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Mentoring

Mentoring. Mentoring. Is about one person helping and support another to achieve something in a non-threatening way

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Mentoring

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  1. Mentoring

  2. Mentoring • Is about one person helping and support another to achieve something in a non-threatening way • Is concerned with creating an informal environment in which one person can feel encouraged to discuss their needs and circumstances openly in confidence with another experienced person who is in a position to be of positive help to them. • Is a special kind of caring, supportive relationship or partnership between two people that is based on trust and respect.

  3. Mentoring • It is a relationship between an individual with potential (mentee) and an individual with expertise (mentor). • The role of mentor is to guide the professional development of the mentee. • Mentors share their knowledge and experience with young people to help them define and reach their goals.

  4. Why Mentoring? • All children have the potential to succeed in life and contribute to society. • However, not all children get the support they need to thrive. • Many need more caring adults (experts) in their lives to offer guidance and friendship.  

  5. Benefit of mentoring • Give access to a new world of ideas and experiences • Improve self-esteem • Improve academic skills • Lead to new resources (knowledge) • Provide support for new behaviors, attitudes and ambitions • Increase ability • Enhance various skills. 

  6. Who can be a mentor? • A friend • A coach • A teacher • An advisor • A career model • A guide • A motivator • A tutor • A companion • A resource • People who can provide advice to help a child evaluate options and make better decisions.

  7. Hierarchy of mentor

  8. Differences.. • Mentor – Continuous and close relationship, ensuring mentee’s achievement. • Counselor - sharing problems • Facilitator – facilitate/assist learning • Coach – guide and optimizing potential and develop skills • Teacher – educate formally and informally

  9. Process of Mentoring • Build the relationship (Spending time getting to know each other) • Negotiate agreements (clearly define expectations) • Develop the mentee - Set one or more goals - Choose objectives to reach the mentee’s goals - Select development activities to achieve the objectives - Maintain regular contact with each other. • End the relationship

  10. Applying Psychological Theory in Mentoring Process • Self-esteem theory - develop high self-esteem values in mentee - always believe in the mentee’s potential - always appreciate mentee’s ability - always encourage for the good new behavior

  11. The Role of Mentor As a role model As a sounding board (good listener) As a guide (provide guidance for the mentee to learn quickly) As a skills developer (teaching, coaching and helping the development of mentee’s various skills) As a advocate / supporter (actively and wisely foster support for the mentee across the organization, influencing and promoting the mentee’s reputation, capabilities and worth)

  12. Features of effective mentoring • Diligent • Friendly • Understanding • Sociable • Considerate • Patient • Good personality • Wide experience

  13. Features of mentoring that make it an effective means of developing talent • Mentoring is a form of flexible learning and development • Mentoring provides ‘safe-space’ for learning (should be private) • Mentoring is work-focused • Mentoring is individualized learning program • Mentoring creates relationships across the organization – gives support for career development

  14. Psychology theory related to mentoring • Social learning theory is derived from the work of Cornell Montgomery (1843-1904) which proposed that: • Social learning occurred through four main stages of imitation: - close contact, - imitation of superiors, - understanding of concepts, - develop the role model behavior (observing, imitating, and reinforcements)

  15. Psychology theory related to mentoring • Rotter Social Learning Theory: • Rotter (1954) suggests that behavior is influenced by : - psychological - environment - stimulus factors. • If one expects a positive outcome from a behavior, then they will be more likely to engage in that behavior. • The positive outcomes will lead a person to repeat the behavior and reinforce the behavior

  16. Psychology theory related to mentoring • Albert Bandura (1977) expanded on Rotter's idea. • Bandura suggests that learning involved both behavioral and cognitive learning. • Behavioral learning assumes that people's environment (surroundings) cause people to behave in certain ways. • Cognitive learning assumes that psychological factors are important for influencing how one behaves. • Bandura Social Learning Theory: proposed that people learn and model behavior through 4 stages: - attention, - retention (remembering what one observed), - reproduction (ability to reproduce the behavior), and - motivation (good reason) to want to adopt the behavior.

  17. The End

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