First Day Jitters

Like most peoples’ first days, we were feeling a sense of anticipation, nervousness, and excitement going into our first pilot peer mediation session with a group of nine middle schoolers.

When we were first introduced to the students who we would be working with, they thought they were in trouble and we had to explain that they were actually there because they were selected for something good! 

After an icebreaker and an explanation of who we were and what peer mediation was, students started getting a little more comfortable and even excited that we would have weekly sessions together. 

Coming into an established space can be intimidating, but after now having a few weeks under our belt, the jitters are gone from both sides and instead, the group is ready to tackle the topic at hand (this week: conflict styles) and thankfully, they don’t think they’re in trouble either!