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This tutor supported distance learning course provides practical insights into the art of mentoring.
The
aim of the course is to equip you with the knowledge and skills to
mentor others. This is achieved through providing insight into the
process of mentoring, and teaching the essential mentoring skills. Case
studies, practical activities and assignments are included as key
teaching tools. Mentoring is associated with positive personal and professional growth, career
outcomes and development. It is a highly personal relationship that is
creative, dynamic and intentional. Specifically, mentoring is where a
more experienced individual (mentor) contracts to offer support,
knowledge, interest and time to a less experienced individual (mentee).
By doing this, the mentor enhances the mentee’s personal and
professional competency. The result for mentor and mentee is a greater
sense of fulfillment, role definition and a more secure identity. This
is beneficial to the individual, the organisation and the community. It
can be seen that skilled mentoring can lead to tangible rewards in
management development and practice.
The course is designed for:
- People who work with colleagues/clients, etc. whose lives would be enhanced by a
special kind of relationship where objectivity, honesty and trustworthiness are crucial,
- People who are specifically involved in the training and management of others,
- People who want to develop and enhance their career in mentoring, or
- People who work in a caring/pastoral profession (social workers, nurses, teachers,
ministers, etc).
This course is designed to be both relevant and practical.
Your course in mentoring includes the following topics:
- Defining and describing the mentoring process
- Mentoring in the corporate and professional world
- Mentoring in the community
- Essential mentor qualities
- Essential skills in mentoring
- Self-awareness: including demarking and defining the relationship
- Issues of integrity: including, “what if things go wrong?”
- Mentoring as a way of life
The
course materials consist of 10 lessons, 5 tutor marked assignments and
a textbook. This is supplemented with suggested background reading.
If you enrol on, and successfully complete the Coaching and Mentoring
Certificate courses, you are eligible for the Institute’s Diploma in Coaching and Mentoring
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