Our impact Facts and figures MATES Facts & Figures has been operating since 2002 in New Zealand, and was developed by Great Potentials with input from the University of Auckland Faculty of Education and the NZ Youth Mentoring Network. It is informed by international best practice. This programme addresses the gap between those who do well in education and those who do not, in the context of the strong correlation between socio-economic status and educational outcomes. MATES releases the potential and altruism of successful university students to act as mentor/tutors to younger students. MATES Mentors are usually just a few years older than the students they mentors, which helps demystify tertiary education for mentees and gives valuable them role models for making positive life choices. MATES assists with transition from high school where many Mentees are the first in their family to consider University. Through MATES students also gain a "cohort" to share the experience with, which, together with the support of their Mentor and makes success more likely. MATES is unique in New Zealand because it... is modeled on the successful Perach project developed in Israel uses a combination of mentoring and tutoring components uses young people exclusively as mentors, project support and coordinators pays mentors to help with their tertiary fees and living costs involves an agreement between the schools, mentors, mentee and mentee's family provides invaluable professional development to coordinators provides sound evaluation of the programme and its outcomes for future improvements OUTCOMES: Destinations Study 2018 In June 2018 we conducted a Destinations Study for MATES Senior Alumni who graduated in 2016 and 2017 and discovered that: 89% of MATES alumni were attending University 97% of MATES alumni were full-time students 87% of MATES alumni had scholarships MATES Junior 2018 After the tremendous success of the MATES Senior programme, MATES Junior was launched in 2008. MATES Junior mentees are Year 8 students at risk of not engaging in secondary school, thus being at risk of poor life choices and reduced opportunities. MATES Junior helps prepare students for the transition from intermediate to secondary school and gives them a greater chance of success. Schools: Avondale Intermediate; Finlayson Park School; Papakura Intermediate School; Mangere East Primary 70 mentees 100 Homework sessions 50% females47% males average attendance:88% present 49% Pasifika39% Māori9% European3% Asian 2,559 programme hours 100% of mentees improved in resilience Mentees showed significant improvement in writing 98% of mentees improved in capability 75% of mentees reported that they feel more confident about going intoYear 9 MATES Senior 2018 MATES Senior helps high school students who have the potential to achieve, but significant obstacles to success, make the transition to tertiary study by providing a Mentor/Tutor who has the academic and personal skills to support and guide them. Many MATES Mentees are the first in their family to consider University making the transition to tertiary education an unfamiliar and unknown experience. Through MATES they have a cohort to share the experience, easing the transition with the support of their Mentor and each other, making success more likely. Schools: Aorere College; Auckland Girls Grammar School; De La Salle College;Kelston Boys High School; Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate; Southern Cross Campus College; Waitakere College 110 mentees 140 Homework sessions 52% females48% males average attendance:91% present 70% Pasifika12% Māori15% Asian3% European 3,553 programme hours 97% of mentees improved in resilience 68% achieved University Entrance 96% of mentees improved in capability 93% said MATES helped them feel more confident for the future MATES Senior Outcomes: NCEA Level 3 The rate of MATES mentees' NCEA Level 3 achievement in 2018 was 84%, compared to to the national average of 58% (and 40% for Decile 1-3 schools) EVALUATION REPORTS DOWNLOAD MATES Evaluation report: 2018