Mentoring in workplace- assignment

Length: 2000 words

Due: Sunday 6th September 2020, 11.59pm (Australian Eastern Standard Time) through UTS Canvas

Task: This task requires students to analyse their chosen context for designing a mentoring program (OR evaluating an existing mentoring program), critically link to and analyse relevant literature and their own mentoring/professional experience.

Assessment 1’s aim is to develop a better understanding of your intended workplace mentoring program’s context, relevant literature and your experiences to identify issues and considerations to inform your program design/evaluation in Assessment 2.

A list of relevant literature is provided in the Subject Outline and UTS Canvas, but students are encouraged to find their own research articles.

Assessment Criteria

Your assessment will be graded against the following criteria.

Your ‘Workplace Context

Assessment 1 supports Assessment 2 where you will design or evaluate a mentoring program in a workplace relevant to your professional context. Note that for Assessment 2, you are only required to design a mentoring program – not implement it.

In order to complete both assessments, you will need to first identify what ‘workplace’ you will focus on as your chosen context for your mentoring program design/evaluation.

Your chosen workplace could be related to:

· Your current or recent past place of employment

· Community work you engage in

· Your work as a student

Your choice of ‘workplace’ is not limited to paid employment, but it should be a site that you have experience in, understand and has some relevance to your professional practice.

Approximate word count: 700 words

This section selects 3 peer-reviewed academic pieces of literature and analyses them to inform considerations for designing a mentoring program (OR evaluating an existing mentoring program) in your specific context. The aim is for you to engage with the literature on mentoring to inform your program design/evaluation.

Your selection of academic literature can include:

· Models of mentoring practice

· Design and implementation of mentoring programs

· Mentoring in particular contexts or with particular groups

You should address the following questions for each of your selected sources:

· What was your rationale for including this source?

· How is this selection relevant for your specific context?

· What can we learn from this selection to inform considerations for your mentoring program design or evaluation?

· What evidence supports your selection’s findings/arguments?

· How directly applicable are these findings/arguments to your specific context?

· Are there any concerns with or considerations for directly applying finding/arguments from this selection to your specific context?

You should use peer reviewed sources (i.e. journal articles), books, or other periodicals. You should not rely on websites, blogs, etc. for your selection of literature.

This section critically reflects on your mentoring/professional experience to inform considerations for designing a mentoring program (OR evaluating an existing mentoring program) in your specific context. The aim is for you to identify ways you can learn from your past experiences as well as acknowledging how those experiences might influence designing or evaluating a mentoring program in your chosen context.

Questions that you could consider for this section include:

· What has worked well in regard to mentoring in your past experiences?

· What concerns or considerations will you consider because of your past experiences?

· Is there anything that you need to watch out for with how your past experiences might shape your current approach?

When considering past mentoring experience, you do not need to limit yourself to formal mentoring, but you can also consider informal mentoring experiences (for example, a teacher, family or a friend).

If you haven’t had much experience of mentoring, you could analyse what you are unsure of and consequently, what considerations that might raise for designing/evaluating a mentoring program in your chosen context.

The format is expected to be written as an essay. Your essay should comprise mostly paragraphs with occasional use of bullet points and diagrams as appropriate.

Your references are expected to comply with APA 6 or UTS Harvard referencing style.