Intro to Mentoring Syllabus

Course Instructor: Melanie Tikalsky Instructor email: mtikalsky1@gmail.com Telephone number: 920-242-XXXX

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course examines the need for mentoring in a business or educational setting. Mentoring provides a host of challenges and rewards that help to form complex relationships between the mentor and mentee. Students will examine the foundations of mentoring in both business and educational environments. At the completion of this class all students will be able to: Explain the aspects of physical safety Explain and participate in safe virtual meetings Have a full understanding of mentoring requirements Formulate and create a mentoring contract Successfully participate in a mentoring relationship

Course Text
Wesson - Coaching and Mentoring ISBN: 1848601638 Maxwell Mentoring 101 What Every Mentor Needs to Know Module Number and Name 1 Module 1 Physical Safety Objective 1 To define the requirements for physical safety when meeting a mentor. 2 Students will research local businesses and meeting spots, to determine best meeting place. 3 After researching locations, students will analyze physical locations for meeting based on criteria defined in module. 4 Students will present findings of their research via Web 2.0 tools (i.e., blog). Module Tasks Quiz on safety

Assess blog posts provide feedback Class discussion regarding findings of locations.

Assess blog and give feed back Assessment based on rubric 2 -4 meeting locations and details

Module Number and Name 2 Module 2 On-line Safety

Module Number and Name 3 Module 3 Creating a Mentoring Contract

Module Number and Name 4 Module 4 Working with a Mentor

Objective 1 Define safety in an on-line environment. 2 Students will list ways to stay safe in the cyber world. Findings should be presented via Web 2.0 tools (i.e,. blog). 3 Students will create a Webex session. The student will collaborate in a real-time meeting. Objective 1 Define mentoring needs. Students must define their own unique mentoring needs. 2 Students will use mind map tools to create a visual display of mentoring contract ideas (bublus). 3 Create a mentoring contract based on business or educational needs. Objective 1 The student will create a list of dos and donts when working with a mentor. 2 Complete mentoring contract tasks with partner/mentor. Objective 1 Students will demonstrate knowledge of mentoring skills by completing mentoring knowledge assessment form. 2 Create a web presentation for class that outlines skill obtained.

Module Tasks Quiz on virtual safety Assess blog

Module Tasks Assessment in the form of 2-3 page paper defining individual needs. Assess mind map based on mentoring papers

Assess contract based on defined mentoring needs Module Tasks Quiz dos & donts of mentoring

Module Number and Name 5 Module 5 Show what you know

Assess completion of tasks based on established mentoring needs Module Tasks Mentoring knowledge assessment form should be completed and assessed based on predefined rubric Assessment from predefined rubric for presentation.

Student requirements

Students are responsible for completing all assignments by the due date provided in the course calendar. Students should contact the instructor with any questions or concerns they may have. Students with Disabilities
This class strives to meet the needs of students with disabilities. Accommodations have been made in accordance with Section 508 of the Americans with Disabilities Act to provide support for students with visual and auditory learning needs. If the student requires assistance with this course the instructor will strive to meet the individuals needs. This course was designed to be implemented in an e-learning environment and recognizes the needs of students with disabilities. There are no restrictions on the methods or technology in which students use to complete the course work. Students will use their own technology to complete all work. Websites, documents and text book material should be created while keeping students with disabilities in mind.

Academic Honesty Academic honesty is expected in this class. All student work is expected to be created uniquely by the student. References must be used to cite sources in an appropriate manner. Plagiarism Plagiarism is a very serious offense. So what is plagiarism? According to Plagiarism.org: To steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own To use (another's production) without crediting the source To commit literary theft To present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source

Students may not see anything wrong with selecting a section of a web page and copying and pasting into an assignment they are working on. If they fail to cite the source properly then it is considered plagiarism. Plagiarism 101 suggests the following are ways that students inadvertently commit plagiarism: Turning in someone else's work as your own Copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit Failing to put a quotation in quotation marks Giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation Changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit Copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not (see our section on "fair use" rules)

Stopping plagiarism Educators must take the stage when it comes to stopping plagiarism. You must work to stop plagiarism before it starts. Try giving students individualized assignments that are based on

personal ideas or personal expression. Students will be much more likely to write their own material than try to copy another's work. Instructors can also put the brakes on plagiarism by creating personalized and frequent assessment of student assignments to ensure the students work is their own. A student is less likely to commit plagiarism when frequent assessments are completed. Use of a plagiarism checker such as turnitin.com. Turnitin analyzes student works against "40+ billion web pages, 300+ million student papers and millions of articles." Turnitin also verifies all of the sources students cited in their reference section based on usage in their assignment. Lastly, instructors need to teach students what plagiarism is and how to avoid it. By taking a proactive approach to stopping plagiarism you are less likely to encounter it.