Mentor Roles and Responsibilities

The Mentor works with the student to help him or her to fulfill the course requirements, but will not do any of the student’s work for him or her.

When a student is enrolled in an online course, the local Online Learning Coordinator (OLC) will assign a Mentor to that student.

The Mentor will be notified by the local Online Learning Coordinator that a new student has been enrolled.

The Mentor will contact that student immediately to arrange for a mutually convenient time, format (phone, email, or face to face) and schedule for regular contact.

Mentors will be in contact with students at least once per week. This is a time to review the student’s progress and work schedule and discuss/initiate strategies for effectiveness. The Mentor will also answer logistical questions, tutor the student if possible or assist with appropriate learning resources as is necessary and provide encouragement.

Mentors will log into the Course and become familiar with the navigation of the course and the course requirements.

In their initial meeting, the Mentor and Student will visit the course calendar and the syllabus to establish a workable schedule for completion of the course requirements. Mentors will also review the six week assignment requirements with the student. Mentors will arrange with their LEA to provide any additional course supplies to the student, i.e. books, binders, handouts, etc.

The Mentor will track the student’s progress regularly by:

• Checking course "message" and course announcements at least every other day. The Mentor must log into the course to check the announcements and messages. (If Tuesdays and Thursdays, a day in the weekend is also recommended).
• Replying to email and the teacher messages in the "message" section of the course promptly – making sure to include your electronic signature with each communication.
• If sending a message to a student, cc the teacher on important communications.
• The Mentor will contact the course teacher immediately when it is clear that the student is not going to continue in the course and when there are student issues that the teacher should be aware of. The OLC will be cc’d.

The Mentor will visit the student grade book and corrected assignments, teacher comments with the student weekly.