Cayman Islands

An exciting mentoring program is being set up by IWIRC Cayman as part of the John Gray High School “Aim Higher” initiative.

Mentors will be given the chance to work with 15/16 year old students to help under-achieving students realize their potential.

The project needs volunteer adult mentors prepared to meet with the students one lunch time a week during term time at the School located off Walkers Road on Academy Way. The meetings will start in the week of 7 October at John Gray High School.

There are 40 mentors needed and the only qualifications are having an interest in making a difference in a young person’s life and a clear police record. 

After an evening/weekend training course on 4-6 October, the mentors will be equipped with tools, such as study skills knowledge and active listening techniques, which will enable them to work with the students with the aim of helping the students to help themselves to maximize their achievements. Training for volunteer mentors will take place at Cayman Islands Law School 3rd floor of the CNB Building, Edward Street, George Town as follows:

Friday 4th October 5.30-8.30 pm
Saturday 5th October 9am-4pm
Sunday 6th October 10am-1pm

Please email lhatfield@solomonharris.com or call on 345 328 0300 if you want to participate.

This project is being supported financially by the Cayman branch of the not for profit organization IWIRC (International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation)

Further information on Mentoring and Coaching:

Over the last twenty years one-to-one mentoring and coaching have proved to be a very successful personal development tool and management strategy. Even people like Antony Robbins, Richards Branson and Donald Trump have personal coaches; someone to bounce ideas off, someone who will listen and move a conversational idea forward with appropriate questioning.

Young people today have so many choices and distractions living in an ever increasing complex world which can be difficult to maneuver; especially in making the transition from child to young adult.

Even with supportive parents and good teachers around them, some young people may still feel a detachment from the adult world as these conventional relationships are part of a support system that in today’s complex world is limited. This is where an adult from outside the usual spheres of influence can make a major contribution to a young person’s development, because they operate from a space of non-judgment, are free of convention and offer a new way of being.

The adult mentor will be working with a student on a one-to-one basis supporting their general school life and moreover their exam preparations by introducing them to a set of study skills techniques. In the training the mentors will develop the skills and qualities that will enable them to make a difference in the educational lives of young people.