Mentoring A to Z
By: Julie Todaro
Publisher: ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
ISBN-13: 9780838913291
Subjects: Mentoring in library science
Description: All employees of an organization need to be familiar with the vision,outcomes, and practice of mentoring as well as the application of mentorship policies and processes. Todaro covers classic mentoring techniques, in part as an avenue for increasing employee retention and creating a committed, active staff.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-142) and index.
Table of contents: title: What's in a name? : mentors, protégés, advisers, guides, newbies, first year, sherpas and gurus, oh my!; title: It's everywhere! : the breadth of 21st century mentoring; title: What's in it for the organization? The mentor? The mentee? Everyone else? : the role and value of mentoring; title: Aisle or window? Paper or plastic? : designing and implementing in-person, virtual/digital and hybrid mentorship programs and processes; title: But enough about me? What do YOU think about me? : mentorship education and training; title: Did that really happen? : the not-very-often-talked-about mentor and mentee issues; title: What works? What doesn't? What's best? : best practices for mentorship program measurement and evaluation; title: Appendix A. Program planning; title: Appendix B. Job descriptions; title: Appendix C. Goals/outcomes; title: Appendix D. Checklists; title: Appendix E. Correspondence; title: Appendix F. Application forms; title: Appendix G. Recommendation forms; title: Appendix H. Evaluation.