1. Meet the Mentors Facilitator: Dr. D. Wright Panel: Elizabeth Barrington~Rose Hicks~Wahid Hamidy

2. Mentoring…..a unique professional development opportunity Mentoring is "helping someone else learn something that he or she would have learned less well, more slowly, or not at all if left alone."

3. Mentoring….challenges on the front line Mentoring is an intentional, confidential process through which an experienced teacher or professional provides a newcomer with information, support, resources, guidance, feedback, and assistance, for the purpose of refining present skills, developing new ones, and enhancing problem solving and decision making, in a way that leaves its mark on knowledge and practice related to student learning.

4. SDCCD Online College Mentor Program Faculty mentor for each college  City College  Mesa College  Miramar College Provide support in the development and delivery of SDCCD Online courses

5. Online Mentors Facilitate Coach Guide and support Instruct Share & collaborate Are ‘power users’ of the WebCT system Work one-on-one with faculty

6. 2005/2006 Online Mentors City College: Rose Hicks  rhicks@sdccd.edu Mesa College: Elizabeth Barrington  ebarring@sdccd.edu Miramar College: Wahid Hamidy  whamidy@sdccd.edu

7. Ask the Mentors…… What do they do? What has it been like this year? Would you do it again?

8. Meet the Mentors Facilitator: Dr. D. Wright