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The Mentorship Program pairs seasoned Bristol staff members with newly hired employees to assist with the transition to Bristol or to a new position at the college. The 9-month program will meet from January 2025 until August 2025. 

Minimum Mentor Eligibility:

Mentors must meet the following requirements

  • Staff member.
  • Two years of service at Bristol as of December 1, 2024.
  • Must be an employee in good standing and received a satisfactory rating on the last two years of performance evaluations. 

Minimum Mentee Eligibility:

Mentees must meet the following requirements

  • Staff Member.
  • Less than two years at Bristol or in current position as of December 1, 2024.

Program Roles

Mentee:  Mentees will share their skills and goals along with their concerns, and what areas they wish to learn more at Bristol or in their current role.

Mentor:  Mentors will share their professional and organizational knowledge, and experience, while serving as a sounding board or assisting with questions or concerns the mentee may have.

Application Requirements

Potential Mentees Potential Mentors
  • Once application has been approved, self-enroll in Blackboard course for program.
  • Questionnaires, articles, discussion and feedback will be available in the online course space.
  • Once application has been approved, self-enroll in Blackboard course for program.
  • Questionnaires, articles, discussion and feedback will be available in the online course space.

 

Program Components

  • All applicants:  (mentees and mentors) will be notified of their status by December 27, 2024.
  • Orientation:  Friday, January 10, 2025 - All matched pairs attend an orientation to learn about their roles and responsibilities, meet their match, and have lunch.  Review Mentorship questionnaire to discuss goals and outcomes. Share in online course space their goals and desired outcomes from the program.
  • Mentor/Mentee Check in:  March 2025 - Pairs will meet collectively as a group to share their experiences and how things are going with the program.
  • Online course space:  will be utilized for discussion, sharing ideas, feedback, and connecting. A monthly discussion question with articles will be posted to share ideas and increase participation.
  • Focus Groups/Feedback: throughout the program, feedback forms and brief focus group meetings will be conducted to help with program improvement.
  • “End of Year Reflection”: Mentor/Mentee debrief on the goals they developed at their first meeting to determine successes or continued needs. Share in online course space their successes and challenges.
  • End of year Mentor/Mentee Celebration and Award Ceremony:  August 2025 - Pairs will meet collectively as a group to share their experiences and how things are going with the program.