Fostering Success: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding Peer Mentorship and Building a Peer Mentoring Program

Peer mentoring programs are highly collaborative and fulfilling.

In this course, you will learn the ins and outs of the peer mentor role and how to develop effective ones in your own program. The motivation behind developing this course was to create a learning guide to inform those 1) interested in housing peer mentoring within their specific program or 2) who want to create a new peer mentoring program.

Peer mentoring is associated with many positive outcomes for students which include increased academic success, improved retention and persistence, personal growth, and the attaining of valuable advice and knowledge. Additionally, peer mentoring is a reciprocal relationship in which both parties benefit. As such, having access to peer mentors can be a win-win for your program, especially if done right! This course seeks to help you do just that.

This course is split into 4 modules:

Introduction to Peer Mentoring
Understanding the Peer Mentoring Role
What Makes an Effective Peer Mentoring Program
Equity Mindedness in Peer Mentoring

How do the modules work?

Each module is organized similarly and contains the following: brief introduction of topic, PowerPoint presentation(s) and video(s), and extra resources (such as journal articles or websites) to facilitate more exploration! Each PowerPoint presentation is roughly 10-15 minutes in length. The more invested you are in each module, the more you'll learn and be able to apply in your own peer mentoring program.

Can I contact anyone for any questions or clarifications?

Please contact me at jeremyaquino@cpp.edu if you have any questions about the modules.