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