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Earn a Microcredential to Verify Your Peer Mentor Skills

As a peer mentor, you are able to develop valuable, transferrable skills that can serve you well in many different future career fields.  By earning a peer mentoring microcredential, you will have a way to provide verified proof of your skills, validated by the University of Arizona Office of the Registrar, just like your transcript verifies completion of your university coursework.

Peer Mentor | Level 1

Whether you are in a paid position, a preceptorship or serving as a volunteer, you can earn a microcredential that recognizes the skills you have developed in this role.  The Peer Mentor Level 1 microcredential verifies that you have completed training in active listening and paraprofessional skills, gained quantifiable experience meeting with and supporting peers, and developed documentation, time management and professional skills.

Requirements

  • Earn a Peer Mentoring Position
    Recipient must be selected to serve as a peer mentor through a selection or application process approved by a University program or department, such as Peer Mentoring, a TRiO program or other program offering peer mentoring.  A recipient cannot just accumulate the skills without being selected and supervised in a peer mentor role. 
     

  • Complete Asynchronous Training on EDGE
    Complete an asynchronous training program that includes: 


    This will be assessed by viewing completion in EDGE, or submission of completion certificates in EDGE for the trainings.
     

  • 4 Hours Additional Training & 5 Hours of Supervision
    Complete at least 4 hours of in-person training to develop and practice skills learned asynchronously. The supporting program or department staff verify completion. Recipients must also complete 5 hours of supervised support in the form of synchronous one-on-one meetings, group/staff meetings, or continued training. Time can be accumulated in one form or a combination.
     
  • 25 One-on-One Meetings
    Complete at least 25 total one-on-one meetings with a mentee, and complete documentation for those meetings in a CRM of a program's choice (ex: Trellis, Student Access, eSMS, etc.).

Ready to Submit?

Submission is easy!  Simply complete our form  submit your documentation and request approval from your supervisor.  Once your supervisor completes the form, a member of the Peer Mentoring team will submit your information to the Registrar for approval.

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Peer Mentor | Level 2 

Coming Soon

Peer Mentors with extensive experience and training can obtain a Level 2 microcredential.  This microcredential verifies that the recipient has completed over 100 one-on-one meetings with a mentee, and participated in additional mental health and student population support trainings.