Executive Mentoring Program

Discerning the Context

Identifying Ideas for the Program:

Malcolm Knowles' Theory of Andragogy:

Prioritizing Ideas:

Program planners need to be aware of the context in which the program they are planning exists

(Caffarella & Daffron, 2013).

• Adults need to know why they need to learn something

• Adults need to learn experientially

• Adults approach learning as problem-solving

• Adults learn best when the topic is of immediate value (Culatta, 2013, p. 1).

• Informal source

• Cohort 3 student survey results

COMING SOON!!!

WINGATE UNIVERSITY

EXECUTIVE MENTORING PROGRAM

• SWOT Analysis

N=23

90% Agreed or Strongly Agreed 56% Greater than 1 year

96% Increase networks 48% Preferred monthly

83% Expand employee skill development mentor meetings

39% Socialization

Opportunities

• Access to information
• Program enhancement opportunity
• We are students in program
• Opportunity to recruit others
• Student marketing
• Buy-in from leadership

Threats

• Administrative approval
• Recruiting mentors (lack)

Strengths

• Student interest survey
• Access to leadership in Wingate
• New students in doctoral program

Weaknesses

• Lack of knowledge
• Fear of students
• Costs
• Time Requirement

• Prioritizing ideas within the CONTEXT of the University, Community Colleges and Doctoral Students, and ...

Needs Assessment

Wingate Executive Mentoring Program Student Survey Questions

Please answer the following:

1. I would like to participate in a mentor program that pairs me with an educational professional.

____Strongly agree

____Agree

____Disagree

____Strongly disagree

2. What goals should the mentoring program focus on addressing? (please select all that apply)

____employee skill development

____socialization

____increasing networks

____Other (please specify) ________________________________

3. How long should the mentoring relationship last?

____One semester

____Two semesters

____One year

____Two years

____Three years

____Other (please specify) _________________________________

4. How often should mentors and protégés be required to meet?

____Weekly

____Bi-weekly

____Monthly

____Quarterly

____Other (please specify) _________________________________

Identifying and Prioritizing Ideas and Needs

Program ideas and needs surface from a number of sources-people, responsibilities and tasks of adult

life, organizations, and communities and

society in general-and are generated in numerous ways (Caffarella & Daffron, 2013).

Goals and Objectives

Selecting the Key Players in Program Planning:

University representatives

Doctoral Program Instructors

Community College Executive Leaders

Cohort students

Instruction

Mentoring Sessions

One-on-One Meetings

E-Mentoring

Skype

Google Hangouts

Email

Program Goal: To pair students enrolled in the Wingate Community College Executive Leadership Doctoral Program with qualified community college leaders in a formal Mentoring Program to increase their potential for becoming effective leaders.

Objective: Enrollees completing the mentoring program will increase their overall leadership skills through direct interaction with community college leaders.

Metric: Students and mentors in the mentoring program will be surveyed, before beginning and after completing the mentoring program, utilizing a student and mentor satisfaction survey.

Phone Conversation

Training Sessions

In-Class Session

Handbook

Possible Webinar

Introduction to Mentoring

Mentoring: a nurturing process in which a more skilled or more experienced person, serving as a role model, teaches, sponsors, encourages, counsels, and befriends a less skilled or less experienced person for the purpose of promoting the latter’s professional and/or personal development

Anderson & Shannon

Conclusion

Budget

Began with an idea!

SWOT Analysis

Transfer of Learning

Extensive Research

Who would support the program?

Who would it benefit?

Income for 2015-16

Student Funding: Budget:

Fall 2015 – $250 Student Fee for 28 students $7,000

Spring 2016 – $250 Student Fee for 28 students $7,000

Summer 2016 – $250 Student Fee for 28 students $7,000

Total Income: $21,000

Expenses for 2015-16

Category Name: Budget:

Course Release Time for Ed.D. Program Coordinator (Fall) $5,000

Course Release Time for Ed.D. Program Coordinator (Spring) $5,000

Course Release Time for Ed.D. Program Coordinator (Summer) $5,000

Printing Expenses $500

Mentor Training Sessions $500

Mentor Recruitment Travel Expenses $2,400

Contingency Funds $2,600

Total Expenses: $21,000

The effective application by program participants of what they learned as a result of attending the program (Caffarella & Daffron, 2013).

Basis of

Support

Studious

Who is your Community?

Doctoral students in Wingate University Doctorate of Education, Community College Executive Leadership Program

• Higher education professionals with a passion for personal and professional growth

"So what?" and "Now what?" Phase

Who is going to support this program?

Wingate University Leadership

• Program will assist Wingate University in achieving desired results and adapting to change (Caffarella & Daffron, 2013)
• Program will providing Wingate University opportunities to examine and foster community and societal change (Caffarella & Daffron, 2013)

Program Objective "To increase their overall leadership skills":

Professional

North Carolina Community College Senior Leadership

• Serving as mentors
• Future Leaders

• Student satisfaction survey as a metric (before and after)

• Leadership pre- and post-assessment tool.

Creative

Mentorship with Executive Leaders:

• Provide opportunities for the students to shadow, discuss and research

• Attain the knowledge and experience to fulfill the roles and responsibilities as leaders

Wingate University

Executive Mentoring Program