"I admit that the ideal state is that people should be able to do the right thing by intuition. But since we can all go astray, it is reasonable to learn from those who can guide you. "
He knows that if we ask people with knowledge and experience for help, we can achieve our goals faster and avoid making mistakes and wasting precious time.
First, what is a mentor?
People with knowledge and experience can be called mentors. They can be found everywhere.
Think about whether there is anyone in your job who can help you start your career, give you advice and guidance, and tell you how things develop and how to finish your work.
In the past study, was there a teacher who was particularly interested in you, and TA had a positive impact on your life?
In both cases, we can name two people who have a positive impact on our lives.
Instructor:
Be interested in inexperienced people and give them help (counseling)
Play the role of role model, coach and confidant.
Teach students useful knowledge, insight, insight and wisdom.
Help others succeed and learn new skills by yourself.
Second, the significance of the mentor program
1, making getting started easier.
Most new members join the club because they need to improve their speaking and leadership skills. They believe that improving their speaking and leadership skills will help them make progress in their careers or bring them greater personal satisfaction. They hope that the club can help them solve their problems and meet their needs.
With the help of mentors, new members can:
Learning project
Mentors help new members familiarize themselves with CC and CL manuals (now upgraded to Pathways system), the role of regular club meetings, and the opportunities available through membership.
Understand the rules, regulations and customs of the club
Mentors help new members understand clubs and activities.
Build confidence
With the knowledge provided by the tutor, the self-confidence of new members will be enhanced.
More participation
Mentors help new members get familiar with and enjoy the club. Therefore, new members are more involved in club activities.
Learn speech skills quickly.
Mentors familiarize new members with available resources, guide their speeches, and make new members make faster progress.
Step 2 develop special skills
Mentors are useful not only for new members, but also for some experienced old members of the club. Sometimes, an experienced member may have a single skill.
Maybe you have been a member for several years and want to know more about some specific aspects of speech-such as organizing speeches or humor. Another club member is good at your field of interest-this person can be your mentor and help you further develop this special skill. Maybe you appreciate the ability of officials to motivate and inspire members. Perhaps officials are willing to help you learn these leadership skills.
Under the guidance of the tutor, experienced members can get:
Further improve skills
Mentors can provide useful feedback, encourage members to further develop their existing skills, and perhaps rejuvenate them.
Learning new skills
Existing members can always learn new skills.
3. Benefits to mentors
Those who provide guidance for new members or experienced members will also be rewarded, and they can get:
Learn from their students.
Students are usually able to provide new information and ideas.
Maintain productivity
Tutors can constantly use their knowledge and skills.
Do something for others
We can get a lot of happiness from helping others, which is not only an affirmation of our skills, but also when we help others achieve their goals, we will feel good about ourselves.
? gain recognition
Mentors are respected and appreciated by members for helping others;
Of course, the tutor will also win the gratitude of the tutored.
4. Benefits to the club
The whole club will also benefit from the mentor program. If we want to make the club full of energy, participation and membership satisfaction, it will be helpful to start the mentor program. However, a successful mentor program requires the contribution of every member. Members must devote themselves to helping new members and helping each other.
Clubs that encourage members to help each other will receive:
More members
As members will soon join the club and develop friendship, the turnover rate will be reduced.
Have more satisfied members
Members continue to learn, grow and enjoy the club experience.
Keep more members
When members are satisfied, they will stay in the club longer.
Third, the qualities that a good tutor should possess.
The quality of the tutor
If you want to be an excellent tutor, you need to have some important basic qualities.
A good tutor is:
? Contactable (willing to spend time)
You must have time to stay with members-everyone spends at least 15 minutes or more per week; Help give speeches and answer questions; New members may need extra time until they are more familiar with the club and their role in it.
patient
People learn at different speeds, and some people need more guidance than others; You should be willing to help any student who needs help.
sensitive
Wit and communication skills are very important. As a tutor, you must pay attention to your words and deeds, which will inspire and encourage students. Be loyal and don't betray the trust of students.
respect
Everyone is different. Instructors should respect their differences with students and others.
flexible
Not everything goes according to plan, so you must adapt to various situations and accept that the trainees may make decisions that you disagree with.
supportive
Show your pride in the club and what the club has done and can do for its members.
sapient
Before you can help others, you must be familiar with the operation of the whole club, educational programs, and even Toastmasters itself. You should have finished several speeches, played most roles in regular meetings, and developed enough personal speaking skills to help students.
be sure of oneself
You need to be confident and friendly.
A good listener.
The tutor must listen carefully. Just listening and not talking about other people's problems will be of great help to the tutored; Just by listening, you can let the coachee clarify and solve the problem.
Concern for others
You must sincerely care about others and sincerely want to help them.
The first meeting
The responsibilities of tutors will vary according to whether their students are new members or old members; Provide information through several meetings or months, so that students will not be overwhelmed. Once a new member is assigned a mentor.
At the first meeting, the instructor should:
Sit with new members.
Explain all parts of the meeting, such as business meeting, impromptu speech, preparing speech and evaluating feedback, and answer questions that students may ask.
Familiarize new members with club customs and procedures.
If your club has special awards or activities or other special activities or procedures, please explain to the students. Try your best to help students integrate into the club comfortably.
Explain how to register.
Please ask the Vice President of Education (VPE) to arrange an ice-breaking speech for students as soon as possible, and encourage students to join the club committee. It also suggests what a student should do when registering for the conference role, who he or she should contact, and who he or she should contact if he or she is assigned to the conference role but can't attend the conference.
Help complete the ice-breaking speech
Many experienced Members still find it most difficult to speak for the first time. This is because new members are uncomfortable not only in front of a group of people, but also in front of relatively strangers. Your help can help students overcome their fears and get off to a good start. Discuss the ideas of the speech with the students, provide organizational suggestions if necessary, listen to the students practice the speech and provide feedback.
next meeting
At the next meeting, the instructor should:
1. Let students know about the resources.
If your club has a library, please show it to the students, point out the information in Toastmaster magazine, discuss the regional summit, and explain to the members the role of the official team and the information they can provide.
Provide positive feedback
The first few weeks of membership are crucial. Students must feel that they have benefited from the Toastmasters experience and praise their progress.
Explain responsibility
Being a member requires not only giving a speech and being evaluated, but also a commitment to help the club and its members.
4. Assist with speeches and other project tasks
When you prepare their speeches with students, be sure to help them use their feedback to improve their next speech, and then provide your own feedback. When students are assigned to other conference roles, explain these roles and provide skills to complete them.
After all this. . .
Finally, the tutor should also do the following:
1. Share how you benefited.
Share your own goals and ambitions with the participants and how you can benefit from the Toastmasters program. You are proof that they can achieve their goals.
2. Invite students to participate in other activities.
Toastmasters' speech contests, conferences and other club meetings all provide opportunities for students to expand their learning and participation.
Inform of progress
Ask for time to mention your student and his or her progress at the club meeting, which shows that the club cares about the progress of the students and encourages them to continue their efforts.
4. Explain the duties of officials
Describe how students can improve their leadership ability by being club officials, help students choose a team of officials, where to serve and where to need services, and ensure that these goals are reasonable.
5. Explain the speech contest
Discuss the purpose of the speech contest, the types of competitions held by the club, and how some competitions develop to regional, subregional, regional and international standards. Help students evaluate their preparation for the competition.
6. Introduce the organizational structure of toaster.
Make students familiar with the structure of Toastmasters International, including community, central area, regional area, international level and the purpose of each level. Help students understand how the organization works, students' roles in the organization and leadership opportunities outside the club.
The first meeting
The responsibilities of tutors will vary according to whether their students are new members or old members; Provide information through several meetings or months, so that students will not be overwhelmed. Once a new member is assigned a mentor.
At the first meeting, the instructor should:
Sit with new members.
Explain all parts of the meeting, such as business meeting, impromptu speech, preparing speech and evaluating feedback, and answer questions that students may ask.
Familiarize new members with club customs and procedures.
If your club has special awards or activities or other special activities or procedures, please explain to the students. Try your best to help students integrate into the club comfortably.
Explain how to register.
Please ask the Vice President of Education (VPE) to arrange an ice-breaking speech for students as soon as possible, and encourage students to join the club committee. It also suggests what a student should do when registering for the conference role, who he or she should contact, and who he or she should contact if he or she is assigned to the conference role but can't attend the conference.
Help complete the ice-breaking speech
Many experienced Members still find it most difficult to speak for the first time. This is because new members are uncomfortable not only in front of a group of people, but also in front of relatively strangers. Your help can help students overcome their fears and get off to a good start. Discuss the ideas of the speech with the students, provide organizational suggestions if necessary, listen to the students practice the speech and provide feedback.
next meeting
At the next meeting, the instructor should:
1. Let students know about the resources.
If your club has a library, please show it to the students, point out the information in Toastmaster magazine, discuss the regional summit, and explain to the members the role of the official team and the information they can provide.
Provide positive feedback
The first few weeks of membership are crucial. Students must feel that they have benefited from the Toastmasters experience and praise their progress.
Explain responsibility
Being a member requires not only giving a speech and being evaluated, but also a commitment to help the club and its members.
4. Assist with speeches and other project tasks
When you prepare their speeches with students, be sure to help them use their feedback to improve their next speech, and then provide your own feedback. When students are assigned to other conference roles, explain these roles and provide skills to complete them.
After all this. . .
Finally, the tutor should also do the following:
1. Share how you benefited.
Share your own goals and ambitions with the participants and how you can benefit from the Toastmasters program. You are proof that they can achieve their goals.
2. Invite students to participate in other activities.
Toastmasters' speech contests, conferences and other club meetings all provide opportunities for students to expand their learning and participation.
Inform of progress
Ask for time to mention your student and his or her progress at the club meeting, which shows that the club cares about the progress of the students and encourages them to continue their efforts.
4. Explain the duties of officials
Describe how students can improve their leadership ability by being club officials, help students choose a team of officials, where to serve and where to need services, and ensure that these goals are reasonable.
5. Explain the speech contest
Discuss the purpose of the speech contest, the types of competitions held by the club, and how some competitions develop to regional, subregional, regional and international standards. Help students evaluate their preparation for the competition.
6. Introduce the organizational structure of toaster.
Make students familiar with the structure of Toastmasters International, including community, central area, regional area, international level and the purpose of each level. Help students understand how the organization works, students' roles in the organization and leadership opportunities outside the club.
Fourth, the relationship between tutor and students.
Limited relationship
Although the mentor/trainee relationship does require some time and commitment, it will not last forever and should not last forever. The purpose of guidance is to teach students to think independently and act successfully.
Once students have developed to the point where they can work independently and effectively, they no longer need the services of tutors. Most likely, the relationship between mentors/trainees will become a strong and warm friendship.
Mentors can find new apprentices to help, while former apprentices have the skills and knowledge to become their own mentors.