1. Mentoring Program for Wichita State SWE
Cassiana Schroeder
WSU SWE Counselor

2. What is a Mentoring Partnership?
Reciprocal learning relationship between mentor and mentee
Learn new perspectives on situations
Develop career development strategies and work towards achieving goals together
Mentors improve communication and coaching skills and contribute to their mentee’s success
Bridge a generation gap and learn to work with others having different levels of experience

3. Program Expectations Mentors and Mentees: Show mutual respect
Be available to meet face-to-face at least once per month
Going to be gone for the summer? Keep in contact with your mentor through phone calls, , etc
Respond to quarterly surveys on how the relationship is progressing and if it is working out
Establish any boundaries (such as off-limit topics such as politics)
Define your expectations of one another (such as a reasonable response time to phone calls or s, meeting durations, etc)
Establish specific goals of your mentoring partnership
What does the mentee hope to get out of this relationship - skills, knowledge, feedback?
In what areas does the mentor have the experience or knowledge to help the mentee?
Show mutual respect

4. Program Expectations (continued)
Mentees:
Share your personal goals and challenges with your mentor
Establish objectives for each meeting with your mentor
Be responsible for scheduling regular meetings with your mentor
Be a paid member of SWE
Mentors:
Share your career journey, and any pitfalls and successes that could help your mentee
Have an interest in helping SWE members from Wichita State succeed in school and in the professional world!
You will be provided with some worksheets with activities and questions to help guide you through your first few meetings, help you get to know one another, and set some of these goals and expectations, so do not worry if you think it sounds intimidating!

5. How to be a Good Mentee Be open to feedback Be an active listener
Be reliable, honest, and trustworthy
Be respectful of your mentor’s time – Be prepared and on time for meetings
Take mentor’s advice seriously – You do not have to accept every word, but if you ignore most of it, there is no point to the relationship
Show a desire to learn and improve

6. How to be a Good Mentor Be reliable, honest, and trustworthy
Be an active listener
Be supportive and genuinely interested in your mentee and her success
Provide helpful feedback
Provide a fresh perspective
Offer your advice, but only if your mentee asks for it.
Do not tell your mentee how to deal with a situation, instead help them think through their options and the various consequences of their actions so they can come to their own conclusions.
Challenge your mentee
Challenge her assumptions and perceptions
Challenge her to set high standards and goals – build confidence