Theatre Studies Mentoring Scheme Mentor Training

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Theatre StudiesMentoring Scheme Mentor
Training

• Tim White
• Staff co-ordinator
• Director of Undergraduate Studies

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Mentor Training Workshop

• Explore what is meant by mentoring
• Your role within this
• Give you an opportunity to practice
• Sharing of information
• Opportunity to ask questions and discuss
• Hopefully leading to you feeling confident and
  comfortable in your role as mentor

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Silent Mentoring

• Working through the GROW model

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Definition

• Mentoring occurs through a series of
• conversations in which one person (Mentor)
• draws on their experience and knowledge
• to advise and guide a less experienced
• person (Mentee) in order to enhance their
• performance or support their development.
• Mentoring involves creating a relationship
• which enables the other to discuss the
• important issues that matter to them and
• can be tailored to that individual.
• An adaptation from The LDC Coaching and Mentoring
  Scheme.

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What is mentoring?

• 2-way process
• Working in partnership
• Considering the mentee agenda
• Opportunity for learning (both sides)
• Empowering mentee
• Encouraging mentee solutions, ownership,
  responsibility
• Important to discuss and agree these between
  mentor and mentee

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Mentors role

• Listen, ask questions
• Share experiences, thoughts, ideas
• Encourage mentee to take action
• Provide information and offer advice or
  guidance
• Signpost as appropriate
• Look out for mentees general wellbeing
• Provide feedback - ad hoc, interim final
  scheme
• Discuss the Mentoring Agreement with the mentee
• Mentor Guidelines (as part of the Mentor Pack)

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Benefits of being a mentor?

• Support other students
• Develop transferable skills
• Opportunity consider own development
• Share experiences
• Learn from experience
• For CV
• Appreciation of wider perspectives
• Warwick Advantage Award
• http//www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/advantage

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Managing Mentoring Conversations

• Communicating effectively
• Active listening - Exercise
• Playing Back

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Supporting Information

• Mentor Pack
• Code of Ethics of the Scheme
• Initial Meeting Mentoring Agreement
• Mentor Guidelines Mentee Guidelines
• Proposed timetable
• Feedback (forthcoming)

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Support for Mentors Mentees

• Scheme Support
• tbc
• Student Support
• http//www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/student-support
  -services
• Key Personnel
• Student Co-ordinator Carolyn van VlietStaff
  Co-ordinator Tim White
• Director of Undergraduate Studies Tim White
• Theatre Studies Chair Nadine Holdsworth
• Senior Tutor Stephen Lamb

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QA Session

• - What situations do you envisage which may
  push the boundaries of your role?
• - What concerns do you have in your role as a
  mentor?
• - What do you think are your mentees
  expectations?
• What/if any problems do you envisage?
• FAQs to be put on website, contact Carolyn/Tim as
  appropriate

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Please remember

• Boundaries - be aware of your role as a mentor
• Your responsibility share your experiences
  within the boundaries of your role
• jointly manage the meeting time and structure
  the conversation, taking notes, meeting place
• familiarise yourself with your Mentor Pack -
  Code of Ethics, Initial Meeting Mentoring
  Agreement, Mentor Guidelines
• Time - be aware of your other time commitments
  around your studies
• Relationship lead to independence,
  professional, albeit, informal and friendly

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Further information

• Carolyn Van Vliet, Student Co-ordinator
• C.M.van-Vliet_at_warwick.ac.uk
• Tim White, Staff Co-ordinator
• t.white_at_warwick.ac.uk