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Workshop Organizational Guidelines and Assistance
Workshop Guidelines- provided to assist workshop organizers in planning their event.

Mentoring Program Documents:
Program Announcement    Mentee Profile Form        Mentor Profile Form       
Program Agreement       Guide for Mentors        Guide for Mentees

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Mentoring Program

Purpose

• Promote professionalism and education

• Develop competencies and skill sets of our members

• Improve “passing” levels for RST, RGT,CVT AND CGT test candidates

• Encourage a “mentoring culture” within our organizations

 Desired Outcomes

• Provide structure, support, and resources needed to encourage and sustain mentoring relationships

• Assist members to develop the competencies and skills necessary to successfully obtain their professional accreditation

 Mentoring Program Structure

• Solicit AOSA/SCST members to be mentors

• Offer AOSA/SCST test candidates the option to participate in a mentoring program during exam preparation

• Collect pertinent information from Mentor and Mentee to facilitate matching

• Match Mentor and Mentee

 Mentoring Program Structure

• The participants sign a “contract” establishing specific learning goals and timetable

• Provide mentors with available resources and additional member contacts

• Give a short training presentation to mentors and mentees separately before they start program

Process - Mentors

• Determine areas of mentoring expertise

• Identify own mentoring goals

• Be responsive to efforts by mentees to establish relationships

• Meet at least monthly to mentor

• Help to evaluate the mentoring initiative

Process - Mentees

• Identify learning goals

• Identify potential mentors

• Initiate contacts

• Establish mentoring relationships

• Meet at least monthly with mentor

• Help to evaluate mentoring initiative

Establishing the mentoring relationship

• Identify learning goals (both mentors and mentees)

• Mentees drive the process of establishing a mentoring relationship

• Mentors promote mentoring environment and relationships

• Participants build the relationship through regular mentoring meetings