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A mentor will often have a different point of view.
A mentor may ask you to think out loud, create a hypothesis, and test your ideas (sometimes with a partner and/or friend)
A mentor will challenge you in ways you might not challenge yourself.
A Serenade Mentee chooses to want and practice steps to aquire these inner-qualities:
Attitude and Character
* Willing to be an apprentice first, a student first, willing and fulfills role model's suggestions
* Honest, loyal, punctual, and trustworthy
* Exhibits strong commitment to growing as a person
* Believes the mentor - mentee is first and foremost about building a relationship = a friendship
* Willing to receive training to improve becoming a better mentee through social skills
* Demonstrates a commitment to lifelong learning
* Is reflective and able to learn from mistakes
* Is eager to share information and ideas with Serenade staff, fellow mentees, and mentors
* Is resilient, flexible, persistent, and open-minded
* Exhibits good humor and resourcefulness
* Enjoys new challenges and solving problems
* Is always willing to learn from example
Interpersonal Skills
* Is able to maintain a trusting professional relationship
* Knows how to express ones emotional and professional
needs
* Is attentive to sensitive political issues
* Works well with individuals from different cultures
* Is
approachable
* Is patient and cooperative
Required Reading
This article, though specific to teachers, helps explain the beauty of give and take as well as challenges of mentorship,
and how to overcome them. It also answers questions you may have regarding how Serenade has chosen to operate.
Attend Orientations and Mentor Gatherings
Communication Skills
* Is able to learn how articulate clarifying questions, especially when feeling misunderstood, or not understanding
what the mentor is sharing.
* Listens attentively
* Is efficient with the use of time
* Conveys enthusiasm,
passion for teaching
* Is discreet and maintains confidentiality
"Become a Mentee" Application
In every art beginners must start with models of those who have practiced
the same art before them. And it is not only a matter of looking at the drawings, paintings, musical compositions, and
poems that have been and are being created; it is a matter of being drawn into the individual work of art, of
realizing that it has been made by a real human being, and trying to discover the secret of its creation.
- Ruth Whitman
When he arrived on campus in September 2002, I was assigned to mentor
him about the practices and policies of higher education. The mentoring was reciprocated. He elevated my understanding
by sharing his knowledge and experiences from his broad professional and academic training."
- George White
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