Student Mentoring Cell

The Student Mentoring Cell at Success Degree College is dedicated to fostering personal and academic growth among students. Our experienced mentors provide, support, and resources to help students navigate their educational journey. Through one-on-one sessions, workshops, and group activities, we aim to empower students to achieve their goals and develop essential skills for their future careers. Join us in creating a supportive community that priorit your success!

Student mentoring and counselling is widely recognised as an important aspect of the teaching-learning process, particularly in higher education. The central idea is that students who come from rural, agricultural, and educationally challenging who want to pursue higher education require parental-like guidance, advice, and counselling, not only in curricular matters, but also explore their skills through co-curricular and extracurricular activities in their new environment for their holistic development.

Objectives of the Cell

To develop healthy relationship between students and teachers
To mentor the students regularity & performance in each subject
To ensure that the parents know about the performance & regularity of their children
To ensure academic and professional performance of the students
To inculcate the human values among the students
To acclimatize the new students to the college campus
To provide academic counseling
To enlighten the students on professional ethics and conduct
Providing emotional support to students on individual basis
Establishing rapport between teachers, students & parents
Monitoring attendance and behavioral aspects of every student
Active and constant participation of the parents is always encouraged and appreciated

Methodology of Mentoring

To develop a strong connection between the students and the faculty
To inculcate the sense of belongingness among the students towards the institute
To foster problem solving attitude and self - introspection in the students
It should not be like Do’s and Don’ts or lecture session
It should be Discussion Oriented and real life activities
The discussions should be thought provoking. Teachers should not over emphasis his thoughts. It is essential for giving exposure, guiding thoughts, and realizing values
Following are the topics for discussions during mentoring session:

Students aspirations, family expectation
Gratitude towards people helping me
Human Needs of (a) Self and (b)body
Peer pressure
Prosperity
Relationships

Guidelines

1. A Student Induction Programme, all the class teachers shall forward the list of students (Mentee) to the coordinator and the coordinator will allot them to the teacher (Mentor) right from the first year of their course.

2. There should be maximum 20 mentee per mentor.

3. A guide (senior) student should be included for every 10 students in the group.

4. Groups should be made from same department.

5. Groups should remain for entire course duration.

6. The mentor should conduct regular meetings and discussions on any problem such as academic, financial, psychological, etc.

7. There should be a continuous review of students’ progress.

8. The mentor should keep the record of all details in the mentoring session.

9. The mentor should identify the poor learners and interact with them to resolve the cause.

10. The mentor can involve the Parents, Head and Principal for reforming of the student with poor performance and indifferent behavior.

11. The mentee may subject to disciplinary action if violation code of conduct.

Duties & Responsibilities of Mentor

Introduction of group and discussion of the mentor – mentee system
Call of meeting and record of details in the form about goal setting & action planning, SWOC analysis and mentoring session
Keep a track record of attendance and academic performance and behavioral aspect
Support to the student academically and emotionally
Contact to parents and to inform them about the progress of their ward
Arrange remedial teaching, if necessary
Each mentor will update student's performance to the departmental coordinator (HoDs)
The mentors meet the students assocaited with them atleast once in a month
Student's attendance in every class is to be collected after each class so that if a student is absent for more that 5 classes in any subject continuously, the mentor will inform the parents of the students concerned & enquire the reason

Duties & Responsibilities of Mentee

Attend meeting regularly
Fill the personal information in the form
Provide details of attendance, continuous assessment, term end examination, cocurricular, extra-curricular activities to mentor
Seek advice from mentor whenever required
Provide all necessary data with relevant documents (Previous Academic Performance Records, documents for participation in extra co - curricular activities and academic advancement)
Seek information regarding resources that you need from various sources
Conduct peer mentoring to help your mentor
Have a positive attitude
Accept feedback respectfully & cordially & discuss future course of action
Provide feedback and communicate healthy developments in you reciprocity in interaction is the key to a successful mentor-mentee relationship

Structure of Mentoring Cell

Chairman (Principal)
HoDs as Departmental Coordinators
One Mentor for approximately 20 students

The cell is responsible to resolve day to day academic problems of the students. Mentors are appointed for each batch & they counsel the respective students once in a month to solve the problems which occur during their course of study.

Mentoring Record Sheet

Annual Report Form

List of Mentee Form