Mentoring
The mentoring scheme has been re-started post pandemic, in a new form. It is now organized by the School, linking to the Old Maidstonians via our Membership Secretary. The School say:
“MGS is keen to set up a mentoring scheme where the experience of OMs can help inform and inspire current MGS students via careers talks, careers mentoring, sharing employment experiences, further education experiences etc. If you are interested in participating in such a scheme, please complete the form HERE:
(OMS Inform & Inspire Form)”
Note that this form has been designed to create a searchable data base which can be used by MGS and students.
As encouragement to take part, here is an edited version of the introduction to the first incarnation of the scheme.
(Updated from the Summer 2013 Newsletter)
Have you ever wondered if you could help today’s pupils at MGS to select at GCSE or ‘A Level’ the subjects which will be relevant to their proposed careers? Have you wondered if you could help them decide if a particular career like yours would suit them? Could you spare a little time to talk through career ideas with an MGS pupil? Might you be able to offer them a little work experience or even a job? Have you ever thought what a difficult job is that of the careers adviser?
No careers adviser, even with some valuable experience of working in industry, can possibly have firsthand experience to pass on for all of the crafts and professions in which students are showing an interest. We Old Maidstonians have experience covering an incredibly wide range of careers. Your committee feels that many of you would be happy to help present students.
School staff will be watching for students who may benefit from a chat with an expert. They will try to identify a suitable mentor. All they need now are your offers of help.
This is not likely to be a very onerous commitment, but if you are called upon, your experience is likely to be invaluable and you will find the work rewarding. Don’t forget, you do not have to live near Maidstone. An e-mail exchange with a doctor in India or an electronics engineer in Singapore could be invaluable to a sixth former wanting authoritative information about his or her chosen career in faraway places.