4. Stepping Stones Mentorship Program in your Club
Short Term Program:
Mentoring
Mentor a Member into
Pathways
Long Term Program:
Advanced Mentoring
1. Mentor the Champions
2. Report on Pathways
Progress
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6. Mentor opts in
Protégé opts in
Club selects pairs
Mentors initiate contact
Matching Process
Options 1
2
3
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7. Mentoring
Process
• Initiate
communication
• Share Advice,
Support & Stories
Mentor
• Set goals
• Plan ahead
• Share process
with mentor
Protégé
• Match pairs
• Enable Reporting
Club
How?
ReportingSharing Supporting
8. 1. CREATE A MENTORSHIP PACK
Plan
Communicate
Evaluate
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Mentoring helps: strengthen club base; support club/member goals; potential for DCP points
Use a combination of incentives (refer to Lori’s) or a blended motivational strategy
Mentoring structure specifically for Pathways and with Pathways
Encourage senior members to complete the Pathways Mentoring Program
Short Term: completion of a level
Long Term: complete a Path
Mentor for the Champions – manages and oversees the program and reports back to club
Simple communication process to check with mentors & proteges
Run a Stepping Stones Mentoring Workshop – get all your butterflies flying in formation
Appreciative enquiry:
Mentor:
What experience, skills, or strengths would you bring to the mentorship?
Indicate what level you've achieved in the traditional program.
Indicate what path/level you've completed or are working on.
Champion:
What is your current level in Pathways?
Indicate what level you've achieved in the traditional program.
What do you want to learn about?
Matching not Dating
4 alternatives for creating mentoring partnerships within the club or beyond the club
Do you mentor at your club? How do you structure the mentorship?
Post in the chat panel.
Complete the Self-Assessment tools (goals, expertise, expectations, boundaries)
Record the goals of Protégé (short term, medium term and long term)
Complete Tracking Log, Monthly Goal Check
Evaluate as both Protégé and Mentor
Meetups in person – catchups online – follow ups any time
Identify online communities of practice eg social media communities
Share resources designed specifically for Pathways
Showcase process for accessing resources on websites
Introduce them to other Pathways Champions on the same Path
Agree on a communication schedule
Determine the scope of each mentoring session
Identify the milestones
First Meeting:
Share: selected personal interests, hobbies and experiences
Define: your goals for this mentorship.
Discuss: why you joined this mentorship program
Check your communication strategies
Check your goals and milestones
Determine next steps for Protégé
Agree on what to share when reporting to whole club
Define any long term Mentoring plan
Appoint a CLUB MENTORSHIP LEADER
Appoint a PATHWAYS MENTOR for each member
Build in Mentorship Reports to meeting Agenda