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1. Mentorship and Beyond . . . Dr. SmitaAsthana Head, Dept. of Chemistry St.Ann’s College for Women, Mehdipatnam, Hyderabad smitaasthana@yahoo.com “The fundamental task of the mentor is a libratory task. It is not to encourage the mentor’s goals and aspirations and dreams to be reproduced in the mentees, but to give rise to the possibility that the students become the owners of their own history.

2. My Plan Today Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in the right direction. ~ John Crosby

3. Who is a Mentor ? ?? M Master, Motivator, Mother, Moulds, Monitor E Explorer, Enthusiastic, Experienced, Entrepreneur N Nurturer, Networked, New , Need T To teach, To inspire, To train, To communicate, Trustworthy O Organizer, Open, Objective, Optimistic, Opportunity R Relationship, Reality check, Reviewer, Researcher ~ Be the change you want to see in the world. ~ Gandhi

4. Aspiring Mentors The Five Senses - SEE – Non-verbal communication, Body language, Empathy LISTEN - The power of silence, The spoken and unspoken words TASTE – Right choice, Adjustments TOUCH – Feel, Heal, Warmth SMELL – Trouble, Fear The Sixth Sense --- INTUTION Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending. ~ Maria Robinson ~

5. Double role – Teacher and Mentor • Mentor • Takes you there • Guides you to the goal • Friendship • Right thing at right time • Personal with professional interest • Journey • Teacher • Skills – how to go ? • Defines the goal • Leadership • What is right? • Professional with personal care • Destination All glory comes from daring to begin. Eugene F. Ware

6. Just Do it Mentor Begin with the end in mind! Knowledge Relationships Execute!! Introspection Right person, Right seat Who am I? Right person, wrong seat How do I see myself? Self Assessment What am I aiming for? How do ‘they’ see me? Rethink GOALS 360* check MENTOR

7. Network Family Friends Co-workers Acquaintances Mentoring vs. Networking “I really just need to talk” Neutral Specific Mentors Generic Goal- oriented Warm Often professional In any circle Knowledge is free . Just bring your own container

8. A Mentor Is • Experienced • Honest • Open • Impartial • Available • Trustworthy • Enthusiastic • A Resource • An Advisor • A Sounding Board A Mentor Is Not • A Psychiatrist • Your Career Planner • Necessarily an Executive • Boss • Your problem fixer • Spouse We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give. Winston Churchill

9. Types of Mentors • Career growth: • What career path tools are available? • How can one broaden the job responsibilities? • What skills need to be developed? • What assignments / updation are needed for upward mobility? • Personal growth: • How to develop better people skills? • How to develop communication skills? • How to build self confidence? • Work Life Balance: • How to make time for family and work? • How to best further the education and work? • How to deal with the responsibility of an ageing parent? Teaching is more than imparting knowledge, it is inspiring change. William Arthur Ward

10. Types of Mentoring • Peer Mentoring • Small Group Mentoring • 1:1 Mentoring • Formal (Assigned) • Informal Learning is more than absorbing facts, it is acquiring understanding

11. How to Find an Informal Mentor • Decide what you need • Who has the skills that you want to acquire? • Who has had the experience that you’re seeking? • Who knows the skills and pre-requirements to the position you wish to attain? • Who is the most effective at meeting? • Who has their ear to the ground? • Look for someone who can assess your performance (career specific) • Look for someone in your network • Pick someone who you get along with you • Don’t pick someone who will only praise you OR be overly critical • Approach someone you respect and ask By learning you will teach, by teaching you will learn. Latin Proverb

12. Mentoringin Educational Institutions The Big Boss FACULTY Senior Faculty Junior Faculty Research scholars Students Administrative /Support staff

13. Peer Mentoring Freshers Batchmates • Academic fears • Emotional support • Cultural support • Establish a positive, personal relationship • Help mentee(s) to develop academic and life skills. • Assist mentee(s) in accessing academic and university resources. • interact comfortably and productively with people/groups from • diverse racial, ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. “great scientists stand on the shoulders of those who preceded them.”

14. Peer Mentoring Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in the right direction. ~ John Crosby

15. Qualities of a Good Teacher Mentor • • Accessibility • • Networking • • Short-term goals • Constructive criticism and encouragement, compliments on achievements. • Helping to sort out • • Long-term goals • o Developing visibility and prominence within the profession • o Achieving career advancement. Learning is more than absorbing facts, it is acquiring understanding. ~

16. Teacher Mentor • EFFECTIVE TEACHING • Instructional Skills • Resource material • Teaching Methodologies • Innovation • Classroom dynamics • Teacher centric or Student centric • INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS • Team building • Communication skills • Strengths & weakness • Trust • Empathy Technology owes nature an apology

17. Teacher Mentor • FACULTY DEVLOPMENT • Orientation/Refresher courses • Training programmes • Skill enhancement • Networking • Paper presentation in seminars/conferences • Exchange programme • ICT UPDATION • Computer skills • Computational skills • Websites • E-resources • Information literacy • Social networking • Test modules & Online testing "Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."

18. Teacher Mentor • RESEARCH • Emerging Areas • Projects and Proposals • Funding Agencies • Publications, Impact factor, Citations • Industrial Collaborations • Patents • Intellectual Property rights • Ethecis • ADMINISTRATION • Institutional vision & Objectives • Initiative and Leadership • Team building & Cooperation • Prioritising issues • Time management • Work Delegation • Risk taking • Networking & Collaborations Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person. ~ Mother Teresa

19. Teacher Mentor • OUTREACH ACTIVITIES • Community service • Giving back to society • Philanthropy • Individual/Institutional goals • Joining with Go's, NGO‘s Teaching is the profession that teaches all the other professions. 

20. How to Be a Protégé ? • Ask yourself – What do you REALLY want from this relationship? • Provide your mentor with a resume prior to your first meeting • Ask for what you want. Be proactive. Be honest with yourself. • Listen, Listen, Listen • Be prepared for meetings/discussions – often this is above and beyond regular responsibilities • Share your experiences, personality, interests and accomplishments • Meeting venues can be anywhere, formal or informal Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.  ~Gail Godwin

21. Mentors Benefit Too • Realizing how much they DO know • Opportunity for personal growth • Realizing that they share more with others than they realize • Opportunity to give back • Opportunity to feel more accomplished in their career • Learning from your protégé • Opportunity to meet someone new • Feedback that you might not otherwise have access to • Mentoring relationships empower a person to take charge of their own development A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.  ~Henry Brooks Adams

22. WHAT CAN INSTITUTIONS DO? • Planned mentoring programs include establishing purpose and goals, vision and Objectives • Customized programs need to meet the needs of the proteges, the mentors, • and the community ,the college or the university. • Campus awareness about the importance of mentoring, • Establishing a mentoring program with faculty assistance and input, • Recognition to participants, and providing support through institutional resources. A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others.  ~Author Unknown

23. Moving On • Mentoring relationships may have a finite or undefined duration • Goals are achieved • A mentoring relationship may not have chemistry or be a good fit • Be honest when it’s time to move on • Remember that the wrong mentor today may be a good resource in the future • Goodwill to last a lifetime Everyone is gifted - but some people never open their package ~

24. My Mentor, My Friend Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to learn from you Thank you for taking the time to show me the necessary skills today that will lead me with confidence into tomorrow for believing in me and having enough faith to share your work your dreams and your vision Thank you for accepting me as I am with all my eagerness and my sheer joy over the little things... I realized the knowledge I need for work can be learned anywhere, taught by most anyone but the life skills I needed that go along with it... well, that would have to be taught by a very unique individual with a very special gift for giving a gift of patience and understanding that someone is you, my Mentor and now, my friend Thank you SmitaAsthana smitaasthana@yahoo.com