1. Orientation Session
Introduction to objectives of the Programme (one session)
- To help students, mentors and parents/guardians understand the objectives of the Programme.
- To introduce students and parents/guardians to the mentors and the respective district organisers.
- To conduct pre-service assessment on mentees, mentors and parents/guardians.
2. Training Sessions
For Mentees
Basic training (compulsory):
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Life planning (one session)
- To draw up personal development targets
- To make use of the donation and scholarship to implement the personal development targets
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Capacity building (one session)
- To enhance self-understanding (including personal strengths, character and interests) and drive
- To enhance motivation, resilience and problem solving skills
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Financial planning (one session)
- To acquire basic financial planning concepts and skills to facilitate achievement of personal development plans
Basic training (elective):
- English skills improvement (reading, writing, listening and speaking)
- Chinese skills improvement (reading, writing, listening and speaking)
- Develop interest (Sports, music, arts)
- Social etiquette (e.g. dining etiquette)
- Subject selection
- Guidance and support on physical and mental health
For Mentors
Understanding youth and mastering mentor’s role and skills (one session)
- To provide general briefing on the characteristics of the youth, including their needs during different development stages, with emphasis on junior secondary students from underprivileged backgrounds
- To explain the role of mentors under the Programme, and provide advice on the dos and don’ts in arranging job shadowing, experience sharing and other interactive activities for the mentees
- To provide training on mentoring skills, with particular focus on goal-setting and financial planning
For Parents/Guardians
Parenting and communication skills (one session)
- To enhance communications, emotional support skills and parenting skills
- To encourage parents/guardians to engage in their children’s life planning and financial planning
3. Mentor-Mentee Interactive Sessions (no less than 12 sessions)
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Face-to-face sessions, including visiting the workplace, for the following purposes:
- To assist mentees to formulate personal development plans with specific development goals and financial plans to achieve the specific goals;
- To actively listen to mentees’ needs and give them time and guidance to explore their own solutions; and
- To share life experience, arrange visits to the workplace (with job shadowing elements) to broaden the horizons of mentees and invite them to join other activities to widen their social network.
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Participation in assessment and basic training sessions for the following purposes:
- To conduct pre-service assessment on mentees [See also item 1];
- To align expectation through a joint basic training session [See also item 2];
- To consolidate learning experience and the relationship between the mentors and mentees; and
- To conduct post-service impact assessment on mentees.
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Joint participation in group activities [See also item 4]
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Joint participation in graduation ceremony [See also item 5]
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Communications via telephone or social media
4. Group Visits
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Types
- Visiting enterprises in different sectors and interactions with management personnel, such as:
- traditional big names;
- emerging new enterprises; and
- enterprises of Hong Kong brand products
- Visiting facilities of the Government, public bodies, public utilities, etc., such as:
- Headquarters of Hong Kong Observatory and Civil Aviation Department;
- Science Park, Cyberport and HKPC;
- Hong Kong Palace Museum;
- training facilities for elite athletes;
- MTR facilities;
- airport facilities;
- electricity supply facilities; and
- disciplinary service facilities
- Joining activities offering special experience (such as flight experience)
- Participation in volunteer services
- Visiting enterprises in different sectors and interactions with management personnel, such as:
5. Graduation and Extended Networking
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Graduation ceremony
- To give recognition to all participants, including donors, mentees and their mentors
- To award scholarship of $5,000 to each mentee who successfully completes the Programme
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Extend social network
- To establish an “alumni association” to sustain and expand the social network and mutual support established between mentees and mentors
- To create a resource group for “graduates” in support of their future endeavours