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

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

3. Mentoring – What are we looking for?
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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?

4. Mission statement “Inspiring confidence to achieve success”
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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

5. 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

6. 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

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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

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

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

14. 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

15. The oa team Head of OA: Rebecca Williams
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The oa team
Head of OA: Rebecca Williams
Programmes Manager: Jade McGlynn
Point of contact for mentoring:
Invoicing:
General tutor enquiries, including applications and events:

16. 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

17. Thank you – Any questions?
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Thank you – Any questions?