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Mentoring works best as a partnership with a bit of ‘professional distance’ ie not your supervisor/PI or dept colleagues.
How easy is if for you to access a good quality mentor? Reply to say more.
#MentorMode #NationalMentoringDay 2/14
How easy is if for you to access a good quality mentor? Reply to say more.
#MentorMode #NationalMentoringDay 2/14
Looking for mentor?! Who to choose? And how to ask? Here’s a set of video resources, articles, and templates, that show you how to choose, recruit, manage, and get the most out of working with a mentor. #MentorMode #NationalMentoringDay 3/14 https://spark.adobe.com/page/7Yrud1iAh2ak8/
Mentor starter pack here! An open access learning resource for new mentors, to help get you started with solid practice foundations that will serve you in every mentoring relationship. #MentorMode #NationalMentoringDay 4/14 https://spark.adobe.com/page/jv6d6DWE9kT4X/
Giving advice is a helpful behaviour, done with the best of intentions. However, thinking that mentoring is equal to advising can lead us to a superficial view of mentoring and a job half done. Read why here. #MentorMode #NationalMentoringDay 5/14 http://gcuacaddevelopment.wordpress.com/2020/01/17/building-a-repertoire-beyond-advice/
When we discuss questioning techniques, new mentors often ask me what questions they should ask their mentees. Here’s a post all about what makes a good mentoring question. #MentorMode #NationalMentoringDay 6/14 https://gcuacaddevelopment.wordpress.com/2020/09/09/asking-insightful-questions-a-core-mentoring-practice/
The idea I focus on in this post is the idea of the role you can play as a ‘sounding board’ — a listener who amplifies the learner’s voice, not your own. This involves listening to understand, not listening to reply. #MentorMode #NationalMentoringDay 7/14 https://gcuacaddevelopment.wordpress.com/2020/02/10/listening-to-understand-not-to-reply/
Drawing on mentoring philosophies and tools will help you to give feedback that your students and colleagues will actually hear, analyse, and respond to. #MentorMode #NationalMentoringDay 8/14 https://gcuacaddevelopment.wordpress.com/2020/01/31/giving-feedback-to-or-doing-feedback-with/
We should put mentoring skills at the centre of academic practice and demonstrate how to apply the skills for working with students, peers, teaching teams, research teams, and colleagues more widely. #MentorMode #NationalMentoringDay 9/14 https://gcuacaddevelopment.wordpress.com/2020/01/27/mentoring-at-the-centre-of-academic-practice
Thinking of starting a mentoring programme? First step, understand the current reputation of mentoring & dispel any myths you may encounter. Read how to do that in this article. With huge thanks @JLSCinAZ #MentorMode #NationalMentoringDay 10/14
https://gcuacaddevelopment.wordpress.com/2020/10/27/busting-mentoring-myths/
https://gcuacaddevelopment.wordpress.com/2020/10/27/busting-mentoring-myths/
This one goes out to all the #postdocs out there who provide a huge amount of mentoring support and who are the often the glue that holds thesis writers together. On why postdocs make great thesis mentors. #MentorMode #NationalMentoringDay 11/14 https://supervisingphds.wordpress.com/2019/04/30/postdocs-cant-supervise/
Resources for Thesis Mentors (anyone supporting thesis writers). PhD supervisors may find this material helpful but a good mentor complements the supervisor, and is not part of the official, candidate advisory team. #MentorMode #NationalMentoringDay 12/14 https://twitter.com/kayguccione/status/1242448208070139906?s=21
Many of us have moved our mentoring partnerships online - this live and growing Padlet shares ideas from colleagues at GCU on adapting practice for online mentoring. There's space for you to your tips too. #MentorMode #NationalMentoringDay 13/14 https://gcuniv.padlet.org/kay_guccione/jmgrdfm0fzfryte2
BOOK! Our handbook all about how to make mentoring work for academic and researcher development is coming soon! #MentorMode #NationalMentoringDay 14/14 https://twitter.com/kayguccione/status/1296377173239111680?s=21
