What to Expect
The Focus: Practical Strategies
In 4 modules of around 15 minutes each you will get bite-sized pointers and strategies that really work so that you can create your own toolkit.
Whether you are a prospective mentor, prospective mentee or the volunteer pulling together a mentoring scheme, this is the place to start.
What mentoring is and why should you care
- Clarity round what mentoring is and what it isn't
- The benefits from mentoring when it goes well
- How it can go wrong without proper planning
How to find a mentor and set up the relationship for success
- Finding a mentor/mentee and matching within a scheme
- Contracting - agreeing boundaries and expectations
- How to maintain purpose and momentum
Measuring success and enabling learning
- The key features of a successful mentoring relationship
- Strategies for effective learning
- Role of mentor and mentee
Ending a mentoring relationship well
- Ending the mentoring relationship
- Feedback
- Reflection