Taking Your Mentoring Program to the Next Level

Presented By: 
LOIS ZACHARY, ED.D, M.A., M.S. E.D., B.A. President, Leadership Development Services, LLC

What is Mentoring?
Mentoring is a reciprocal learning relationship in which a mentor and mentee agree to a partnership where they will work collaboratively toward achievement of mutually defined goals. 
Mentoring Explained
Mentoring Learner Model
Mentoring Process

How to Choose a Mentor
Mentors should be chosen with care. Your scholars come from diverse backgrounds, different cultures and economic situations so it is important to match them with mentors who would be a great fit for them. To read more about mentor recruitment, please refer to the section below: 
Mentor Recruitment    

 
Maintaining the Mentoring Relationship
Once mentors are chosen, the next steps are for scholars to get comfortable with their mentors and do all necessary tasks to maintain the relationship. The following pages explain in great detail some of the best practices in maintaining a successful relationship. Please refer to the pages below: 
 
Closing the Relationship
After being part of a successful mentoring relationship it is natural that it must come to an end. Closing a mentoring relationship requires both parties to reflect on the time they have spent together and speak about the impact that the relationship had on one another. To learn more about closing a mentoring relationship, please refer to the page below: 
 

 

Mentoring Web Series

Mentoring Part I: What you need to Know... What you need to do
Dr. Lois Zachary, author and mentoring expert will present this first part of a two part series on mentoring. This session will discuss key concepts and constructs of mentoring. The difference between mentoring, coaching and counseling will be discussed within the context of benefits to mentor and mentee. The session will conclude with approaches to starting a mentoring program, establishing agreements, goal setting, accountability and assurances.
Speaker: Dr. Lois Zachary
Meeting Documents:
 7 Steps to a Great Mentorship 
 
Mentoring Part II: Program Implementation and Sustainability 
Speaker: Dr. Lois Zachary   
Mentoring II is the second part of this two part series. During this session Dr. Zachary will offer more in-depth discussion regarding building the mentoring relationship. It will include strategies that both the mentor and mentee may use to assess progress, uncover assumptions,address obstacles and how to make the most of mentoring time.
Meeting Documents: 
 Session Slides
Session Q/A & Chat
Participant Guide
 
Mentoring III: Taking your Mentoring Program to the Next Level
Facilitator: Dr. Lois Zachary
Thursday, October 6, 2011 at the NCIN Annual Summit
link to the session 

Mentoring IV: Mentoring Moving to the Next Level
Facilitator: Dr. Lois Zachary 
Dr. Lois Zachary, author and mentoring expert will present a continuing session on mentoring, evaluating past success and getting to the next level. Be sure to join this expert author on "Mentoring, Moving to the Next Level". This session will continue the Summit pre-conference presentation.
Session Slides
Mentoring V: Mentoring: Looking Back, Moving Forward
Facilitator: Dr. Lois Zachary 
Dr. Lois Zachary, author and mentoring expert will present a continuing session on mentoring, evaluating past success and ways to move the mentoring relationship forward. Be sure to join this expert author on "Mentoring: Looking Back and Moving Forward."
Session Slides
Script presenting at the meeting