| Mentorship
Mentoring Subcommittee
February 9, 2001
Definition of Mentoring
Responsibilities of a Mentor
Responsibilities of a Mentee
Definition
of Mentoring
Mentoring is a relationship between an individual with potential
and an individual with expertise. The role of the mentor is to guide
the professional development of the mentee. Knowledge, experience
and organizational perspective are shared candidly within a context
of mutual respect and trust.
Mentoring relationships are multidimensional. They may be within
or between professional ranks.
Ideally, a mentor should be someone outside the structure of performance
review. An academic advisor may be a mentor, but mentors are not
limited to academic advisors. When an advisor is a mentor, the conflict
of commitment inherent in review requirements (e.g., examinations)
needs to be recognized.
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The
Responsibilities of a Mentor are:
- to foster intellectual excitement
- to promote scholarly integrity and values of the profession
- to share knowledge for how a system works (the politics)
- to foster development of technical skills (grant writing, teaching,
delivery of seminars)
- to facilitate networking within the professional community
- to serve as an advocate: promoting strengths of the mentee and
protecting resources of the mentee (including time)
- to respect the psychological advantage inherent in a mentor/mentee
relationship, including boundaries
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The
Responsibilities of a Mentee are:
- to identify areas for mentorship
- to identify an individual (or more than one) who meet needs
for professional development
- to initiate relationships
- to formulate questions and use time with mentor efficiently
- to accept coaching
- to critically evaluate information shared by the mentor
- recognize limits of a mentor/mentee relationship
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