Mentoring Development: Defining goals and active listening

In mentoring, it is important as mentors to take time at the beginning of the partnership to help the mentee define and refine their goals and to consider what is achievable and realistic.  Coaching and mentoring models can help with this task and this workshop will explore some of these, giving the participants the opportunity to try some out in practice.  Participants should come to the workshop with a goal in mind to practice these techniques in one-ton-one break out groups.  

Pre-workshop task: Bring a goal with you to the workshop so that you can practice goal setting with another participant.  This can be a long-term or short-term goal and it can be work or home related. Although you will be encouraged to share with the wider group how you found using the techniques, you do not have to discuss the goal itself, respecting confidentiality in mentoring is fundamental to all mentoring partnerships.

Although presented as separate workshops, the 4 mentoring workshop sessions are purposely scaffolded to develop mentoring practice and participants are encouraged to attend all where possible.  

Presenter

Alex Walker (she/her) MEd FRSA CMALT PFHEA

Head of Academic Practice Development | Ceannard Leasachadh Cleachdadh Acadaimigeach

Alex's main responsibilities include leadership of staff-facing professional development in learning, teaching and associated academic practices offered across the university. This includes working with colleagues in the Academic Practice Development team and across the university to design, implement and manage a arrange of professional recognition and development opportunities for UHI colleagues.  Alex also leads the UHI submissions to the Advance HE National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS) and Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellent (CATE), as well as coordinating ALPINE (Accredited Learning, Professional Development and Innovation in Education) and supporting applicants throughout the ALPINE application process.  Alex also has responsibility for leading, facilitating and coordinating events which promote and share good practice in educational research, and learning and teaching across the university. 

Alex also coordinators the University Mentoring Scheme which offers a range of mentoring opportunities for university colleagues through four distinct strands. Alex has mentored colleagues applying for Certified Membership of the Association for Learning Technology (CMALT), HEA Fellowships through ALPINE, through direct applications to Advance HE for Principal Fellowship HEA and internationally through a global funded research project exploring professional recognition and mentoring with colleagues at the Royal University of Bhutan (RUB).

Alex gained Principal Fellowship HEA (PFHEA) in 2021, and in 2022 completed a Masters in Tertiary and Higher Education, receiving a distinction for a dissertation researching mentoring for professional recognition. Alex is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), Certified Member of the Association for Learning Technology (CMALT) and in 2023 gained a level 5 ILM qualification in coaching and mentoring.

To Book

Please email lta@uhi.ac.uk to book a place on this event.

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