{"id":11611,"date":"2020-02-20T13:36:19","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T21:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/?p=11611"},"modified":"2020-02-20T13:36:41","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T21:36:41","slug":"peer-mentoring-in-the-learning-center-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/uncategorized\/peer-mentoring-in-the-learning-center-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Peer Mentoring in the Learning Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Spring2020.PMTeam.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11606 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Spring2020.PMTeam.jpg\" alt=\"peer mentor team\" width=\"325\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Spring2020.PMTeam.jpg 1548w, https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Spring2020.PMTeam-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Spring2020.PMTeam-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Spring2020.PMTeam-1024x679.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Spring2020.PMTeam-1320x876.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/a>The Peer Mentoring Program at Skyline College is designed to help students ease the adjustment to college life and achieve their short and long-term goals! Our peer mentors are trained to facilitate academic and personal success for their fellow students by helping them:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Explore and connect to Skyline College services<\/li>\n<li>Set goals and develop strategies to succeed in classes<\/li>\n<li>Improve time management, organization and study skills<\/li>\n<li>Build a support network and get involved on campus<\/li>\n<li>Navigate online resources and systems (Canvas, WebSMART, WebSCHEDULE, etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Peer Mentors are excellent resources for information about Skyline College programs and services. Our mentors meet with students one-on-one to discuss challenges they may be facing, create strategies to overcome their challenges and set goals to help them succeed. Our Peer Mentors facilitated over 150 mentor\/mentee meetings in Fall 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Students can request to meet with a Peer Mentor by completing the online <a href=\"https:\/\/surveys.smccd.edu\/TakeSurveyPage.aspx?s=2ab160d1f336484ba6d3ffb1225e1c73&amp;tsid=745662fa62064006b008e6977465a9d6&amp;c=en-US\">Peer Mentor Service Request Form<\/a>, or stop by Building 5, Room 5-110 in the Learning Center.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Retention Specialist Raymon Gutierrez at <a href=\"mailto:gutierrezraymon@smccd.edu\">gutierrezraymon@smccd.edu<\/a> or (650) 738-7136. Visit the Peer Mentor website at <a href=\"https:\/\/skylinecollege.edu\/peermentors\/index.php\">skylinecollege.edu\/peermentors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Article by Raymon Gutierrez | Photo by Mario Guzman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Peer Mentoring Program at Skyline College is designed to help students ease the adjustment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11611"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11611\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}