Mentor Page

Assessments

Each student has an assigned mentor starting from enrollment. The Mentor will follow their assigned student at e-VOTECH until the student graduates. The role of the mentor is to act as the “Master” in a cognitive apprentice learning model¹. The mentor will perform on-going assessment of their assigned student’s (“Apprentices”) training performance using a rubric. This rubric is the standard for all courses taught at e-VOTECH.

Evaluation Point	Does Not Meet Standards – 0 Points	Meets Standards – 15 Points	Exceeds Standards – 20 Points	Score
Student Maintains Contact with Mentor	Student does not correspond with their mentor.	Student sends introduction and a short e-mail whenever they complete a unit.	Student establishes a rapport with their Mentor, asking for clarification on topics and/or offering their thoughts
Student Posts to Forums	Student does not make any attempt to post to the forums.	Student makes a short post to forums at the end of each unit, no engagement with other students.	Student makes repeated posts to forum topics and establishes engagement with other students.
Student Utilizes Optional Learning topics	Student does not utilize any of the optional learning topics.	Student utilizes one to two optional learning topics.	Student utilizes all optional learning topics.
Student Completes Course Within Time Constraints	Student does not Complete Course Within Time Constraints.	Student Completes Course By End of Allowed Time Constraints.	Student Completes Course Under The Time Constraints.
Student Passes Final Exam	Student does not Complete their Final Exam.	Student Completes Final Exam with a minimum 75% score.	Student Passes Final Exam with a Score in Excess of 90%.
			Final Rubric Score

The student’s Mentor will continue to work with them when the students move into the hands-on portions of their vocational training.

1. Brown, J. S., Collins, A., & Duguid, P. (1989). Situated cognition and the culture of learning. Educational Researcher, 18(1), pp. 32-42.