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Mentorship and Beyond . . .
Dr. Smita Asthana Head, Dept. of Chemistry
St.Anns College for Women, Mehdipatnam,
Hyderabad smitaasthana_at_yahoo.com
The fundamental task of the mentor is a
libratory task. It is not to encourage the
mentors 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.
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My Plan Today
Who is a mentor? 15 min
Types of mentors 5 min
Types of mentoring 5 min
Mentoring in educational institutions 5 min
Peer mentoring 5 min
Teacher mentor 10 min
Conclusions 10 min
Clapping by you 1 min
Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen,
and a push in the right direction.   John
Crosby
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Types of Mentoring

• Peer Mentoring
• Small Group Mentoring
• 11 Mentoring
• Formal (Assigned)
• Informal

Learning is more than absorbing facts, it is
acquiring understanding
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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 youre 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
• Dont 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
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Mentoring in Educational Institutions
The Big Boss
FACULTY
Senior Faculty Junior Faculty
Research scholars Students Administrative
/Support staff
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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.
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Peer Mentoring
Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen,
and a push in the right direction.   John
Crosby
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• 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.
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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
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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."
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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
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Teacher Mentor

• OUTREACH ACTIVITIES
• Community service
• Giving back to society
• Philanthropy
• Individual/Institutional goals
• Joining with Go's, NGOs

Teaching is the profession that teaches all the
other professions. 
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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
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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
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• 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
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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 its 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
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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 Smita Asthana smitaasthana_at_yahoo.com