Mentoring Development: Mentor identity and competencies

The workshops will begin by exploring the role of the mentor and participants will reflect on and consider their own mentor identity.  Participants are encouraged to do a pre-workshop task, selecting an image that they feel best represent their perception of the mentor role.  Literature has shown that an integral part of successful mentoring partnerships is critical reflection before, during, and after mentoring conversations so that we don’t fall into preconceptions of the mentor role which can be difficult to change (Nyanjom 2020 and Langdon et al. 2016) and a recycling of power hierarchy as the mentee progresses to mentor (Darwin 2000). This first workshop will begin this reflection and self-awareness and participants will revisit and revise their mentor competencies throughout the workshop series.

Pre-workshop task: Select image(s) that you feel represent the role or identity of a mentor and add it to this whiteboard.  You might find creative comms images from: 

• Pixabay - https://pixabay.com/ 
• Morguefile - https://morguefile.com/ 
• Stockfreeimages - https://www.stockfreeimages.com/ 

Using images in reflective practice can help you to articulate thoughts, feelings and experiences and we often use images in mentoring approaches and to unpick difficult or challenging situations. 

Although presented as separate workshops, the four mentoring workshop sessions are purposely scaffolded to develop mentoring practice and participants are encouraged to attend all where possible.  

Presenters

Alex Walker

Alex Walker (she/her) MEd FRSA CMALT PFHEA

Alex is the Professional Development and Recognition Lead within the Learning and Teaching Academy (LTA).  

Alex coordinates the University Mentoring Scheme which offers a range of mentoring opportunities for university colleagues through four distinct strands, comprising Research, Learning and Teaching Enhancement, Professional Recognition and Scholarship Development.  As well as coordinating the scheme Alex is the lead for the Professional Recognition strand. Alex has mentored colleagues applying for Certified Membership of the Association for Learning Technology (CMALT), HEA Fellowships through ALPINE, through direct applications to Advance HE for Principal Fellowship HEA and internationally through a global funded research project exploring professional recognition and mentoring with colleagues at the Royal University of Bhutan (RUB).

Alex gained Principal Fellowship HEA (PFHEA) in 2021, and in 2022 completed a Masters in Tertiary and Higher Education, receiving a distinction for a dissertation researching mentoring for professional recognition. Alex is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and Certified Member of the Association for Learning Technology (CMALT).

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