After many hours of preparation and an enormous amount of anticipation from the boys, the College hosted its first mentoring night for our Year 12 students. The night kicked off with a masterclass run by John Issa and Anthony Minichiello. The focus of their masterclass was around entrepreneurship, the school of hard knocks and healthy living.
We then moved into split sessions for students and parents. The parents engaged in a keynote presentation given by Kelly Whitney from Western Sydney University. Kelly outlined key data and insights into Generation Z and how their work futures have changed. The feedback from this session was overwhelmingly positive.
The second session was the mentoring part of the evening. We had 132 mentors interviewing 128 students. 396 interviews were conducted during the 45-minute time allocation. The interactions, the positive vibe and the insights gained were priceless for our students. The only negative comment was “I wish I had more time for more interviews”, something that will be adapted for next year’s event. Both students and mentors absolutely loved the interactions and were appreciative of the opportunity the event provided them. It was also great to see many of the mentor’s ‘network’ between themselves.
The final session of the event was a question-and-answer session with a varied cross-section of the mentors. Great questions were asked by students and parents in an open forum that went over time due to the deep nature of interactions between the audience and the panel of experts.
Mr Michael Ivancic
Leader of Learning - Careers and Transitions