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E
XPERIENCE
13: C
HOOSING
AND
U
SING
M
ENTORS
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FFECTIVELY
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ECOMING
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Exploring the Mentoring Process
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HY
Mentors and mentoring takes on different forms and experiences based upon the relationships between the
mentor and mentee. The sharing of mentoring experiences, the strengths of these relationships, the power
of mentoring, the dynamics of the shared expectations, and the results produced will help strongly guide
future mentoring experiences. You will produce your top five criteria for what you want in your mentors
to help guide you in both selection, recruitment, and performance in the relationship.
L
EARNING
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BJECTIVES
This learning activity will teach you to:
1.
To establish a selection process for the choosing of a mentor.
2. To clarify how to recruit and get the commitment of a mentor you want.
3. To increase your performance skills as a mentee.
P
ERFORMANCE
C
RITERIA
If you successfully complete this activity, you will be able to
:
Establish a mentoring relationship for a growth area discovered from this course for the next term
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Process used for the selected mentor for the growth area targeted
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Strength of the commitment made by the mentor
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Growth plan developed to be executed
M
ODEL
Sandra Finds a Mentor
P
LAN
1.
Complete this activity in your base groups with roles of Mentor, Mentee, Assessor, and Skeptic.
2.
Share stories of mentoring relationships that were explored during the pre-activity (at least one per
person).
3.
Read the Model.
4.
Answer the Critical Thinking Questions.
5.
Spend no more than 10 minutes role playing the mentoring process with the four roles assigned. The
Skeptic should be someone interested in the outcomes for the mentee (such as a friend or family
member) and somewhat skeptical of the mentoring relationship.
6.
The facilitator will select one team to perform the role playing for the class. All other teams should
be ready to share an SII assessment of that performance according to the rubric and principles in the
reading for this experience.