21 Feb 2022, 15:10
Mentorship Program
Hogwarts is offering a Mentorship Program. This program is designed to assist new or returning players in becoming acclimated to the community.
What are Mentors?
Mentors are experienced players who have the job of assisting new (or returning new) members in becoming integrated with the community.
Who can be Mentored?
New players, meaning players that have been on the site under 6 months. Alternatively returning players that have been on the site but have taken a hiatus before they were able to integrate into the community or have not completed the basic facets of character creation.
Post in [this thread] the form provided in the thread with your information. A mentor will post in the thread and announce that they are picking you up as their mentee.
What if I dislike my Mentor?
Personality conflicts can arise. If one does please reach out to a Head of House, we will attempt to either mediate the situation, see if another Mentor is able to assist you or discuss with you what your options might be. As this is often unique for every situation we would likely need to discuss your matter individually.
Are there any expectations for Mentees?
We do ask that you remain active for your mentor. Please try to post weekly or communicate with them that you are going to be unavailable. If you have not posted with your mentor in a month, your account will be auto-dropped by the mentor for the reason of "inactivity." It would be considered a unsuccessful mentorship. This is not a mark against you or against your Mentor, this is just something we try to track for our records.
We also ask you to be respectful of your Mentor's time. They likely have other Mentees, they also have roleplays and other real life obligations to attend to. Please do not expect them to post for you within minutes or hours of your post. Your mentor may also ask for reasonable edits (such as you have been godmodding their character), please comply with their requests and adhere to site rules. However if your mentor is asking for an unreasonable edit, please reach out to one of the Heads of House or any staff member. If you act abusively towards your mentor or any member of the site, your mentor has the right to drop you as a mentee and depending on the severity of the situation your account may be subject to administrative action. This goes both ways, you also have the right to not be abused.
How do I become a Mentor?
Interested members (staff and non-staff) may sign up to be mentors in this thread. After they sign up a staff member will give approved mentors access to a special Mentor channel on discord and Mentor space on site.
Are there any prerequisites to become a Mentor?
Yes, we expect the following of our Mentors:
Are there any Restrictions in terms of Mentorship?
Personality conflicts can arise. If one does please reach out to a Head of House, we will attempt to either mediate the situation, see if another Mentor is able to take over for you or discuss with you what your options might be. As this is often unique for every situation we would likely need to discuss your matter individually.
Are there any expectations for Mentors?
We do ask that you remain active for your mentee. Please try to post weekly or communicate with them that you are going to be unavailable. If you have not posted with your mentee in a month, your account will be auto-dropped as a Mentor and the mentee if they are still active will be transitioned over to another willing Mentor. The reason being "inactivity." If you have become unexpectedly (without communication or attempt to transition the mentees over to another mentor) inactive and had active mentees that you left hanging, you will be ineligible for returning to a Mentor role for an indeterminate period of time because this is something that we cannot have happen often to new people because it damages their early experience.
We also ask you to be respectful of your mentee's time. They likely have roleplays and other real life obligations to attend to. Please do not expect them to post for you within minutes or hours of your post. That said, we also understand that you are limited to only three concurrent mentees at any given time. If your mentee has not posted with you in a month, they can be removed from your mentorship for the reason of inactivity and they would have to sign back up for a mentorship if they are eligible once they are able to dedicate the time.
Finally we expect that you do not act abusively towards your mentee or any member of the site, your mentee has the right to drop you as a mentor and request a new one. Depending on the severity of the situation your account may be subject to administrative action for the abusive behavior. This goes both ways, you also have the right to not be abused.
Will I be compensated?
Yes, Mentors will be compensated for a successful mentorship 3 galleons.
What is considered to be a "Successful Mentorship."
1. Completion of 1 roleplay thread (4 posts from each).
The goal here is to get a first thread out of the way for them. If they need to learn the basics of in character posting (such as how to post) or basic community expectations such as a word count minimum, that we do not metagame or godmod, and how to effectively manage being a character.
2. Completion of 1 class.
This is basically them completing a single homework on their own (you are not to give them answers). You can direct them as to where to find classes, let them know when classes will be and where to find appropriate resources for the class. Often students struggle with the concept of anonymity.
3. Registration of their character with Index
This is something that members often struggle with. Writing a full and complete background, applying for a special race or ability, making a Trunk.
Edits:
June 8 - in accordance with earnings increases on April 30 so retroactively effective back to April 30, increased the compensation for completed mentorships from 1 galleon to 3 galleons.
This is the "Game Master" account. Please do not owl this account, unless specified. This account is not moderated actively and therefore, you may not receive a response.
Contact a Head of House or the Headmaster if you need anything.
What are Mentors?
Mentors are experienced players who have the job of assisting new (or returning new) members in becoming integrated with the community.
Who can be Mentored?
New players, meaning players that have been on the site under 6 months. Alternatively returning players that have been on the site but have taken a hiatus before they were able to integrate into the community or have not completed the basic facets of character creation.
- Have not been registered in Index.
- Have not been successfully mentored already on this account (if you have made account changes that have gotten your character removed from Index, you cannot use this as a loophole to request a new mentor).
Post in [this thread] the form provided in the thread with your information. A mentor will post in the thread and announce that they are picking you up as their mentee.
What if I dislike my Mentor?
Personality conflicts can arise. If one does please reach out to a Head of House, we will attempt to either mediate the situation, see if another Mentor is able to assist you or discuss with you what your options might be. As this is often unique for every situation we would likely need to discuss your matter individually.
Are there any expectations for Mentees?
We do ask that you remain active for your mentor. Please try to post weekly or communicate with them that you are going to be unavailable. If you have not posted with your mentor in a month, your account will be auto-dropped by the mentor for the reason of "inactivity." It would be considered a unsuccessful mentorship. This is not a mark against you or against your Mentor, this is just something we try to track for our records.
We also ask you to be respectful of your Mentor's time. They likely have other Mentees, they also have roleplays and other real life obligations to attend to. Please do not expect them to post for you within minutes or hours of your post. Your mentor may also ask for reasonable edits (such as you have been godmodding their character), please comply with their requests and adhere to site rules. However if your mentor is asking for an unreasonable edit, please reach out to one of the Heads of House or any staff member. If you act abusively towards your mentor or any member of the site, your mentor has the right to drop you as a mentee and depending on the severity of the situation your account may be subject to administrative action. This goes both ways, you also have the right to not be abused.
How do I become a Mentor?
Interested members (staff and non-staff) may sign up to be mentors in this thread. After they sign up a staff member will give approved mentors access to a special Mentor channel on discord and Mentor space on site.
Are there any prerequisites to become a Mentor?
Yes, we expect the following of our Mentors:
- 6 months active on site on present or previous character. So if you are a third year but you took a year hiatus and returned 2 months ago, we would need you to remain on site for another 4 months before you can sign up. If you changed characters but were active on your previous character up until the new character was created, despite the fact that your account may only be a few weeks old you are considered to be an active user.
- You have completed your encyclopedia and trunk, you are registered on Index.
- You have not had any disciplinary issues regarding basic site standards such as cheating, plagiarism, godmodding, metagaming, meeting the word count minimum in the past 6 months.
- You have not attempted (ever) to hack the site, dismantle the staff or administration or harass other users and staff.
- If you have been told that you are ineligible to apply for this role. For example, if you were removed from your mentorship position for abusive or disruptive behavior in the past it is likely you will not be welcome to return to this role.
Are there any Restrictions in terms of Mentorship?
- A user can mentor up to three (3) mentees at once.
- A Mentor cannot be the mentor of a user that they share an IP with, know in real life or knew prior to them coming to this community.
Personality conflicts can arise. If one does please reach out to a Head of House, we will attempt to either mediate the situation, see if another Mentor is able to take over for you or discuss with you what your options might be. As this is often unique for every situation we would likely need to discuss your matter individually.
Are there any expectations for Mentors?
We do ask that you remain active for your mentee. Please try to post weekly or communicate with them that you are going to be unavailable. If you have not posted with your mentee in a month, your account will be auto-dropped as a Mentor and the mentee if they are still active will be transitioned over to another willing Mentor. The reason being "inactivity." If you have become unexpectedly (without communication or attempt to transition the mentees over to another mentor) inactive and had active mentees that you left hanging, you will be ineligible for returning to a Mentor role for an indeterminate period of time because this is something that we cannot have happen often to new people because it damages their early experience.
We also ask you to be respectful of your mentee's time. They likely have roleplays and other real life obligations to attend to. Please do not expect them to post for you within minutes or hours of your post. That said, we also understand that you are limited to only three concurrent mentees at any given time. If your mentee has not posted with you in a month, they can be removed from your mentorship for the reason of inactivity and they would have to sign back up for a mentorship if they are eligible once they are able to dedicate the time.
Finally we expect that you do not act abusively towards your mentee or any member of the site, your mentee has the right to drop you as a mentor and request a new one. Depending on the severity of the situation your account may be subject to administrative action for the abusive behavior. This goes both ways, you also have the right to not be abused.
Will I be compensated?
Yes, Mentors will be compensated for a successful mentorship 3 galleons.
What is considered to be a "Successful Mentorship."
1. Completion of 1 roleplay thread (4 posts from each).
The goal here is to get a first thread out of the way for them. If they need to learn the basics of in character posting (such as how to post) or basic community expectations such as a word count minimum, that we do not metagame or godmod, and how to effectively manage being a character.
2. Completion of 1 class.
This is basically them completing a single homework on their own (you are not to give them answers). You can direct them as to where to find classes, let them know when classes will be and where to find appropriate resources for the class. Often students struggle with the concept of anonymity.
3. Registration of their character with Index
This is something that members often struggle with. Writing a full and complete background, applying for a special race or ability, making a Trunk.
Edits:
June 8 - in accordance with earnings increases on April 30 so retroactively effective back to April 30, increased the compensation for completed mentorships from 1 galleon to 3 galleons.
This is the "Game Master" account. Please do not owl this account, unless specified. This account is not moderated actively and therefore, you may not receive a response.
Contact a Head of House or the Headmaster if you need anything.