Mentoring

A "mentor" is defined as "an experienced person who advises and helps somebody over a period of time." At SPUC class teachers are also mentors for their students. We started mentoring in an informal way- class teachers initially interacted with students with regard to their classes, attendance, assignments, career prospects, career objectives etc.

Now, the mentorship is taken seriously, with each section having 2 mentors, who are the confidants of the students. Students are encouraged to discuss with their respective mentor about any problem or to share their anguish etc. freely, so that the mentors can help them with kind advice and patient hearing.

We hold regular mentoring sessions to discuss:

• Strengths and weaknesses of students
• Students' academic progress
• Attendance related issues
• Guidance to the students about any issues, when they are in a dilemma.

Besides guiding students, mentors:

• Maintain students' profiles with all their personal details
• Conduct parent / student / teacher / interactive sessions
• Record proceedings of mentoring sessions, parent / student / teacher interactive sessions etc