Mentor Roles and Responsibilities
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Psychosocial Roles
- Role Modeling – provide an excellent professional example
- Encouraging – provide emotional support and positive feedback
- Counseling – provide a forum for discussion of career issues
- Colleagueship – enable feeling of being a valued peer
Vocational Roles
- Educating – teach; challenge; evaluate knowledge and skills
- Consulting – clarify politics and power; coach for success
- Sponsoring – provide visibility and exposure
- Protecting – shield from damage by the system or others
Competencies
- Leadership
- Management
- Organizational knowledge/know-how
- Content knowledge / experience / expertise
- Communication/Interpersonal skills
- Availability
Expectations
- Willing to commit to a 1-year program
- Participate in mentor orientation / training
- Help to establish goals and expectations of mentee
- Establish relationship/build rapport with assigned mentee
- Communicate with mentee on regular basis
- Be available for questions/consultation, as needed by mentee
- Provide general guidance and support
- Help resolve problems/difficulties in accomplishing goals and expectations
- Give professional career-related advice
- Facilitate professional networking and contacts
- Help acclimate mentee to IS / ACRL / ALA
- Be open to modifications of mentor/fellow relationships if needed
- Communicate with and provide feedback to IS Mentoring Committee at least two times per year
- Recommended: Attend IS functions/events, when possible
Last revised December 5, 2007
Questions and comments may be sent to Caroline Barratt (ccason@uga.edu), 2007-2008 Mentoring Committee Chair.
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