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INSPIRING INNOVATION
EDUCATING FOR INNOVATION
SUPPORTING INNOVATION
MENTORING YOUNG INNOVATORS

Module 6: Mentoring Tips

Introduction Initial Assessment Module 1: The Promise and Potential of Mentoring Module 2: What is Mentoring? Module 3: The Predictable Cycle of Mentoring Module 4: Qualities of an Effective Mentor Module 5: Mentoring Young Innovators: Learning and Motivation Module 6: Mentoring Tips Final Assessment

Module Introduction

Mentoring Individuals vs. Teams

Why Mentoring Efforts Often Fail

How to Get an A in Mentoring

Training Wrap Up

Module 6 Quiz

A special educator will more often work with students who have:

a. Lack of trust, unclear goals.

b. Failure to build/work at strengthening a relationship and irregular communication

c. The ages of the mentor and mentee and lack of a meeting space in the library.

d. Untested assumptions and poor use of time

Your role, when working with a team of young innovators, is to:

a. Help set the meeting agendas

b. Facilitate setting the goals and outcomes to be achieved by the group

c. Facilitate setting the goals and outcomes to be achieved by each group member

d. All of the above

An ideal size for a small innovation team is:

a. They share the workload.

b. They contribute their individual strengths to the project.

c. They share a common passion and vision.

d. All of the above.

Which of the following is NOT a tip for being a great mentor?

a. Limit conversations to pre-determined meeting spaces

b. Ask probing questions instead of telling or assuming meaning

c. Use your time well

d. Check in and check things out

Experienced mentors often have advice to give to anyone interested in becoming a mentor in the future, including which of the following?

a. Share your personal stories, success, and challenges

b. Value, learn from, and appreciate your mentee’s innovative ideas and creations

c. Use real-life challenges and situations as “teachable” moments

d. Check out your assumptions when in doubt about what is going on with your mentee

e. All of the above

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Training Wrap Up Final Assessment

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