridge, and how the scheme would help them Support throughout application, including at least 4 hours of mentoring

Expectations Regular contact Premier Service – 20/30 hours of focused tuition and email support Access Scheme – 4 hours + of focused tuition and email support Progress Reports Personal Statement Support Prepared/proactive Honest and open Punctual Confidentiality

Where? In our office, a mutually agreed location, or over Skype. We do not pay travel expenses, but should the client expect you to travel a long distance regularly, please discuss with OA. Booking a room – the process

When? 20 (non-limited for Access) hours spread across the application process At least 10 hours for between September and December 1 or 2 hour sessions Plan in advance with mentee

ProGress Reports To be filled in an sent to student, parent and Programmes team within 24 hours of the session. Overview of session and student’s progress. 4 areas which require you to mark student out of 5 Communication Structure of answers Knowledge base Interaction with new ideas Honest and constructive NB hard for us to authorise payment if we haven’t received progress reports

Structuring your Mentoring To be filled in after your first session with the mentee Flexible, to be adapted as appropriate Key focus areas (based on discussion with the student, any areas of weakness etc) Structure of sessions, including topics that will be covered, and if known, any relevant reading

How would you structure 20 hours of tuition? OXBRIDGE APPLICATIONS How would you structure 20 hours of tuition? What things are particularly important to include? What materials would you use in your tutorials?

OXBRIDGE APPLICATIONS What would be your top 5 pieces of advice for a prospective Oxbridge Student?

Invoicing Send to accounts@oxbridgeapplications Job reference is student’s name and what scheme they are on Please try and use specific dates when possible, as this makes it easier to process £30/hour (£35 for silver tutors, £40 for gold tutors) Opportunities for promotion usually come at the end of the year. NB hard for us to authorise payment if we haven’t received progress reports

The oa team Head of OA: Rebecca Williams OXBRIDGE APPLICATIONS The oa team Head of OA: Rebecca Williams Programmes Manager: Jade McGlynn Point of contact for mentoring: programes@oxbridgeapplications.com Invoicing: accounts@oxbridgeapplications.com General tutor enquiries, including applications and events: tutors@oxbridgeapplications.com

Working with Dukes Education Umbrella company – Dukes Education Private tuition including GCSE and A Levels Automatically considered for roles You will be interviewed for your suitability for the role DBS required to work with Dukes NB hard for us to authorise payment if we haven’t received progress reports

Thank you – Any questions? OXBRIDGE APPLICATIONS Thank you – Any questions?