SUN Mentor Website
- Your role and responsibilities as a SUN Mentor
- Your Mentor Profile
- Sample Mentor Profile
- Training in mentoring skills
- SUN Mentoring Social Events
- Tips and tools for successful mentoring
As a SUN Mentor your role is to listen, provide constructive feedback and help your mentee consider options. You may want to refer them to resources, facilitate decision making and share your own experiences. You might help to identify areas for development, coach your mentee and allow opportunities to practice new skills. You may be a sounding board, ask questions to cause further exploration of ideas or challenge your mentee’s thinking. You provide guidance, not direction and do not solve problems but act as a collaborator in the problem solving process.
Keep in mind that mentees typically want:
- advice on career paths/options
- to learn how to develop maximum potential
- assistance in forward thinking
- to set career goals and strategies for achieving them
- to expand networks and broaden horizons
- to learn new skills
- a person who has been successful to use as a role model
- to raise their profile
- to get the big picture view
- to develop a better life perspective – balance work and home
- awareness of promotional opportunities
- help with job applications
- access to a variety of resources
Primary responsibilities you have as a mentor include:
- Maintaining confidentiality
- Being accessible
- Listening actively to your mentee
- Promoting responsible decision making
- Motivating and supporting your mentee to achieve their goals
- Ensuring a professional relationship
- Acting as a role model
- Recognising when it is time to relinquish the mentoring role
For detailed guidelines on conduct, equity and confidentiality for mentors and mentees, see the following University of Sydney policies:
- Staff Code of Conduct
- Corruption Prevention Strategy
- Discrimination Prevention Policy
- Harassment Prevention Policy
- Harassment and Discrimination Resolution Procedure
- University Privacy Policy
SUN Mentors are required to complete an Expression of Interest to Register as a Mentor form. The information you provide is used to create your Mentor Profile. Mentor Profiles are placed on the SUN website for viewing by potential mentees. A sample Mentor Profile is included below. You can request that your profile be removed from the website at any time by contacting the SUN Secretary.
Once your Mentor Profile has been uploaded to the SUN website, it is important that you notify the SUN Secretary of any changes that need to be made to the details on your profile (including changes to contact details, availability etc).
Click here to view the Mentor Profiles page
Mentor: Miriam Frommer
Profile:
I am a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences. I have lectured and taught practical classes and problem-based learning tutorials in science, medicine, dentistry and pharmacy. Topic areas of particular interest include endocrinology, reproduction, renal and gastrointestinal physiology. I am committed to student-centred learning and to empowering learners by developing both their generic and their subject-specific skills. I am currently working on a number of research projects related to provision of student resources on WebCT.
Mentoring Areas:
- Career development
- Teaching and learning
- Working in the University
Availability: Weekly
Communication Preferences: Face to face
Currently available as a mentor: Yes
Contact Details:
Room E216, Anderson Stuart Building, F13
Work: 9351 2720
Mobile: 0416 159 394
As a SUN Mentor, you have access to Mentoring Skills training. An initial Mentoring Skills workshop was held on 10 March 2005. Please contact the for details of the next workshop.