3. These are the topics we will cover within the
training:
1. Preparing to Mentor
2. Mentor Expectations
3. Grounds for Termination
4. Mandatory Matching Event
5. Preparing Your First Meeting
6. The Perks of Being A Mentor
7. Doing More with UTA-HOSTS!
4. “ Am I prepared
to be a Mentor?”
First ask
yourself,
5. Consider your
to be a mentor? Is it...
To help someone out
Be positive influence
Gain a sense of pride in seeing a mentee learn,
progress, and focus on goals
Develop leadership skills
Develop valuable transferable skills used in
professional and personal life
7. • Put this on my resume
• Recruit for my organization
• Influence someone in my personal
views
• I am“required”to be a mentor
But, if this is your motivation...
8. Not Good.
Forced or unrealistic motivations lead to negative
relationships and potential long term negative
effects for mentees.
(Eby, L., McManus,The Protege’s Perspective Regarding Negative Mentoring, 1-21.)
9. Consider if you have the
TIME
to carry out your
mentoring responsibilities.
16. 1. Contact mentee weekly via email,
phone, text, face-to-face, etc.
2. Meet in person each month to talk
about goals for the semester
3. Complete check-up forms within two
weeks of them being sent out
4. Communicate university resources
and services to mentee
5. Serve as a role model academically
and socially
Communication is key.
Mentors MUST:
17. • Acquaint your mentee to life at UTA
from your perspective
• Assist in the development of skills
necessary for mentees to succeed in
college
• Accompany mentee to program
activities such as mixers and other
events
• Help your mentee find their fit at UTA
We also highly encourage our mentors to :
19. So here are things that can cause termination of your
participation in the UTA-HOSTS! Program.
•You cannot be reached despite repeated tries.
•You are unresponsive to requests to contact or
meet and you appear uninterested
•You exhibit inappropriate behavior
(Ex. Receiving Behavior Intervention Team Referrals)
20. Now let’s discuss matching,
because we have a brand
new way of doing things.
21. This event is MANDATORY for all mentors
and mentees.
UTA-HOSTS!
Mix &Match
Tuesday, August 26th
7pm- 9pm
University Center, Bluebonnet Ballroom
22. This year, UTA-HOSTS! will NOTmatch
mentors and mentees.
Mentors and mentees will meet each
other through a series of games and
icebreakers throughout the Mix & Match
event.
23. As mentors, you should
initiate conversations and
meet as many mentees as
possible.
24. At the end of the event, mentors
and mentees will ask each other to
be paired.
Once a pair is in agreement, you
will turn in your matching sheets
to UTA-HOSTS!
25. We’ll give you some time to go back and
write that date down with the important
notes you are taking.
UTA-HOSTS!
Mix &Match
Tuesday, August 26th
7pm- 9pm
University Center, Bluebonnet Ballroom
26. So now your matched.
You should start preparing before your
first official meeting.
27. Before you meet your mentee…
• Give some thought to how you will work with your mentee to
achieve a successful experience for both of you. You are in a
good position to offer advice and support.
• Develop an action plan. This is a great opportunity for you to
continue to develop leadership skills such as goal
development, time management and communication skills.
• Recall your first days in college and information, offices, and
resources that would be useful for your mentee.
28. During your first meeting, you’ll
want to set the boundaries and
realistic expectations with
your mentee.
29. So let them know if you
don’t respond to texts
right away, or if your
unavailable all day on
Fridays.
30. During your first meeting:
Ask your mentee about his/her
expectations for the mentoring
program.
31. Clearly outline and discuss
mentee responsibilities.
During your first meeting:
32. During your first meeting:
Conditions for the meeting should be
comfortable for both parties. It should
occur in a public place such as the
University Center where you are both
“on familiar territory”.
33. Compare schedules and determine the means of
communication that will work best.
Frustration and wasted time can be avoided by
knowledge and understanding of your mentee’s
student life.
During your first meeting:
34. During your first meeting:
Set goals together.
You will need to follow up with HOSTS! on
what those goals are, how you plan to
achieve them, and how your goals are
coming along.
35. Remember, A mentor is not:
•A professional counselor (Don’t solve their problems,
guide them in solving them independently)
•A social worker (know what situations you can handle and
when to support them is seeking professional help)
• An “ATM machine”(Don’t feel obligated to pay for
things)
36. So, do you think you can
handle the responsibilities
of being a mentor?
37. We think so too!
We are happy to have you as a part of
our team.
38. And we recognize Outstanding Mentors with the
Outstanding UTA-HOSTS! Mentor Scholarship.
This scholarship and award is given out in April.
Your mentee will receive an e-mail encouraging
nominations in March.
39. Throughout the year, HOSTS! will
provide mentor only appreciation
events.
Of course, there are other rewards to
being a mentor...
40. The Rewards Of Being A Mentor
• Be positive influence
• Sense of pride in seeing a mentee learn, progress, and
focus on goals
• Develop leadership skills
• Develop valuable transferable skills used in professional
and personal life
Mentoring is human interaction, support, caring and empowerment. It can be a life changing
experience. Like any other relationship, you must put effort into it - keep working on it.
UTA-HOSTS!
41. Still want to do more?
We thought so... and we have plenty
of opportunities.
42. You can join the
Programs and Recruitment Team!
The Programs and
Recruitment (PR) Team plays
plans and implements mentor
recruitment, training, program
input, publicity, and planning
for and assisting at events.
Open to all UTA-HOSTS!
participants.
43. You can also apply to be the Program
Coordinator
The Program Coordinator is a paid position that serves
as the coordinator of all UTA Hosts! Programs and
aides with the training and matching of mentors and
mentees.
The position becomes available for application in the
spring and begins in the summer of each academic
year.
44. Meet the 2014-15 Program Coordinator…
Ryma Mahouch.
She can help you with
any UTA-HOSTS!
question you have.
45. Thanks for training to be a UTA-HOSTS!
Mentor.
You must complete the Mentor Training
Quiz within the Blackboard assessment
tab in order to show that you completed
your training.
46. Contact Us
E. H. Hereford University Center,
lower level B120 C
Phone: 817-272-6054
E-mail: hosts@uta.edu
