ALS 4400

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ALS 4400
Leadership through Peer Mentoring

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2021-2022.

This course will prepare and support students who are peer mentors for first years students in CALS. Skill development will include: empathetic listening and responding to student concerns; helping students identify needs and find resources for those needs; role modeling good study and time management skills; setting goals and career paths; communicating effectively with faculty and other adults; reflecting and articulating goals and experiences. Students will mentor 4-6 first year students outside of class with personal meetings, office hours and by organizing events. Each week, students will discuss a topic in the classroom, then organize resources or an event around the topic of the week. They will write reflections in class about the previous week.

When Offered Fall.

Outcomes
  • Identify the academic resources that each mentee needs and find the appropriate campus resources to provide mentees with accurate information regarding those needs.
  • Identify what co-curricular activities most interest their mentee(s) and find non-academic campus resources to help mentees navigating campus life, social activities/clubs and other aspects of life at Cornell.
  • Acknowledge the importance of social belonging and the impact of imposter syndrome, and work to create a climate of community.
  • Recognize signs of concern and confer with support leads to steer first-year students to necessary support as needed.
  • Model positive mentoring behaviors, including compassion, responsiveness, sensitivity to concerns, and confidentiality.
  • Demonstrate active listening techniques and comfortably cultivate conversations with fellow students with different backgrounds.
  • Model and help mentees identify good study habits, including how to engage with others in group settings to foster learning.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 1 Credit S/U NoAud

  • 17089 ALS 4400   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment by application. Contact Sue Merkel (smm3) for application.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  • 17914 ALS 4400   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Discussion Section 201 for Peer Mentors in the all other CALS majors.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  • 17915 ALS 4400   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Discussion Section 202 for Peer Mentors in the Environment and Sustainability major.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  • 17916 ALS 4400   DIS 203

    • M Morrill Hall 423
    • Sep 20, 2021

    • Merkel, S

      Ostermann, E

    • M Morrill Hall 423
    • Oct 4, 2021

    • Merkel, S

      Ostermann, E

    • M Morrill Hall 423
    • Oct 25, 2021

    • Merkel, S

      Ostermann, E

    • M Morrill Hall 423
    • Nov 8, 2021

    • Merkel, S

      Ostermann, E

    • M Morrill Hall 423
    • Nov 22, 2021

    • Merkel, S

      Ostermann, E

    • M Morrill Hall 423
    • Dec 6, 2021

    • Merkel, S

      Ostermann, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Discussion Section 203 for Peer Mentors in the Biology and Society major.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)