Volume 4, Number 1, Oct 2003
Building a High School
to College Campus Mediator
Bridge
Page 2 of 3
The working group identified the existing barriers and
began outlining a vision of the ideal high school to college
mediator
bridge.
We then set about drafting a work plan to address these
concerns and begin making good things happen. The images
below are thumbnails of some drawings the group did to focus
our
thinking. Clicking on them takes you to a larger view of
the image.
We all agreed that, in order to be effective, work would
have to occur on many levels simultaneously. A number of
tasks were identified as important starting points.
A sampling
of these
tasks is
provided
below.
Core Tasks Needed to Build the Bridge
- Build and promote a national web site directed to young
mediators
- Encourage local consortiums between colleges, high schools,
and community mediation centers
- Work with College and University admissions people to
identify high school peer mediation students who have been
accepted
- Develop a directory of current and past high school mediators
- Sponsor college-based summer institutes on mediation
in education
- Build a peer mediation program alumni association
- Develop "peer mediator club" start-up kits for use at
colleges that don't offer student mediation services currently
- Make available information about college programs to
current peer mediators
- Establish online directory of college conflict resolution
degree programs
- Locate corporate and government sponsorships
- Write up a career guide for young mediators
- Establish linkages to community mediation programs for
students not going to college
- Nurture Youth mediator clubs in community mediation centers
with internships on campuses
- Establish a national scholarship competition
- Include high school and college students in "peacemaker
of the year" type awards
- Incorporate a "what's out there" at Colleges and Universities
section into high school peer mediator training materials.
As you can see, to accomplish the group vision many people
will need to get involved. Ideally, the following
categories of participants would be brought into the initiative
as it developed.
At the College and University Level
- Admissions recruiters
- Alumni
- Service learning coordinators
- Campus housing
- Campus police
- Ombuds
- Administrators
- Mediation Program Staff
- Academic CR degree programs
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