Ethics and Boundaries

The role that best aligns with my leadership style is peer leader because I often feel inspired by others and like to look up to a leader to guide me through my future. I had a great peer mentor and that helped make me want to become one as well because of my positive experience. I also love to be a good example for other students and do everything I can to ensure their success in college and have a smooth transition.

The specific risks that I believe might be associated with a peer leader would be having to live up to be a good role model to students and would be a lot of pressure on the peer leader to ensure that this role is completed. Also sometimes students need friends as well and if you are a peer leader, you need to make sure you set a good example for student but also balance being a peer and a mentor at the same time.

Three values that I believe are the most important in maintaining a peer mentor relationship would be passion, reliability and professionalism. I believe that it is important to have passion in order to be a good peer mentor because you cant teach others efficiently, if you don’t enjoy your job and if students see that you are enthusiastic and passionate about mentoring, they will want to come to one on one meetings and group meetings and not just because they have to for the program. Also, reliability is very important because in order to set a good example for your students, you need to be able to show up on time and make sure that when they need you or any help at all, you are there and they can rely on you because that establishes trust and security.                             Lastly, professionalism is of key importance because in order to build a relationship between students, there needs to be a line between being a friend and staying true to your job. In order to be an effective peer mentor, their needs to be an understanding of what you cant do with being a peer mentor and what is acceptable for the job.