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EARCOS Leadership Mentorship: A status report for members Introduction
The recent EARCOS Leadership Conference (ELC) provided an opportunity for EARCOS to convene learning leaders from the region to participate in a pre-conference workshop on mentorship essentials. Also, it was a convenient occasion to share early design features of a new membership service – EARCOS Leadership Mentoring (ELM).Twenty-eight leaders attended the pre-conference and shared their insights, and suggestions for this new service.
the development of the overall ELM program, which will include online exercises, intended to ensure that interested mentors and mentees “speak” the same language. (Those members reading this article in our online environment will have received the needs assessment. Members reading the printed version of this article should contact jpetrone@earcos.org for a copy of the survey, please.)
Needs Assessment
Common Language Modules
In order to learn more, EARCOS members will have an opportunity to complete a brief survey intended to identify “gaps” between current mentoring/coaching provisions and actual needs of EARCOS members. The results of this survey will be used to further inform
Apart from the necessity of a quality and functional online environment, the importance of a common grounding for mentor and mentee in essential elements of mentorships became evident. And, the ELC pre-conference content will be used to begin the assembly of “common language” modules. Key ingredients for these common
There was certain agreement that a mentorship option for the region’s newly appointed administrators and others moving to different roles, or facing new challenges would be a welcomed membership service. However, it became obvious near the beginning of the group’s work together that a clearer understanding of the region’s needs in the areas of mentoring and coaching were not precisely defined.
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Learning matter experts and instructional designers are being sorted to develop a series of eight (8) online asynchronous “common language” modules. However, during the preconference, it was made apparent that members were keenly interested in making available virtual (synchronous), role-play components and personal face-toface opportunities.
