Mentoring There are many definitions of mentoring. Some common elements: Mentoring is a learning relationship The mentee sets the agenda The focus is on the mentee’s needs and wishes The context is work Personal and/or professional development High degree of trust Independent of and takes place outside any line management Support, encouragement and challenge Mentoring and the Lancaster Programme Our hope is that trainees will establish mentoring relationships that will support their work related development needs and help to make training a valuable and manageable experience. Please note that mentoring is optional (but strongly encouraged) for trainees. We recognised that what a mentoring relationship work for one mentee/mentor pair may be very different from another. Your mentoring relationship can be one that is shaped by you and focuses on what is important for you. At trainee request we are pulling together some mentor and mentee narratives of mentoring (see attached or please email Naomi Allen. Personal Development Associate Tutor n.allen@lancaster.ac.uk and she will send these to you). We hope that these will help you think about what you want and can gain from mentoring. When can I see my mentor? The ideal time to meet with your mentor (or potential mentors when in the process of setting up a mentoring relationship) is during your study time. However, you may negotiate time out of placement with your supervisor. You should NOT take time out of teaching for mentoring purposes. If you experience any difficulties arranging times to meet please contact Naomi Allen. Confidentiality Only Naomi Allen, the academic programme assistant and the teaching programme assistant need to know who you have as a mentor. Naomi needs to know so that she can manage the
Mentoring There are many definitions of mentoring. Some common elements: Mentoring is a learning relationship The mentee sets the agenda The focus is on the mentee’s needs and wishes The context is work Personal and/or professional development High degree of trust Independent of and takes place outside any line management Support, encouragement and challenge Mentoring and the Lancaster Programme Our hope is that trainees will establish mentoring relationships that will support their work related development needs and help to make training a valuable and manageable experience. Please note that mentoring is optional (but strongly encouraged) for trainees. We recognised that what a mentoring relationship work for one mentee/mentor pair may be very different from another. Your mentoring relationship can be one that is shaped by you and focuses on what is important for you. At trainee request we are pulling together some mentor and mentee narratives of mentoring (see attached or please email Naomi Allen. Personal Development Associate Tutor n.allen@lancaster.ac.uk and she will send these to you). We hope that these will help you think about what you want and can gain from mentoring. When can I see my mentor? The ideal time to meet with your mentor (or potential mentors when in the process of setting up a mentoring relationship) is during your study time. However, you may negotiate time out of placement with your supervisor. You should NOT take time out of teaching for mentoring purposes. If you experience any difficulties arranging times to meet please contact Naomi Allen. Confidentiality Only Naomi Allen, the academic programme assistant and the teaching programme assistant need to know who you have as a mentor. Naomi needs to know so that she can manage the
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