Welcome to the STEM TY Challenge Mentor Portal!

 

Here you will find the resources you need to support your mentee group throughout the programme. If you need more support, you can contact Savvy Teens at any stage.

What To Expect

The STEM TY Challenge offers mentors an experience to coach with the next generation of STEM leaders in a structured and output-focused way. Also, you get the opportunity to connect with local schools. Your STEM expertise will bridge the gap between your mentee group and their final output: a video titled "A Day In STEM". Savvy Teens will provide students with the technical skills development and resources to meet the challenge and rely on your personalised coaching to help us collectively achieve our goals.

An Online Mentor Training Session

Self-Scheduled Mentor Meetings

One Mentor Debrief

The skills development plan is broken into achievable milestones for each group to complete, along with mini activities that can support each person's personal development. Savvy Teens provide guidance for each person and group via self-directed videos and session portals. We expect mentors and students to schedule regular meeting to support each other throughout the experience.

Scheduled Events

The core events listed above will ensure students meet the programme's demands, achieve their milestones and meet their personal development goals.

Additionally, we will host two events that will bookend the experience for both mentors and students; The Orientation and Showcase event. The Orientation event will provide the opportunity to meet your mentee group and the Showcase event will enable you to present your group's final video to a wider audience.

If you would like to review our schedule, please click the calendar button below.

View the Calendar

Personal Growth And Development

We designed the programme with ample opportunities for mentors to practice their soft skills development to become more confident leaders, coaches and STEM ambassadors. The amount you gain is dependent on how much work you put in. If you need advise about how to get more involved, you can ask Savvy Teens for guidance.

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Support Centre
Contact Savvy Teens with your questions, suggested improvements and general feedback.
Final Feedback Form
Share your thoughts, opinions and experience with Savvy Teens to continue our partnership and improve the mentorship programme.
Mentor Training 2023
Review the online mentor training session recording made for the 2023 programme.
Showcase Event
RSVP for the Showcase event on Wednesday, November 22nd to present your group's final video.
Mentor Case Study
Listen to a previous mentor's experience, get helpful tips and ideas to support your current experience and mentees.
Meeting Prompter
Use our pre-existing meeting prompter to facilitate an effective mentor meeting and develop meaningful connections with your mentees.
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This program is extremely rewarding to be involved in and I really enjoyed working with such talented transition year students. It gave me first-hand insights into the students’ perspectives about what a career in STEM looks like to them as well as the challenges they believe they will have to overcome to achieve this. As mentors we are able to share our knowledge on what a career in STEM is like and passing on the tips that we’ve picked up along the way to help shape the futures of these students.

Keeva McCarthy (Previous Mentor at Pfizer)

Sponsors

STEM South West founded the programme, recruited the help of Savvy Teens to bring their ideas to life, and gained the support of the Life Science Group companies listed below.

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