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Purpose

The purpose of this tool is to help mentees self-reflect and identify their top mentorship needs in the following domains: academic, professional and career, and personal & well-being. This resource corresponds with the FAIM Mentor Network Map.

Step 1: Reflect Carefully

Read through the “Mentoring Component” column in the tables below. Each table represents one of three domains of mentorship: academic, professional, as well as personal and well-being.

Step 2: Determine Suitability

In the appropriate column, indicate if you “need” or “want” each mentoring component, or if are “unsure.” Use the appropriate column to capture if you have a need, want, or are uncertain about that component of mentoring from your primary advisor and/or from your broader mentor network. If you are unsure whether you need this type of mentorship at your current academic stage, indicate this as “Unsure” and make a note in the right-most “Additional Notes” column to describe your uncertainty. Plan to raise these items to one of your mentors and/or your primary academic advisor for additional guidance. If you have a mentoring need or want that is not already reflected in the prompts, list it in the “Other” row(s).

Step 3: Identify Sources of Mentorship

After identifying your needs and wants, record the mentors you currently have in the ‘Mentor Names’ column. Then, identify other individuals from who you want to receive mentorship and add to your network. Consider individuals you already know and people you may want to build rapport with.

Step 4: Repeat

Repeat steps 1 through 4 for the “Professional and Career Domain” and “Personal and Well-being Domain” tables.

Step 5: Revisit and Refine

Revisit and refine as circumstances change. For example, a mentor may no longer have capacity, you may meet a new prospective mentor, or as you continue forward in your academic program. As you progress, your needs and wants may change as well as what you prioritize.

Using the FAIM Mentor Network Map

No one individual can meet all needs and/or wants from mentorship. After mentees complete this assessment, we recommend they fill out the FAIM Mentor Network Map (immediately below). In that tool, mentees can record and display mentors that meet their mentoring needs and/or wants. 

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Purpose

This resource should be used at the initiation of a mentoring relationship to allow the mentor and mentee to self-reflect on how each of them understands mentorship and to identify where the mentor's and mentee's beliefs converge and diverge. 

Instructions

Step 1

The mentor and mentee should independently review and respond to the FAIM Mentor / Mentee Mentorship Expectations Scales worksheet. 

Step 2

A mentor and a mentee should then collaboratively review their responses within the FAIM Mentor / Mentee Mentorship Expectations Scales worksheet, ask questions, and make clarifications. This will allow mentors and mentees to more easily identify where their ideas converge and diverge as they collaboratively establish mutual expectations.

As a next step, a mentor and mentee should meet to discuss and begin drafting their Mutual Expectations Agreement Plan, which will serve as their mentoring plan. During this initial discussion, the mentor and mentee should begin to communicate about their mutual expectations for their mentoring relationship.

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Purpose

Mentors and mentees should individually reflect and collaboratively discuss, set, communicate, and refine their mutual expectations.

Instructions

We recommend mentors and mentees engage with the FAIM Mentor / Mentee Mentorship Expectations Scales worksheet prior to discussing and filling out the FAIM Mentoring Expectations Agreement Plan. The Scales worksheet can help mentors and mentees identify where their ideas about mentorship may converge and diverge.

We also recommend mentors and mentees use the FAIM Identifying and Defining Your Values worksheet to identify and explore how to live your core values through decision-making and behaviors in academic and professional relational environments.

Step 1

The mentor and mentee meet and use draft responses and the FAIM Core Mutual Expectations for Graduate Education to inform the collaborative development of their personalized FAIM Mentoring Expectations Agreement Plan. 

Step 2

The mentor and mentee review, discuss, and finalize their individualized FAIM Mentoring Expectations Agreement Plan. The plan should reflect a mentor’s and mentee’s collective understanding of mutual expectations and commitments to one another and serve as a guide for the ongoing management of their mentoring relationship.

Step 3

The mentor and mentee should revisit the FAIM Mentoring Expectations Agreement Plan on a cyclical basis to make changes reflective of where the mentee is in their degree progression and the current needs of the mentoring relationship.