Mentoring Policy and Procedures
Policy
Establish the program’s mentor-mentee policies
Accountabilities and responsibilities
Describe the accountabilities and responsibilities of the people who would be involved in the program. These should relate to the management and support structures you described in your Mentoring Program Report.
Procedures
Recruitment
Describe how mentors and mentees will be recruited
Selection criteria
Explain criteria that can be used to screen and match mentors and mentees
Establish this program’s mentor and mentee selection criteria, as well as the procedures and tools that will be used to ensure that good matches are made.
Requirements
Establish formal requirements for the mentor-mentee relationship
Diversity considerations
Address cultural differences and diversity issues that may arise in mentor-mentee communications
Resources
Describe the resources that will be used during the mentoring program
Reporting
Describe how the outcomes from mentor–mentee relationships will be reported, collated and stored