Mentor Criteria

Here are the criteria we consider when processing your mentorship application:

Qualifications for Mentors:

- **Experience**: Minimum of 5 years of experience and knowledge in your respective field.

- **Leadership**: At least 1 year of management or leadership experience.

### What it Means to be a CoE Mentor:

Mentor traits are the qualities that help you support and guide others. Your role is to inspire mentees to reach their full potential.

Mentor competencies

Comprehend

• recognize mentor roles and responsibilities
• interpret formal mentoring process
• apply adult learning principles to mentoring relationship
• analyze career and other professional competencies
• implement problem solving activities to recognize and reconcile different and perhaps conflicting priorities of a mentoring relationship and
• respond appropriately to a variety of needs

Relate

• initiate and foster a mentoring relationship utilizing sound interpersonal and communication skills
• engage in a learning partnership
• utilize open-ended questions and other communication strategies to deepen communication with mentees
• provide a safe and non-judgmental environment for mentees to express ideas and concerns
• provide timely support and understanding when the mentee experiences set backs 

Facilitate

• support mentees in goal identification and objective setting
• assist mentees in developing their action learning plans
• assist mentees in meeting objectives and other professional deadlines
• encourage participation in social and networking events
• provide opportunities to expand mentees professional network 

Inform

• share knowledge about professional role and
• share knowledge on institutional /organization goals and values
• share knowledge on program goals and values
• provide professional expertise based on own subject areas
• support reflective career practice
• role model diversity

Challenge

• provide constructive feedback for mentees related to progress in meeting objectives and overall professional development
• assist mentees to identify areas for improvement
• encourage mentees to set ambitious or stretch goals in action learning plans 

Reflect

• assist mentee to develop critical reflective professional practices
• role model reflective practice
• provide assistance for professional problem solving and conflict resolution
• encourage reflection on progression in competencies 

Motivate

• role model risk taking
• share past successes and challenges
• support mentee's self empowerment initiatives
• sustain mentee’s commitment to the relationship and achievement of goals
• celebrate successes together
• promote mentees successes with others 

Envision

• visualize mentee as mentor
• support and encourage career planning (short and long term)
• contribute to succession planning