Mentoring Training Programme

Course Title

Who can attend

Course Outline

Overall Outcomes

Workshop 1

‘Introduction to Mentoring’

Anyone who has an interest in mentoring and wants to know more – open to potential mentors and mentees (Deaf or otherwise).

• What is an effective ‘supporter’?
• Defining Mentoring
• Developing basic skills
• Practice
• Introduction of ASLI’s Mentoring Scheme
• What happens next?

• Understand the role of a Mentor
• Be committed to ASLI Mentoring Scheme
• Identify if want to become a Mentor and therefore move on to Workshops 2 & 3

Workshop 2

‘Mentoring Skills’

• Any qualified SLI who has completed Workshop 1 or has relevant APL (see APL document for more information)
• Any other qualified specialists (not necessarily in interpreting – see introduction) who has completed Workshop 1 or has relevant APL

• Triads
• Benefits for Mentor and Mentee
• Start a session
• During a session
• End of a session
• Learning styles
• What do participants have to offer?
• Additional tasks

• Start working with mentees as part of the Practicum
• Effective auto/peer evaluation
• Develop a peer group of Mentors
• Understand how to manage the relationship and the session
• Aware of the impact made on mentees and other stakeholders

Workshop 3

‘Advanced Mentoring Skills’

Anyone who has completed workshop 2 or has relevant APL

• Review session
• Mentoring and communication skills
• Developing a learning plan
• Practical approaches
• Coping strategies
• Ethical issues
• Identifying learning objectives
• Additional tasks

• Once Practicum finished, to become an ASLI trained Mentor
• Able to facilitate learning
• Develop skills further independently
• Practical understanding of the role of a Mentor