Mentoring Program Kick-Off Event

1. Mentoring Program
Kick-Off Event
October 12, 2023
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2. Welcome & Introductions
Career Development Committee
• Chair: Allyson Rodriguez
• Secretary: Jason Thomale
• Assessment Coordinator: Cathy
Sassen
• Career Development Program
Coordinators: Jeremy Berg and
Steven Guerrero
• Mentorship Program Coordinators:
Greg Hardin and Kristin Wolski
• Group Mentoring Coordinators:
Cathy Sassen and Tanesa King
Mentoring Program Coordinators
• Greg Hardin
• Kristin Wolski
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Professional Advancement Group
• Cathy Sassen
• Tanesa King

3. UNT Libraries Mentoring Program
One-on-One Mentoring (Pairs)
• Orienting New Librarians
• Typically, one year, can
extend
• Working toward Goals
• Preparing for Promotion
Group mentoring
• Professional Advancement
Mentoring (PAM) Group
• Cathy Sassen
• Tanesa King
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4. Program Goals
• Facilitating the professional development of protégés
• Improving mentoring competencies
• Increasing confidence of participants
• Expanding future participation in the program
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5. Benefits
Mentors
• Re-energize own career
• Improve communication skills
• Improve leadership skills
• Share expertise with others
• Learn more about other
areas of interest or libraries &
the individuals
Protégés
• Learn from experienced
professionals
• Learn strategies for career
planning
• Meet a colleague from outside
of your department

6. 6
Mentoring
Program
Process Mentoring
Program
Mentors/
Proteges enter
program
Coordinators
match mentors
and Protégés
Mentor
resources
provided
Mentor/
Protégé
meetings
Assessment
Closure of
mentoring
relationship

7. Program Timeline
Time of Year Task
October Program starts
October-May Pairs Meet and Group Mentoring Occurs
January Coordinators check in with pairs
May End of year conclusion; End of year
survey
Summer Check in with pairs/match new pairs

8. What is Mentoring?
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9. Qualities of a Good Mentor
Think about a mentor you had in your life.
What made that mentor good?
(Discussion)
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10. Qualities of a Good Mentor
• Builds relationship
• Inspires trust
• Communicates & listens well
• Asks questions
• Provides sound advice
• Encouraging
• Wants to give back
• Good role model
• Motivating
• Focuses on longer term
professional development
• Explores alternatives with
protégé
• Ethical
• Caring
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11. Mentoring Guiding principles
• Protégé drives the agenda
• The relationship is confidential-
caveats?
• Protégé keeps supervisor in the
loop to an appropriate degree.
(e.g. permission to participate,
time spent in meetings, etc.)
• Built on trust and respect
• No obligation beyond agreed
upon intent
• Voluntary for both
• Either party can end the
relationship – No questions
asked
• Not part of performance review
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12. Mentoring vs. Coaching/Managing
Mentoring
• Informal building two-way
relationship
• Guide and assist- give advice
• Make connections
• Protégé has identified needs
Coaching/Managing
• Formal improvements on
behavior and performance
• Dialectical approach to help
employee find own solutions
• Structured- defined outcomes
• Coach identifies needs
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13. Qualities of a Good Protégé
• Share thoughts about career plans and goals
• Comes to meetings ready for discussion
• Do ask for advice. Be receptive to feedback and new ideas
• Asks for additional/less meeting times, when needed
• Be honest
• When experiencing difficulties
• If you wish for a new mentor
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14. Ethics
• Model ethical behavior, responsible conduct and professionalism
• Maintain confidentiality
• Maintain boundaries
• Avoid abuse of power (assuming credit for other’s work)
• Note: Mentoring program coordinators maintain confidentiality
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15. Ethical Conundrums- Discussion
• Protégé tells mentor something that may be an ethical or legal
violation in confidence.
• Mentor has a role in evaluating the protégé’s performance
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16. UNT Libraries Mentors & Protégés Group
• UNT Libraries Mentoring
Program Team
• Library Mentoring Program
LibGuide
• UNT Office of Faculty
Success Mentoring
• Lists of books & other
resources
• Office of Faculty Success
trainings in development
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17. Mentoring Program LibGuide Highlights
Mentoring Program LibGuide
Suggested activities for mentors to provide ideas and structure
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https://guides.library.unt.edu/c.php?g=915033

18. What if it’s not working?
Problems? Concerns?
• Periodic check-ins with the
Mentoring Program Coordinators
• Bring any problems or concerns to
Greg, Kristin, or any other Career
Development Committee Member
• Will work with you to resolve
problems
“No-fault separation”
• Can be initiated by either party
• Contact Kristin or Greg or any other
member of the work group.
• Don’t wait!
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19. Next Steps
• Sign the agreement/expectations form which helps establish
• Ground rules
• Meeting details: frequency/times/locations/who sets the meetings, etc.
• Establish expectations of communication
• (frequency, preferred method, expected response time, etc.)
• Develop a plan
• Review career goals and first year goals
• Develop strategies to achieve them
• Start meeting!
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20. Best Practices in Faculty Peer Mentoring
Date: 10/20/23
Time: 1:00pm
Location: Zoom Meeting
Contact: Jamie Moreno
Email: jamie.moreno@unt.edu
Phone: 940.565.3304
Join us for a workshop led by Dr. Yvette Huet, Director of the UNC Charlotte ADVANCE Faculty Affairs
and Diversity Office, and Professor of Applied Physiology, Health, and Clinical Sciences. This
workshop aims to provideparticipants with a comprehensiveunderstandingof various types of
mentoring, along with practical strategies for setting clear expectations and fostering effective
communication in mentoring relationships. Attendees will leave with a comprehensive
understandingof the various mentoring approachesavailable and tools for establishing and
maintaining effective and mutually beneficial mentoring relationships.
https://vpaa.unt.edu/events/peer-mentoring-2023

21. Questions?
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22. Getting to know your partner
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