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Mentoring in 2018 and Beyond. A New Role for Mentors. Traditional Mentor Roles will continue, but new ones are coming along: Retention is down ANSC 7068 Attestation form expects an active mentor to play an important part. Declining Retention.
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A New Role for Mentors • Traditional Mentor Roles will continue, but new ones are coming along: • Retention is down • ANSC 7068 Attestation form expects an active mentor to play an important part
Declining Retention • Membership numbers in D7 are declining – a retention issue vis-à-vis a recruiting issue
Declining Retention • A significant number of new and newer members (AP and IQ/BQ) have resigned from the Auxiliary. • Most of the members who quit did not have mentors.
Declining Retention • Strategy: • A mentoring plan that would accompany each new member through their first six (6) months, and more if required. • Retention of existing members has to be made a priority.
ANSC 7068 Attestation Form • “Mentor has provided a positive endorsement based on general assessment of adherence to the Coast Guard core values of Honor, Respect and Devotion to Duty.”
ANSC 7068 Attestation Form “Q: What if the Auxiliarist does not have an assigned mentor? A: The nature of attestation warrants all due effort to ensure every new Auxiliarist is assigned a mentor. If none is assigned, then the FC and FSO-HR must closely monitor the Auxiliarist during the attestation period in order to provide a firm enough basis to address assessment in Section III, adherence to the Coast Guard Core Values.”
Mentor Training • DSO-HR is collaborating to design a simple, but comprehensive PQS for mentors.
Mentor Training • Knowledge of Auxiliary’s missions and opportunities • Completed BQII • Certified and active in at least one mission of the Auxiliary • MANTR completed • 7029 Hours +++
Mentor Training • Coordinate with: • FSO-HR • FSO-MT • FC and VFC • Staff Officer for mentee’s interest area
Mentor Training • Scheduling meetings with mentee • Provide progress reports to FC and VFC
Interim Mentoring • Until the program (PQS) is complete, mentors can still be effective with these guidelines: • Complete BQII • Ensure all uniforms are perfect • Regularly submit ANSC 7029 +++ • Attend flotilla meetings and sit with mentee
What’s expected of you as a mentor? • Your mission as a mentor is to adequately identify what the mentee has as a personal objective and to ensure that the objective is fulfilled.
What’s Next? • Keep alert for the new D7 mentoring PQS announcement • Volunteer to help as a mentor in the interim • Recruit additionalmentors