1. Empowering All Through Mentoring
Derek Shields
The University of Kansas
October 30, 2018
Empowering All Through Mentoring
Derek Shields
The University of Kansas
October 30, 2018

2. NDMC Mission
The National Disability Mentoring Coalition (NDMC) raises awareness about the importance and impact of mentoring in the lives of people with disabilities and increases the number and quality of disability mentoring programs around the country.
Disability Mentoring Timeline
DOL grant to Partners for Youth with Disabilities:
National Disability Mentoring Council
Summit in 2006 produced policy recommendations: “Aspire. Believe. Achieve.”
PolicyWorks focus on mentoring:
2011 Susan Daniels Mentorship Fund
2012 Environmental scan
2013 Partnership with Partners for Youth with Disabilities on eMentoring
PolicyWorks meetings with USBLN and PYD in September 2014 defined Coalition
Coalition launched in December 2014 with 10 founding members
Coalition launched Susan M Daniels Disability Mentoring Hall of Fame in September 2015, inducting 25 leaders in recognition of the 25th anniversary of the ADA
Coalition partners with MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership in November 2015
Coalition Membership expands to 27 organizations in April 2016
Coalition announces Class of 2016 Inductees to the Disability Mentoring Hall of Fame in July 2016
Coalition hosts Mentoring Roundtable with over 30 disability leaders and partners to inform strategic direction
Coalition publishes Strategic Plan (available online at disabiltiymentors.org)
NDMC publishes White Paper on Disability Mentoring in September 2017 that outlines its policy agenda
Coalition expands Membership again in 2017 and reaches 55 Organizations
Coalition transitions to Partners for Youth with Disabilities in March 2018
Coalition transitions to paid Membership model in September 2018
NDMC’s Original Goals
Centralize resources and provide technical assistance to aid disability service providers to include mentoring options in their programming and in mainstream programs,
Establish a single point of entry for individuals with disabilities seeking mentors to find matches and resources to positively impact their lives
Pilot evidence-based mentoring programs to measure impact in transition, employment and community inclusion,
Provide training to disability mentoring professionals to enhance competencies, aid in capacity building and increase employment and community inclusion outcomes,
Include mentoring messages in existing advocacy channels.
Goals
Increase the number of mentors nationally by raising awareness of the importance of mentoring for people with disabilities;
Strengthen mentoring opportunities for youth and adults with disabilities by developing the collaborative and technological foundation for connections between programs and creating a mentoring opportunity pipeline; and,
Promote inclusive mentoring through partnerships with mainstream organizations;
Improve employment and independent living outcomes by expanding the utilization of promising practices through gathering, analyzing and disseminating data about “what works” in disability mentoring.
Develop a disability mentoring policy statement to increase funding on the federal, state and local level to help scale successful programs and models.
Recognize best practices and people who are making a difference through mentoring via the Susan M. Daniels Disability Mentoring Hall of Fame.

3. NDMC Activities
Awareness – Spotlighting the critical role of mentoring as a disability inclusion strategy in education, employment and independent living
Connections – Facilitating communication among stakeholders
Resources – Providing training, technical assistance, and a referral network
Inclusion – Facilitating mentoring opportunities for people of diverse backgrounds and abilities
Recognition – Honoring excellence in mentoring through the Susan M. Daniels Disability Mentoring Hall of Fame
Disability Mentoring Timeline
DOL grant to Partners for Youth with Disabilities:
National Disability Mentoring Council
Summit in 2006 produced policy recommendations: “Aspire. Believe. Achieve.”
PolicyWorks focus on mentoring:
2011 Susan Daniels Mentorship Fund
2012 Environmental scan
2013 Partnership with Partners for Youth with Disabilities on eMentoring
PolicyWorks meetings with USBLN and PYD in September 2014 defined Coalition
Coalition launched in December 2014 with 10 founding members
Coalition launched Susan M Daniels Disability Mentoring Hall of Fame in September 2015, inducting 25 leaders in recognition of the 25th anniversary of the ADA
Coalition partners with MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership in November 2015
Coalition Membership expands to 27 organizations in April 2016
Coalition announces Class of 2016 Inductees to the Disability Mentoring Hall of Fame in July 2016
Coalition expands again to include
NDMC 3-Fold Policy Statement:
Increase funding for mentoring, including disability mentoring programs,
Include individuals with disabilities and accessibility requirements in all mentoring programs,
Integrate disability mentoring into transition programs, talent acquisition, and diversity and inclusion initiatives.
NDMC will work to (original goals)
Centralize resources and provide technical assistance to aid disability service providers to include mentoring options in their programming and in mainstream programs,
Establish a single point of entry for individuals with disabilities seeking mentors to find matches and resources to positively impact their lives,
Pilot evidence-based mentoring programs to measure impact in transition, employment and community inclusion,
Provide training to disability mentoring professionals to enhance competencies, aid in capacity building and increase employment and community inclusion outcomes,
Include mentoring messages in existing advocacy channels.
Goals
Increase the number of mentors nationally by raising awareness of the importance of mentoring for people with disabilities;
Strengthen mentoring opportunities for youth and adults with disabilities by developing the collaborative and technological foundation for connections between programs and creating a mentoring opportunity pipeline; and,
Promote inclusive mentoring through partnerships with mainstream organizations;
Improve employment and independent living outcomes by expanding the utilization of promising practices through gathering, analyzing and disseminating data about “what works” in disability mentoring.
Develop a disability mentoring policy statement to increase funding on the federal, state and local level to help scale successful programs and models.
Recognize best practices and people who are making a difference through mentoring via the Susan M. Daniels Disability Mentoring Hall of Fame.
NDMC Strategic Plan is posted at

4. Mentoring Defined
Mentoring - A trusting relationship in which an individual receives guidance, support and encouragement from one or more individuals. In a workplace mentoring situation, the mentor is typically someone outside the employee's chain of supervision
Mentor - An individual who provides support, guidance and encouragement to another person
Mentee or Protégé - A term for the individual who is mentored
Mentoring: Defined
Mentoring - A trusting relationship in which an individual receives guidance, support, and encouragement from one or more individuals. In a workplace mentoring situation, the mentor is typically someone outside the employee's chain of supervision.
Mentor - An individual who provides support, guidance, and encouragement to another person.
Mentee or Protégé - A term for the individual who is mentored. 4

5. Benefits of Mentoring Creates a positive impact on an organization
Aids in recruitment
Augments talent development programs
Improves employee retention and engagement
Enriches workplace culture
Serves as an organizational strategy towards disability inclusion
…and inclusion drives innovation
Benefits of Mentoring
Creates a positive impact on an organization
Aids in recruitment
Augments talent development programs
Improves employee retention and engagement
Enriches workplace culture
Serves as an organizational strategy towards disability inclusion
…and inclusion drives innovation #NDEAM 5

6. John Kemp 5 John Kemp Creates a positive impact on an organization
Aids in recruitment
Augments talent development programs
Improves employee retention and engagement
Enriches workplace culture
Serves as an organizational strategy towards disability inclusion
…and inclusion drives innovation #NDEAM 5

7. Adopting a Mentoring Culture
Conduct a needs assessment
Lay groundwork, set objectives
Align program with mission, goals, strategies
Gain senior leadership support
Develop the program (applications, procedures, training tools)
Train the participants
Launch the first cohort
Adopting a Mentoring Culture in Your Organization
Conduct a needs assessment
Lay the groundwork and set the program objectives
Align the mentoring program with organizational mission, goals, strategies
Gain senior leadership support
Develop the mentoring program (applications, procedures, training tools)
Create a steering committee – or enlist an Employee Resource Group
Recruit a program manager
Include a mentoring program roadmap
Train the participants
Launch the first cohort
[2] Adapted from the Federal Workplace Mentoring Primer, 11

8. Implementing Successful Mentoring Strategies
MENTOR and EY report on best practices
Align mentoring engagements with priorities
Collaborate with national and community partners
Foster employee engagement
Image Description: Cover of the MENTOR and EY Report “Mentoring at the crossroads of education, business community.” A young man is smiling looking up at a business person who is standing (only his arm and side of his body is showing).
Implementing Successful Mentoring Strategies
MENTOR and EY report on best practices
Align mentoring engagements with priorities
Collaborate with national and community partners
Foster employee engagement
Access the report: 12

9. Digging Deeper 1 in 3 youth grow up without a mentor
Students with disabilities are 50% more likely to be absent from school
Low employment expectations for youth and young adults with disabilities
Retention and advancement challenges
Image Description: An African American female Federal employee is kneeling and demonstrating assistive technology device to an African American male high school student who is a wheelchair user. A white high school male student looks on in the background.
Digging Deeper
1 in 3 youth grow up without a mentor
Students with disabilities are 50% more likely to be absent from school
Low employment expectations
Retention and advancement challenges 13

10. Kansas
Less than 3% of KU employees identify as an individual with a disability
Kansas
Image of USA map with 22.5% of adults having a disability an map of Kansas with 21.3% having a disability.
Less than 3% of KU employees identify as having a disability.

11. Mentoring Models Inclusion Opportunities
One to one
Group
Peer
Authentic / Natural
Situational
E-Mentoring
Blended / Modern
Youth-Initiated Mentoring
Critical Mentoring
Flash (One-Time Meeting)
Speed (Time-Controlled)
Disability
Reverse and Reciprocal
Circles
No “M” Word Included
Counseling
Coaching
Apprenticeship
Sponsorship
Mentoring Models ~ Disability Inclusion Opportunities
One to one
Group
Peer
Authentic / Natural
Situational
E-Mentoring
Blended / Modern
Youth Initiated Mentoring
Critical Mentoring
Flash (One-Time Meeting)
Speed (Time-Controlled)
Disability
Reverse and Reciprocal
No “M” Word Included
Counseling
Coaching
Apprenticeship
Sponsorship
Talking Points and Resources
Also, Internship Embedded Mentoring
Peer mentoring is a form of mentorship that usually takes place between a person who has lived through a specific experience (peer mentor) and a person who is new to that experience (the peer mentee).
Situational mentoring is a short term discussion between executives, on a high impact issue, problem, challenge or opportunity. The purpose of this program is to enhance individual and organizational performance, as well as increase proficiency in leadership competencies.
Flash Mentoring is defined as a one-time meeting or discussion that enables an individual to learn and seek guidance from a more experienced person who can pass on relevant knowledge and experience. The purpose of flash mentoring is to provide a valuable learning opportunity for less experienced individuals while requiring a limited commitment of time and resources for more experienced individuals serving as mentors. While mentors and mentees can mutually decide to meet again after their flash mentoring session, the commitment is to participate only in the initial meeting.
Blended Mentoring is a mix of on-site and online events, projected to give to career counselling and development services the opportunity to adopt mentoring in their ordinary practice.
Paper on Definitions:
Mentoring is a term generally used to describe a relationship between a less experienced individual, called a mentee or protégé, and a more experienced individual known as a mentor. Traditionally, mentoring is viewed as a dyadic, face-to-face, long-term relationship between a supervisory adult and a novice student that fosters the mentee’s professional, academic, or personal development (Donaldson, Ensher, & Grant-Vallone, 2000). It is important to acknowledge that the term “mentor” is borrowed from the male guide, Mentor, in Greek mythology, and this historical context has informed traditional manifestations of mentoring. 14

12. Daman Wandke Daman Wandke - Mentee in 2015 USBLN Program
Daman Wandke, CEO/Founder, AbiliTrek / Access Travel LLC
Mutual respect for the value of mentoring
Daman let me into the good, bad & ugly – this led to a plan and steps to achieve it – it was pretty detailed and he has followed through on most of the items!
I shared with him my lessons from the private sector in building relationships, networking and risk management
Daman stays in touch on strategy
Fun is at our core
Our goal is to win work together
What I learned from Daman:
Leadership skills (how he approach the program, coordinated his own PCA)
Communicating with a person who has communication disabilities
Technical skills, tutored me on posting to my website
Advocacy skills

13. American Association of People with Disabilities
Founded in 1999, Disability Mentoring Day (DMD) is a large-scale national effort coordinated by AAPD to promote career development for students and job-seekers with disabilities through hands-on career exploration and ongoing mentoring relationships
DMD is the third Wednesday of each October during National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM); also held throughout the year
Since 2002, AAPD’s Summer Internship Program has developed the next generation of leaders with disabilities – 300 interns to date
Embeds mentors to augment the one-week orientation and summer internship experience. The application deadline is in November 6th! Learn More:
American Association of People with Disabilities
Founded in 1999, Disability Mentoring Day (DMD) is a large-scale national effort coordinated by AAPD to promote career development for students and job-seekers with disabilities through hands-on career exploration and ongoing mentoring relationships
DMD is the third Wednesday of each October during National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM); also held throughout the year
Since 2002, AAPD’s Summer Internship Program has developed the next generation of leaders with disabilities – nearly 300 interns to date
Embeds mentors to augment the one-week orientation and summer internship experience. The application deadline is in November
Learn More:
AAPD logo is on the corner of the slide. The image is AAPD is bold blue letters with the “power” button image to the left of the letters. 17

14. Models and Programs 18 More Models and Program Across the Nation
RAMP Logo: Ready to Achieve Mentoring Program. RAMP letters with gears in the R and P and a sloped measuring stick underneath the acronym indicating growth.
USBLN Logo: USBLN letters with Business Leadership Network to the right and “Driving Success through Disability Inclusion” underneath. Two rings, a green and a blue ring, are intertwined to the left.
Eye to Eye Logo: A blue capital E and a Green inverse Capital E are connected with a Capital I in white between them. Underneath the E’s are the words Eye to Eye.
DO IT Logo: University of Washington’s DO-IT Program, with a globe on top and the word DO-IT below.
NextBillion Logo: NEXTBILLION.ORG with a red circle to the left and three rising white arrows in the middle for the circle.
National Organization on Disability Logo
Partners for Youth with Disabilities Logo
DREAM Logo: Disability Rights, Education, Activism and Mentoring 18

15. Nicole Brown Nicole Brown - Mentee in 2016 USBLN Program
Learn best way to connect with your mentor. Cell phone, text, LinkedIn.
Discovered auditory processing disorders; worked on disability disclosures with employers.
Explored accommodation ideas.
Brainstorm on connections in oppression; exploring intersectional
What I learned from Nicole:
ALD
Determination

16. Critical Mentoring
Reimagines mentoring to shift to doing work that is participatory, emancipatory, and transformative
Critical Race Theory
Youth-centered
Intersectionality
Community-centered
Culturally relevant data
Reimagines mentoring to shift to doing work that is participatory, emancipatory, and transformative.
Critical Race Theory
Youth-centered
Intersectionality
Community-centered, culturally relevant data
The term was first used in 1989 by Kimberle Krenshaw, a civil rights activist and scholar of critical race theory
Describes how gender, race and class and many other factors play a role in the oppression faced by an individual
Allows people to understand one another on a broad spectrum, instead of by one trait
Also helps people find common ground with others

17. Critical Mentoring Webinar
YouTube Link to Webinar:

18. Mentoring as a Cultural Commitment
6 Images from Left to Right
Investment – Arrow on graph
Volunteers – 3 hands raised
Inclusion – Silhouettes of 5 people
Research – Magnifying glass
Youth-Led – Old style large table microphone
Training – Book with image of a graduation mortar board (cap) 20

19. Dinah Cohen
Image description: Screen shot of a video featuring Dinah FB Cohen
Developing Mentoring Cultures 23

20. Me
Derek Shields
12 images of Derek Shields when he was very young: riding a big wheel, listening to music, sleeping, dancing.
Words on slide: Nobody Taught Me How to Network

21. Us
Slide 5: Image of the word COURAGE with Braille under each letter from the FDR Memorial in Washington, DC

22. KU’s Mentoring Circles
Mentoring for disability inclusion
Embedded peer mentoring
Dec 2018 – April 2019
Certificates as KU Ambassadors for Proactive Inclusion
Registration (deadline Nov 16)
KU’s Mentoring Circles
Mentoring for disability inclusion
Embedded peer mentoring
Dec 2018 – April 2019
Certificates as KU Ambassadors for Proactive Inclusion
Registration (deadline Nov 16)
Register by Nov 16th

23. Mentoring Resources
National Disability Mentoring Coalition
White Paper on Mentoring as a Disability Inclusion Strategy
USDA Disability Mentoring Toolkit
Critical Mentoring Webinar
Office of Disability Employment Policy
Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion
MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership
National Mentoring Resource Center
Mentoring Resources
Office of Disability Employment Policy t/cultivate.htm
Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion uitment-hiring/internships-and- mentoring/
National Disability Mentoring Coalition
White Paper on Mentoring as a Disability Inclusion Strategy content/uploads/2017/09/NDMC- White-Paper-Disability-Mentoring- Sept-2017.pdf
USDA Disability Mentoring Toolkit /mentoring
Critical Mentoring Webinar xu34xlV7L4
MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership
National Mentoring Resource Center urcecenter.org/
Other Resources
NDEAM Poster:
Work:  
Federal Workplace Mentoring Primer: content/uploads/docs/fed-wmp.pdf
MENTOR and EY Report: content/uploads/2015/09/EY_Full_Report-1.pdf
AAPD:
BroadFutures:
USBLN:
NextBillion:
Eye to Eye:
DO-IT:
RAMP: 22

24. Connect
Derek Shields
@derekshieldsFWD
@DisMentors
Mentoring Resources
Office of Disability Employment Policy t/cultivate.htm
Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion uitment-hiring/internships-and- mentoring/
National Disability Mentoring Coalition
White Paper on Mentoring as a Disability Inclusion Strategy content/uploads/2017/09/NDMC- White-Paper-Disability-Mentoring- Sept-2017.pdf
USDA Disability Mentoring Toolkit /mentoring
Critical Mentoring Webinar xu34xlV7L4
MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership
National Mentoring Resource Center urcecenter.org/
Other Resources
NDEAM Poster:
Work:  
Federal Workplace Mentoring Primer: content/uploads/docs/fed-wmp.pdf
MENTOR and EY Report: content/uploads/2015/09/EY_Full_Report-1.pdf
AAPD:
BroadFutures:
USBLN:
NextBillion:
Eye to Eye:
DO-IT:
RAMP: 22