Guidelines for Mentoring etc

Hey everyone, I'm just uploading all of the work we've got through today. We have also had a play around with Logo's for branding, I'm hoping it will allow me to upload the example up to here also, So here it goes.... 

Guidelines for Mentoring

 

1.  Entering mentoring relationships is voluntary.

 

2.  Either party has the right to withdraw from the mentoring contract if, after genuinely trying, the relationship is not satisfactory.

 

3. While often the mentor will have more experience of life or an aspect of work, the relationship is one of partners who jointly make decisions.

  

4. Meetings should be long enough and paced so as to allow the two people to get to know and feel comfortable with each other.

 

5. Information shared in mentoring meetings is subject to standard rules of professional confidence.  Any notes made about mentoring meetings should be kept in confidence.

 

6. Commitments made should be honoured. If meetings are cancelled or delayed adequate warning of non-availability or delay should be given. Postponed meeting should be re-booked promptly.

 

7. Either party has the right to ask for a review of how the mentoring is progressing or for agreements or plans made at an earlier stage to be reviewed.

 

8. If either party feels unclear about what the current status of the mentoring is, that party should seek to clarify the views and wishes of the other party.

 

9. Mentors should recognise their limitations and avoid working with the mentoree in ways that exceed those limitations.  Should a mentor sense there is a conflict of interest between the mentoring and any other role, the mentor should make this conflict known to the mentoree as soon as is practicable.

 

10.  Know your limitations—if you don’t know the answer to a question, that’s okay. You don’t need to know all the answers. Just say you will try to find the information they requested and get back to them. And then do it.

11. Treat it as a way of learning yourself; you can gain as much from mentoring as you can give.

12. Create an atmosphere where participants are taken seriously and where they also can laugh. Think about ways to inject humour into the training sessions—for example, using relevant cartoons as overheads, or telling funny anecdotes about experiences of mentors. People are usually most open to new ideas when they are enjoying themselves and feel comfortable enough to risk making mistakes.

Always	Sometimes	Never
Listening & questioning with empathy	Using coaching behaviours	Punitive
Sharing experience & learning	Providing help and support	Performance management
Developing insight through reflection	Opening doors	Supervision
Being a sounding board & confidant	Brokering or facilitating links	Assessment for third party
Professional &/or critical friendship	Didactic
Partnership
Challenging
Set up with specific outcomes intended
Punctual

Klasen and Clutterbuck (Implementing Mentoring Schemes, 2002)

Top Tips

-          Encourage Independent studies

-          Directing students

-          The ability to use examples and scenarios.

-          Sufficient knowledge of the module structure and theory

-          Knowledge of resources that are available

-          Knowing where to refer people for pastoral aid.

-          Know your mentee.

Role play scenarios to be shown in the training session

Location: Birmingham City University

Student and mentor are about to commence their weekly mentoring session, the student has come prepared with a few questions to ask the mentor.

3 examples

One where the mentor learns something from the mentee

One where the mentor successfully directs the mentee to another source

One where the mentor directs the mentee appropriately to answer their question


Here is an example of the timesheet I have made, it's only rough at the moment.

Centre for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT) Birmingham City University, City North Campus, Birmingham, West Midlands, B42 2SU, UK ,

Mentor Name:				Module:ule
Student Number:				Supervisor:
Faculty:

Date	Start Time	End Time	Number of mentees	Total Hrs.

Mentor Signature:	Date:
Supervisor Signature:	Date:

Please email or forward to:

Kelly Bartlett

Finance Office

Students’ Union

Union Building

City North

Kelly.bartlett@bcu.ac.uk

 Also, a rough idea of a Logo.

I'm hoping this all works wonderfully :)

Bye for now 

Melissa