Employer Mentor Training

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Name: Employer Mentor Training
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Category: All Learners
Duration: 2.00 hour(s)
Individual Fee: Free

Gain knowledge and skills in evidence-based mentoring practices by participating in asynchronous, self-paced online mentor training. Content is organized into three chapter modules, twelve lessons that cover mentoring models, mentor roles and responsibilities, structure and dynamics of the mentoring relationship, and strategies for facilitating and addressing challenges to the mentoring process.

Class IdFirst/Last SessionInstructorsLinked to
Location		Open Seats
REGISTER559No sessions scheduledOn Demand991
College of Lake County
19351 West Washington Street
Building E, Suite E186
Grayslake, IL 60030
United States
Contact: Eric Pfligler
847-543-2990
CorporateTraining@clcillinois.edu
https://calendly.com/tadmeeting/tad-employer-demo
Do and Show: Important tasks or skills you will be able to perform and demonstrate to others.
  • Define different types of mentoring models that are applied in the workplace
  • Summarize the roles and responsibilities of CLC mentors
  • Outline steps for navigating the core phases of a mentoring relationship
  • Offer strategies for supporting mentees' intellectual, professional, and psychosocial development
  • Demonstrate the competencies and skills needed to be an effective mentor, including but not limited to, building relationships, using data to determine interventions, and problem–solving
  • Describe a theoretically-driven approach to mentoring that focuses on attending to the core psychological needs that enhance a mentee’s motivation
  • Identify basic motivation concepts and their well-researched impact on mentees' satisfaction, performance, and persistence in educational and professional settings.
  • Develop strategies for putting the mentor model’s principles into action with their mentees.
Topics Covered

Chapter 1: Introduction to Mentoring

  1. Pre-chapter Knowledge Assessment
    1. Five questions/scenarios - what would you do?
  2. Beginnings of Mentoring
    1. Concept of mentorship
      1. Video-based overview
      2. Logic question sets (T/F, multiple choice)
  3. Formal & Informal Mentoring: Definition & Differences
    1. The Need for Mentoring
    2. Informal
    3. Formal
      1. Video scenario
      2. role-play
      3. Lesson recap
      4. Logic question sets
  4. Mentoring Styles: Types & Appropriate Use
    1. Successful Mentors: Personal Characteristics & Traits
    2. Professional Characteristics
      1. Video scenario
      2. Lesson recap
      3. Chapter Knowledge Check
        1. Scenario-based – probability question types
        2. Multiple choice questions / short answer
        3. Feedback response for correct/incorrect answers

Chapter 2: Elements of Workplace Mentoring 

  1. Pre-chapter knowledge assessment
    1. Five questions/scenarios - what would you do?
  2. Mentoring & Networking Relationships & Interpersonal Communication in the Workplace
    1. How to Build Confidence as a Mentor
    2. Building Confidence in Others
      1. Video scenario
      2. Role play
      3. Lesson recap
  3. The Advantages of Mentoring in the Workplace
    1. Difference Between Mentoring & Coaching
    2. Creation of the Relationship
      1. Case study scenario
      2. Lesson recap
  4. Mentoring in the Workplace: Types & Skills
    1. Mentors: The Key to Success
    2. Types of Mentoring
    3. Workplace examples
      1. Lesson recap
  5. Practical Application: Assessing Mentoring Skills
    1. Chapter Knowledge Check
      1. Scenario-based
      2. Multiple choice / short answer questions
      3. Feedback response for correct/incorrect answers

Chapter 3: How to Mentor in the Workplace

  1. Pre-chapter knowledge assessment
    1. Five questions/scenarios - what would you do?
  2. Managing an Effective Mentoring Relationship
    1. The Role of Diversity & the Impact of Stereotypes in Mentoring
    2. Challenges for Women and Minorities
      1. Video scenario
      2. Lesson recap
  3. Common Challenges in Mentoring Relationships
    1. Mentoring Relationships at Work
    2. Mentor Program Challenges
    3. Communication in Mentoring Relationships
      1. Case-study analysis
      2. Lesson recap
  4. Roles & Responsibilities of Mentors & Mentees
    1. The Mentor & Mentee Relationship
    2. Mentor Roles & Responsibilities
    3. Mentee Roles & Responsibility
      1. Video scenario
      2. Company responsibility
      3. Role play/case study
      4. Lesson recap
  5. Practical Application: Mentoring Relationships in the Workplace
    1. Chapter Knowledge Check
      1. Scenario-based
      2. Multiple choice questions / short answer
      3. Feedback response for correct/incorrect answers

Acknowledgement / Certificate of Completion


SkillPrerequisiteExpected Outcome
Coaching and MentoringNot specifiedNot specified
Class Costs
Class ValueNo Charge
Individual Fee$0.00
Private Class Fee$0.00
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