The Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME)

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"I kept turning up because I’ve really enjoyed the program for both years. I love meeting new people, hearing their stories, and also learning more about my Aboriginality."

2011 Year 10 Mentee (Hampton Park Secondary College)

"Students have developed in so many ways, given the positive influence of the Mentors and Program Managers. The connections made provide a level of support that is not always possible in a typical school environment."

Graham Styles, Principal Dandenong High School

Monash is proud to be a partner of The Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME). AIME uses unique structured education-based mentoring to connect university students with Indigenous high school students. The organisation’s goal is to see Indigenous young people finishing school and going to university at the same rate as all Australians.

AIME was established in 2005 by a 19-year-old Indigenous Sydney University student. From just 25 Mentees and one school partner, the program has now expanded to nine sites across the east coast of Australia and is working with around 1000 Indigenous students.

AIME's programs include:

  • Year 9 Interactive Program
  • Year 10 Leadership Program
  • Year 11+12 Leadership and Development Program (new in 2012)
  • AIME Learning Centres
  • Tutor Squads (new in 2012)
  • Outreach Program (new in 2012)

Any Monash student can apply to become an AIME mentor. AIME provides an opportunity for university students to help close the gap in Indigenous inequality. As a mentor, you raise awareness of the opportunities and possibilities that tertiary education can offer by providing a direct and personal link to the university experience for your mentee. In exchange, you are given the opportunity to engage with the local Indigenous community and support an Indigenous student as they navigate their way through high school.

Please contact Kyle Vander-Kuyp on 0406 822 241 for more information about the program and how to get involved.

 

AIME Film 2011

This clip shows how the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME) has grown from a small program working with just 25 Indigenous high school students in 2005 to a large operation with 10 university partners across the east coast of Australia. It demonstrates AIME’s vision for the future and provides a sense of what the AIME programs look like. It tries to capture the energy, belief, and change that AIME generates and drives in just three minutes.



 

AIME Mentee Film 2012

AIME uses this film when introducing the program to Indigenous high school students. It gives a sense of the programs appearance, and the variety of sessions run by the organisation. It also includes messages from AIME supporters such as Choc Mundine, Ian Thorpe and Wendell Sailor.



 

AIME South East Melbourne group 2011

AIME South East Melbourne group 2011

 

AIME mentor and mentee

AIME mentee Indy working with her Monash mentor Conor, a Bachelor of Arts student.

AIME mentor and mentee