CO-PILOT

MENTORING
PROGRAM 
Julius Palaroan
 Agenda
Importance of Peer
Mentoring
Student development
theory 
Questions to
Consider
recommendations
Next steps 
 Importance of Peer Mentoring

Peer mentors showed higher levels of integration; Non-mentees were 4x more

likely to leave their university (Collings, Swanson, & Watkings, 2014) 
Nonmentees did not have an attachment to the university
Peer Mentors provided the inside scoop on courses, professors,
workload increasing mentee's self-esteem (Collings, Swanson, & Watkings, 2014)
Mentees prefer academic support and guidance over psychological and
emotional support (Gunn, Lee, & Steed, 2017)
Psychological and emotional support was still instrumental in the
transition process for first year students- provides motivation, identifies
problems, empathetic listening (Gunn, Lee, & Steed, 2017)
Mentees had a significant decrease in stress from fall to spring whereas
nonmentees saw a slight increase (Phinney et al., 2011)
Results showed that depression scores for mentees significantly decreased
from fall to spring, while nonmentees had a slight increase in depression
(Phinney et al., 2011)
Student Development Theory 

Astin's Theory
Tinto's Model
of
of Rentention 
Involvement 

Yosso's
Community
Cultural
Wealth
Questions to Consider
WILL Mentee and
MENTORS
Mentor Take
RECEIVE
TRAINING?  aways?

Mentor and What kind of

mentee relationship
requirements? do we want
Incentives? to establish?
 Next Steps

Establish Program
Outcomes
Create Program
Structure & timeline
Recruit students for the
Pilot Program
Train Mentors 
 Recommendations
Increase the number of meetings
More than 50% of mentors and mentees lose
contact (Collings, Swanson, & Watkins, 2016).

RELATIONAL INSTRUMENTALITY- MEET

IMMEDIATE AND PERSONAL NEEDS
(PLASKET ET AL., 2018)

Provide Counseling Crash Course 

 Meeting Structure 
Total of 6 In-person Meetings 

2nd: Establishing a
1st: Intro to Campus 3rd: Check-In
Relationship
Physical tour of the campus
Personal backgrounds  Have you adjusted?
Learn about campus culture 
How they adjusted  Mentors will see how
Building locations 
fears/excitement  their mentees are doing
Campus resources 

4th & 5th: Catch-Up  6th: Celebration  

What's new with you? End of the year
Update one another about celebration for completing
life and/or school the program
 Outcomes
1st Meeting: Identify 3 student resources 

2nd Meeting: Mentors share personal fears and

excitement when they entered college. Mentees
shares current excitement and fears

3rd Meeting: Identify Areas of Concern

(personal or academic) 

4th & 5th Meeting: Share personal and/or

academic struggles going on within the
mentee's and mentor's life