Pathways Mentor Program

"The mentor projects cover a wide range of topics from understanding your role as a mentor and assessing your readiness through a comprehensive assignment that includes a six-month mentoring commitment. To be designated a Pathways Mentor, you must be a member in good standing for six months, and complete one entire path in Pathways as well as the Pathways Mentor Program." (taken from the mentor description).

-  the first project, “Prepare to Mentor,” is designed to help you clarify your goals and expectations.
- Remember, a mentor is a guide who helps each protégé find their own way. Though there may be opportunities to coach, or give specific instruction, your most important job is to listen to your protégé, guide them to information and provide the support they need to reach their goals.

There are three parts to the new mentor program. The first is prepare to mentor, where you determine personal goals as a mentor and recognize the skills you have. This project also helps to identify your strengths and areas of specialty. The second project is called Mentoring, where you get your first protégé. This project is lengthy and has several steps involved. The protégé will fill out their success plan with you, and there is also a protégé self assessment to be completed. Both the mentor and protégé get evaluated in this project. At the end of this project, you will give a speech.
The last project is called advanced mentoring, where you will become a mentor for a minimum of six months. In this project, you have an evaluation like the second project, as well as the protégé success plan, but Advanced Mentoring is a more in depth project. You need to meet with you protégé every month to check in with your goals, and at the end of the project, you are going to give a speech on how the mentorship went.