Mentoring Program

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Mentoring Program

• 2009
• Levon Akoghlanian

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OBJECTIVE

• Provide assistance to mentors in developing
  referees.
• Provide assistance to referees in their career
  development
• Provide assistance to assigners in developing
  mentoring programs in their respective town or
  league

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Characteristics of mentor

• Willingness to assume and demonstrate leadership
• Willingness to assume responsibility and
  accountability as a mentor
• Willingness to help set goals, coach, and give
  feedback
• Willingness to share personal experiences
  relevant to the needs of the mentee.
• Knowledgeable regarding rules and procedures and
  ability to communicate.
• Aware of resources and the ability to access

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Expectations of a Mentor

• Coach, counsel, teach, guide
• Attend one or more games and provide feedback
• Help Develop goals for referees to achieve
• Help Develop and give guidance to achieve the
  goals
• Provide feedback honestly and timely manner.
• Develop confidence
• Be a reference point for any questions on and off
  the field

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Mentoring applications

• Candidate identified
• Participants Drafts Goals
• Develop actions steps to achieve the goals
• Target specific dates to achieve the goals
• Develop list of resources that require to achieve
  the goals
• Evaluate progress ongoing basis
• Communicate the progress

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Characteristics of Mentee

• Willingness to assume responsibility for ones
  own growth and development
• Goal oriented
• Actively seeks and is willing to tack on greater
  challenges
• Receptive to feedback and coaching
• Willingness to put the time and the effort to
  better themselves.

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Expectations of the referee

• Actively seek challenging assignments and greater
  responsibility
• Set goals and objectives for themselves and
  communicate to appropriate individuals.
• Attend tournaments and be active participant
• Attend special clinics , maintain and update
  knowledge regarding rules of the game and
  interpretation of the rules.
• Maintain ultimate fitness
• Request at appropriate levels for assessments
• Attend as many games of your senior referees
• Be true to yourself and your expectations Be
  professional at all times respect to be
  respected

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Resources

• Tournaments
• Clinics
• Academy
• Assessors
• Assignors
• Instructors
• Mentor

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Conclusion

• Mentoring program will only work if all parties
  are willing to invest time and effort and
  recognize to be successful must work together.
• Additionally we must reward individuals that are
  participating in the mentoring program by
  ensuring they will receive appropriate
  recognition and avenue mobility to higher levels.
• Communication must exist at all levels in order
  to ensure the success of the program.

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Recognize and recruit referees

• This task should be the objective of every
  individual in the referee community
• Assessors, Assignors, Instructors,etc..
• you

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Reminder

• This is a work in progress any and all ideas
  are welcome please do not hesitate to contact to
  me.
• Respectfully
• Levon Akoghlanian
• mentor_at_massref.net
• Levon_at_massref.net

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• Respect
• to be
• Respected