Mentoring COURSE MATERIALS

Workplace mentoring relates to everyone - teaching and learning skills in the workplace is a shared responsibility. The Nova Scotia Apprenticeship Agency is focusing attention on mentoring to assist with teaching and learning skills at work. The province has worked in partnership to develop resources relating to Workplace Mentoring. Here you will find a complete set of Course Materials for Workplace Mentoring. These materials include:

•  RESOURCES & TOOLS: Things to refer to & use
•  CONTENT & ACTIVITIES: Things to read & complete
•  STOP & CHECK: Time to see how things are going

  NOTE: Many of the resources require the Adobe Acrobat Reader plugin to view.

What happens next is YOU choose how you prefer to go through the course content. You can go through individual topics online, or you can print the entire course package and handbook for reference offline. The link for the entire course package and handbook are included immediately below, or you can start with the first topic at the arrow icon below labelled "Getting Started Online"...

However you choose to proceed - Enjoy your learning journey!

•  COMPLETE Course Package
•  ACCOMPANYING Handbook

Getting Started Online

Take the time to explore these resources and think about how they relate to you.

•  PLAN Your Learning
•  HANDOUT - Why Mentoring is Important
•  Apprenticeship and Mentoring - Learning Activities

 

Step 1 - Identify the Point of the Lesson

Provide a sense of direction to the learning. The outcomes to achieve are to:

•  Teaching and Learning Workplace Skills - Learning Activities
•  HANDOUT - Learning Skills
•  Identifying the Point - Learning Activities

Step 2 - Link the Lesson

Help people see the relationship between what is known and what is coming.

•  Linking Lessons - Learning Activities
•  Canadian Apprenticeship Forum "Making It Work" Resource

Step 3 - Demonstrate the Skill

Show people the skill - Be sure to explain why and how it is done.

•  Demonstrating Skills - Learning Activities
•  HANDOUT - Teaching Skills

Step 4 - Provide Practice

Set up chances for people to use the new skills - Practice is key.

•  Providing Practice - Learning Activities
•  CHECKPOINT - Practice YOUR Workplace Mentoring
•  Mentoring "TOOLKIT" of Strategies

Step 5 - Give Feedback

Tell people how they are doing - describe what is happening and plan next steps.

•  Giving Feedback - Learning Activities
•  CHECKPOINT - Feedback on YOUR Workplace Mentoring
•  HANDOUT - Mentoring Tips

Step 6 - Assess Skills and Progress

Determine progress - People need to know how they are doing.

•  Assessing Skills and Progress - Learning Activities
•  CHECKPOINT - Assess YOUR Workplace Mentoring

Finishing Up

A couple of final things to do in order to finish the course.

•  Activities to COMPLETE COURSE
•  CREDIT for training requires submitting this FORM to instructor!

Thanks and References

All this would not have been possible without the collaboration and assistance of many different individuals, groups, organizations, and stakeholders.

•  REVIEW Acknowledgements & Content References

Help - YOUR Input

Help us continue to improve these resources by providing feedback!

•  SUBMIT Suggestions & Feedback

Mentoring Works - PASS IT ON...

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