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Title: Mentoring


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Mentoring
  • Mentoring embraces a philosophy about people and
    how important they are to educational
    institutions.

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Mentoring
  • Elizabeth Normandy
  • Teaching and Learning Center

3
The overriding purpose of mentoring
  • The professional and/or personal development of
    an individual
  • (protégé or mentee.)

4
Teaching and research improve when junior faculty
are paired with mentors.
  • Job satisfaction and organizational socialization
    are greater.

5
Mentoring and the Institution
  • Mentoring is valuable to the overall stability
    and health of an organization.

6
The Institutional Focus
  • For higher education to preserve its culture, new
    members must be oriented and initiated into the
    system.
  • Through mentoring, the organization passes along
    the norms, values, assumptions, and myths that
    are central to its survival.

7
Mentoring is useful and powerful in
  • Understanding and advancing organizational
    culture,
  • Providing access to informal and formal networks
    of communication, and
  • Offering professional stimulation to both junior
    and senior faculty.

8
Benefits of Mentoring for Protégés
  • Gain an understanding of the organizational
    culture.
  • Obtain access to informal networks of
    communication that carry significant professional
    information.
  • Receive assistance and support in defining and
    reaching career aspirations.

9
What benefits do the Mentors obtain?
  • Satisfaction from assisting junior colleagues.
  • Improvement in their managerial skills.
  • Increased stimulation by the bright ideas of
    bright and creative protégés.

10
Mentoring is the socialization of faculty members
learning the rules of academe.
  • Mentoring involves colleagues who are
  • Role models
  • Consultants / advisors
  • Sponsors for peers

11
Types of mentoring relationships
  • Friend
  • Career guide
  • Information source
  • Intellectual guide

12
Mentoring can include the following
responsibilities
  • Teacher
  • Sponsor
  • Host
  • Guide
  • Exemplar

13
Two types of mentoring functions include
  • Career permits the protégé to acquire new
    knowledge and to grow within the organizational
    structure.
  • Psychosocial provides enhanced identity,
    continuing support, and the sharing of dilemmas.

14
  • Caring defines the role of the mentor.
  • Traditionally, mentoring relationships involve
    the sharing of skills, culture, beliefs, and
    values.

15
Personal attributes of successful mentors
  • Honesty
  • Reliability
  • Caring
  • Sharing
  • Giving
  • Patience
  • Strong interpersonal skills

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Desirable professional qualities
  • Knowledge of the organization and its experiences
  • Technical and disciplinary competence
  • Professional influence and status
  • Willingness to promote anothers professional
    growth
  • Knowledge of how to advance in a career

17
Mentoring has many different variations
  • Long term
  • Structured
  • Formal
  • Planned
  • Spontaneous
  • Short lived
  • Informal

18
  • The alternative to mentoring is the
  • sink-or-swim approach or the
  • no-one-helped-me attitude.

19
Faculty Involvement in Mentoring
  • Faculty must be involved in the design and
    implementation of strategies and plans for
    mentoring.
  • Planned mentoring programs include
  • Establishing purpose and goals.
  • Assessing the organizations policies.
  • Identifying and training participants.
  • Evaluating and modifying the program.

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Recommendations for a successful mentoring
program
  • Include mentoring activities in faculty
    performance evaluations.
  • Offer recognition.
  • Provide financial incentives for participation.
  • Voluntary participation and strong administrative
    support are musts.

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In Conclusion
  • Mentoring is an age-old concept that promotes
    human development.
  • Through this concept, individuals can more fully
    experience and realize their potential.
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