Speed Mentoring Event at Monkseaton High School

About the Business Leaders

These business leaders have been chosen because their companies are growing quickly.

About the teacher and students

The event was created by Angie Patterson for 400 students at Monkseaton High School aged Age 13 - 14.

Event description

We are looking for a range of employers from different sectors to inspire year 9 pupils prior to them making their choices for GCSEs.

Business leaders participate in a series of short, focused conversations about specific career questions and topics. Business leaders meet a limited number of mentees in 10-minute time slots each.

These encounters should be set up as a student-led, ‘carousel’-style activity, where groups of students move between different business leaders, with pre-prepared quick-fire questions.

Speed mentoring offers students the opportunity to ask meaningful questions to a range of different business leaders, to gain an insight into their working life and receive advice on the skills that are needed to be successful in today’s economy.