Student leaders calling the shots at the YEC mentor day
The Youth Environment Council of South Australia (YEC) uses an effective and engaging peer-learning model, involving experienced YEC members being selected to support Green Adelaide staff to mentor their fellow YEC students from across SA.
This year’s seven mentors have just completed a training day with Green Adelaide staff at The Joinery, a community environment space in the heart of Adelaide.
They helped staff plan this year’s YEC activities and during the year they will further develop their self-confidence, leadership, public speaking and group work skills by acting as encouraging and supportive role models for the younger YEC students. They will also deliver engaging activities to help the YEC students bond into a united council during the year.
During the training day, the mentors were asked to remember the challenges they experienced when first arriving at YEC events, brainstorm what makes effective leaders, understand their own thinking and learning styles, develop skills in starting and holding conversations, and other techniques to support their fellow YEC members.
At the end of April, they will use their newly learnt leadership skills at the Welcome Forum in at Belair National Park with the 60 or so students who will be chosen as members for this year’s YEC. The Welcome Forum will be followed soon after by a three-day overnight camp at Arbury Park Outdoor School.
The YEC mentoring program is an integral part of training emerging leaders in the Youth Environment Council which has been running in South Australia since 1997.
This year’s seven mentors have just completed a training day with Green Adelaide staff at The Joinery, a community environment space in the heart of Adelaide.
They helped staff plan this year’s YEC activities and during the year they will further develop their self-confidence, leadership, public speaking and group work skills by acting as encouraging and supportive role models for the younger YEC students. They will also deliver engaging activities to help the YEC students bond into a united council during the year.
During the training day, the mentors were asked to remember the challenges they experienced when first arriving at YEC events, brainstorm what makes effective leaders, understand their own thinking and learning styles, develop skills in starting and holding conversations, and other techniques to support their fellow YEC members.
At the end of April, they will use their newly learnt leadership skills at the Welcome Forum in at Belair National Park with the 60 or so students who will be chosen as members for this year’s YEC. The Welcome Forum will be followed soon after by a three-day overnight camp at Arbury Park Outdoor School.
The YEC mentoring program is an integral part of training emerging leaders in the Youth Environment Council which has been running in South Australia since 1997.
