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HSS3050 Becoming A Mentee

Advanced · 1 credit · HRH - Health, Recreation, and Human Services

Description
Students build a personal profile to engage as a mentee in a successful mentoring relationship to explore career and/or personal goals for citizenship or volunteering in their community.
Prerequisite
None
Supporting courses
HSS1030: Communication Skills for Health Professionals HSS1050: Introduction to Mentorship

Outcomes The student will:

  • 1 demonstrate strategies for building a personal profile in preparation for the mentee role in a mentoring relationship

    • 1.1 define mentorship, mentee and mentor

    • 1.2 summarize the characteristics of a successful mentoring relationship

    • 1.3 list the benefits of mentoring relationships to the:

      • 1.3.1 mentee

      • 1.3.2 mentor

      • 1.3.3 community, including the school community

    • 1.4 outline strategies for assessing personal strengths, development and resiliency, including strategies for assessing:

      • 1.4.1 personal skills and abilities

      • 1.4.2 learning preferences

      • 1.4.3 emotional quotient

      • 1.4.4 beliefs, values and attitudes

    • 1.5 build a personal profile, including:

      • 1.5.1 a Development Assets checklist

      • 1.5.2 a summary of personal strengths identified by completing a Development Assets checklist

      • 1.5.3 a summary of goals for personal development based on results of a Development Assets checklist

      • 1.5.4 a description of personal learning preferences based on assessment using a recognized resource

      • 1.5.5 an evaluation of personal beliefs, values and attitudes based on assessment using a recognized resource

      • 1.5.6 a summary of personal emotional quotient based on assessment using a recognized resource

      • 1.5.7 a summary of personal multiple intelligences based on assessment using a recognized resource

    • 1.6 evaluate personal life roles based on a personal profile, including roles for:

      • 1.6.1 career pathways

      • 1.6.2 family relationships

      • 1.6.3 social relationships

      • 1.6.4 citizenship and volunteering

  • 2 demonstrate strategies for becoming a mentee in an effective mentoring relationship

    • 2.1 describe community resources available for meeting goals identified by needs assessment, including:

      • 2.1.1 career goals

      • 2.1.2 citizenship and/or volunteering goals

    • 2.2 select several possible mentors based on life roles identified in personal profiles related to either:

      • 2.2.1 career goals or

      • 2.2.2 citizenship and/or volunteering

    • 2.3 submit a letter(s) of introduction to a prospective mentor(s)

    • 2.4 prepare interview questions

    • 2.5 demonstrate interview skills in a role-playing scenario

    • 2.6 arrange an interview(s)

    • 2.7 conduct an interview(s) with a prospective mentor(s)

    • 2.8 assess the results of the interview(s)

    • 2.9 summarize e-mentorship opportunities available to support personal goals

  • 3 build an effective relationship with a mentor

    • 3.1 describe personal safety considerations for a mentee within a mentoring relationship

    • 3.2 summarize the stages of a mentoring relationship cycle, including:

      • 3.2.1 preparing

      • 3.2.2 discovering and negotiating

      • 3.2.3 building rapport and trust

      • 3.2.4 accomplishing and attaining

      • 3.2.5 wrapping up

    • 3.3 initiate a mentoring relationship with a suitable mentor for either a career or citizenship/volunteering goal

    • 3.4 evaluate the mentoring relationship related to the stages of a mentoring relationship cycle

    • 3.5 exit, negotiate or celebrate the relationship based on evaluation

  • 4 demonstrate basic competencies

    • 4.1 demonstrate fundamental skills to:

      • 4.1.1 communicate

      • 4.1.2 manage information

      • 4.1.3 use numbers

      • 4.1.4 think and solve problems

    • 4.2 demonstrate personal management skills to:

      • 4.2.1 demonstrate positive attitudes and behaviours

      • 4.2.2 be responsible

      • 4.2.3 be adaptable

      • 4.2.4 learn continuously

      • 4.2.5 work safely

    • 4.3 demonstrate teamwork skills to:

      • 4.3.1 work with others

      • 4.3.2 participate in projects and tasks

  • 5 create a transitional strategy to accommodate personal changes and build personal values

    • 5.1 identify short-term and long-term goals

    • 5.2 identify steps to achieve goals

Program of Studies 2010. Source document, © Alberta Education.