Program Overview

Overview

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NO FEE for MENTORS

Who’s agenda?    

This is a mentee-driven program, meaning the objectives, time-frames and success measures are set by the mentee.

Timeframe?

The next Future Leaders Mentoring Program runs for ten months, commencing 31 January 2022 and runs through until 3 December 2022.

How often?

Mentoring partners typically meet once a month for approximately one hour. In your first session, it is advisable to put aside 90 minutes to allow getting to know each other.

Where?

Meetings between mentoring pairs takes place at a location of their choosing. Mentoring partners do not necessarily have to be geographically close. Technological advances mean that virtual mentoring meetings can be just as successful and rewarding as in-person meetings. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, we have all become accustomed to holding video conferencing with Zoom, Microsoft Teams or Skype. It is recommended that if you are meeting across distance, to opt for video rather than telephone connections, to allow for greater levels of communication to occur.

Structure?

Every mentoring relationship is different. We encourage you to decide the structure for your program at your first meeting. It is up to the mentee to decide how formal, structured or informal they wish the relationship to be. 

Experience shows us that the most successful mentoring experiences involve a level of structure, with the mentee being
clear on their objectives and arriving prepared for each mentoring session.

ACC Australia provide all the tools you need to make the program a success. Online, self-paced training is provided for mentors, equipping them with the skills and expectations they need to get the most from the experience. Any mentors who complete the training will be awarded four CPD points after successfully completing their online assessment.

A program handbook, forms, templates and guidelines are available in the Mentoring Program resource library and the Mentoring Program Facilitator keeps in regular contact to provide tips and prompts throughout the duration of the program.

Extras?

If NSW and VIC COVID regulations permit, opening and closing events will be held in Melbourne and Sydney. We will advise participants in those regions in January if this is possible.

Mentors and Mentees will be eligible for nomination in the Mentee of the Year and Mentor of the Year Awards.

Participants in the mentoring program receive special discounts at national and many state events.

Expectations of Participation

Mentors

• You must be a full ACC Australia member.
• Attendance of opening and closing event.
• Ideally, completion of on-line training – approximately four hours, self-paced learning (4 CPD points)
• Commitment of 8-10 mentoring sessions with mentee.
• Flexibility to be available to provide brief support as required via email and phone.
• Willingness to suspend own ways and prejudices and work to the agenda of the mentee.

Mentees

• You must be a full ACC member.
• Attendance of opening and closing event.
• Communication of goals and framework ideals to mentor.
• Commitment to driving the relationship, including setting up meetings and agendas.
• Respect for the generosity of time and knowledge-sharing from mentor through keeping to meeting commitments of 8-10 mentoring sessions throughout the program.
• Willingness to be challenged and stretched beyond your natural comfort zone.
   

Costs, terms and conditions

• Participation in the program as a mentor is free.
• Mentees are required to pay an administrative fee of $395 (early bird discount, if applying before 12 November is $195).
• This fee is tax deductible as a professional development expense.
• If you are participating in the program as both a mentor and mentee, the administration fee is waived.
• Fee is payable once a suitable mentor match has been assigned.
• Should you exit the program after the first month, no refund will be generated.

Questions?

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