2011 is fast approaching and with it comes term two of our second Mentorship Programme - exciting stuff! Not much will be changing; we'll still be meeting once every couple of weeks as a group for our Mini Seminars, and (we hope!) you'll still be arranging your own meetings within your groups to go over your Cheat Sheets, The Cross Drums and anything else that might come up.
In the spirit of newness the new year will bring though, we will be adding another aspect to the Programme. For the first time ever, we will run special 'mentor-mentee' sessions in between our Mini Seminars. These will provide all mentor groups with a few structured (and I use that term loosely) sessions in a month where you can meet up. The content covered during these sessions is optional; you are free to decide what exactly you use these sessions for. We do recommend however, that you spend at least some of these sessions to start - or continue if you've done that already - discussing and filling out your Appraisal Forms.
Our Appraisal Forms are an essential part of the Programme as they provide the backbone we use to evaluate your mentoring relationships. In other words, they're what we use to find out how well the Programme is working. Enough about that for now though - we'll have plenty of time to discuss this further during the term. If however you have any questions, feel free to shoot me an email or just leave a comment below.
So that's it for a while, but be sure to check back soon. Happy new year in advance!!!
Thank you for the update and Happy New Year.
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