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MENTOR ORIENTATIONWelcome and Overview - Part ONE
Introduction:
Laura FlandersMentoring Director
Introduction:
Greg SlateNancy Buschart
Susan Arnold
Laura FlandersLianne Nikkel
Brian Gray
Introduction:What is a Mentoring Director?• Associated Faculty Member
• Your student’s professor of mentoring
• Facilitates and oversees the student’s mentoring experience
• An advocate for life-long learning
Denver Seminary’s Mission
Denver Seminary prepares men and women to engage the needs of the world with the redemptive power of the gospel and the
life-changing truth of Scripture.
INTRODUCTION
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KnowingBeingDoing
ContentCharacter
Competence
Why a Mentored approach to seminary?
We are image bearers of Godliving out a response to his calling
by growing into greater Christlikeness in every aspect of who we are
We participate in the redemptive mission of God by stewarding our gifts, talents, and passions
in all kinds of ministrythat worship God and serve the world
Why a Mentored approach to seminary?
Becoming who we already are
Becoming who we can be
Character Formation
Skill Development
Why a Mentored approach to seminary?
Why a Mentored approach to seminary?
• Classrooms are necessary but not sufficient
• The importance of unlearning and relearning
• Mentors incarnate the gospel
• “Infecting” students with a vision and an ability to be life-long learners, as mentees and as mentors
INTRODUCTION
What is mentoring?
WHAT IS MENTORING?
Definitions:
“We loved you so much that we gave you not only God’s Good News but our
own lives, too.” 1Thessalonians 2:8
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WHAT IS MENTORING?
Definitions:
Mentoring is a relational experience through which one person empowers another by sharing God-given resources. Stanley & Clinton, Connecting: The Mentoring Relationships You Need To Succeed in Life
(Colorado Springs; Nav Press, 1992).
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WHAT IS MENTORING?
Definitions:Mentoring is • “A brain to pick,• An ear to listen,• A push in the right direction.”
Uncommon Individual Foundation
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WHAT IS MENTORING?
Distinctly Christian Mentoring emphasizes:• Relational encounter – God, mentor, mentee• Growth – in Christlikeness and true humanity• Intention – accountability, commitment, and care• Learning – contextual and holistic• A Process – both reflective and evaluative
“Mentoring in Christian Communities,” Sharon J.S. HeronPhD dissertation, Queen’s University, Belfast
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WHAT IS MENTORING?
At it’s very basic level mentoring involves:• Relationship• Intentionality • Growth
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WHAT IS MENTORING?
At it’s very basic level mentoring involves:• Relationship• Intentionality • Growth
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WHAT IS MENTORING?
Theology of Relationship
Relational transformation is Biblical DNA.
At it’s very basic level mentoring involves:• Relationship• Intentionality • Growth
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WHAT IS MENTORING?
Theology of IntentionalityWho is responsible for growth?
Holy Spirit, Mentor, MenteeIn scripture we see a dynamic relationship where all are intentional.2 Thess 2:13 – We are made holy by God.Luke 1:38 – I am the Lord’s servant, may it be to me as you have said.2 Peter 1:3 – We’ve been given a faith. We have all we need for life and Godliness. Now make every effort.1 Thessalonians 2:8 – We loved you so much that we gave you not only God’s Good News but our own lives, too.
At it’s very basic level mentoring involves:• Relationship• Intentionality • Growth
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WHAT IS MENTORING?
Theology of Growth
What is the aim for mentoring? To what end do we mentor?Becoming Christlike.
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WHAT IS MENTORING?
Relationship
Intentionality
Growth
Uncommon Individual Foundation
Social/
RelationalEmotional
Work/O
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PhysicalIntellectu
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Whole Person Mentoring
The growth we pursue with a mentor in a particular capacity of our personhood is never discrete, but it is definable. It is never just for me, as an end it itself. It is so I am more surrendered to and equipped for God’s purpose – His mission to the world.
The question is NOT:What is spiritual and what is not?The question is, to whose spirit am I surrendered in any given dimension of my life?
Becoming Christlike
Becoming who we already are in
Christ
Life WITH God for the world
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WHAT IS MENTORING?
Relationship
Intentionality
Growth
Social/
RelationalEmotional
Work/O
ccupation
PhysicalIntellectu
al/Belie
f Syst
emEc
onom
ic/F
inan
cial
Ground Floor
Mentor
Whole Person Mentoring
The growth we pursue with a mentor in a particular capacity of our personhood is never discrete, but it is definable. It is never just for me, as an end it itself. It is so I am more surrendered to and equipped for God’s purpose – His mission to the world.
The question is NOT:What is spiritual and what is not?The question is, to whose spirit am I surrendered in any given dimension of my life?
Ground Floor
Mentor
Ground Floor
Mentor
Balcony Mentor
Becoming Christlike
Becoming who we already are in
Christ
Becoming more fully human
Learning Plans Learning in Student Cohort
Learning with Mentors
How T/M Approaches Whole-Life Spirituality
PROCESS
Mentoring Director
TM 501TM 500 TM 604TM 600s
Theological Vocabulary for T/M
Formation
Experiential Learning and
Formation
Orientation to T/M Formation
Vocational Formation: “Life with God for the world”
Directed/Self-Directed Learning Plan
Group/Cohort with MD
Mentored
Self-Directed Learning Plan, co-designed w/ MD
No Group/Cohort
Mentored
Final Learning Plan
Seminar Group(On-campus group or
online group)
Mentored
Integration to Work/Ministry
contexts
FallSpring
Fall SpringSummer
Fall SpringSummerWhen is this offered?
Class StructureMA Academics
TM 601
MA Professional TM 601, 602
MDivTM 601, 602, 603
TM 501TM 500 TM 604TM 601
TM 501TM 500 TM 604TM 601
TM 501TM 500 TM 604
TM 603
T/M Course Sequence
MA Academics: AE, CS, NT, OT, TH
MA Professional: CH, CFSC, CM, JM, LD, YFM
TM 602*
MDiv: all concentrations
TM 601
TM 602
* CFSC and JM students do adegree-specific Version of TM 602
4 units of T/M
5 units of T/M
6 units of T/M
FallSpring
Fall SpringSummer
Fall SpringSummer
When is this offered?Fall Spring
Summer
Learning Plans– A personalized “syllabus”– A goal-driven, intentional approach to growth for the
sake of Christ, for the sake of others.– Utilizes life-long learning strategies
• Cognitive Learning• Experiential Learning• Relational Learning• Reflective Learning
Learning plans are NOT a curriculum for your relationship
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PROCESS
Mentoring Expectations • Complete on-line “Mentor Participation Form”• Mentee Driven & Mentor Informed• 10 hours per semester, 3-5 semesters• Processing T/M Learning and Life• Participating in a Mentor Team Meeting (approximately
every other semester)
• Providing written feedback at semester’s end
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PROCESS
End of Part OnePlease go to Mentor Orientation Part Two
MENTOR ORIENTATIONThoughtful Mentoring Practices
- Part Two
Introduction:
Laura FlandersMentoring Director
Mentoring Expectations • Complete on-line “Mentor Participation Form”• Mentee Driven & Mentor Informed• 10 hours per semester, 3-5 semesters• Processing T/M Learning and Life• Participating in a Mentor Team Meeting (approximately
every other semester)
• Providing written feedback at semester’s end
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PROCESS
Thoughtful Mentoring Practices
• Discuss and revisit relationship expectations– Method: talk about
your mentoring values
• Share Life Stories
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PROCESS
Thoughtful Mentoring Practices
• Learning > Teaching– Ask BIG questions.– “I wished my mentor
had listened more to me by asking me harder questions.”
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PROCESS
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PROCESS
Thoughtful Mentoring Practices
• Mentoring ≠ Coffee.• Shared meal, family
engagement, hike, retreat, serve together, etc.
Thoughtful Mentoring Practices• Observe Mentee ‘in action’.• Invite Mentee to shadow
you (no matter what your work).
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PROCESS
Some “Best Practices” in Mentoring
• Build Trust: say what only a mentor will say – be lovingly honest.
• Respect & love your mentee, but don’t be overly impressed!
• Pray together.
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PROCESS
Mentoring Director
Occasional Mentoring Trainings from T/M Office
Books on Mentoring• Mentors as Instruments of God’s Call , Justo L. Gonzalez• The Mentor’s Guide, Lois J. Zachary• Spiritual Mentoring, Keith R. Anderson and Randy D. Reese• Ministry Greenhouse, George M. Hillman
Mentor Perks• Library Card• Auditing classes for free
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SUPPORT & RESOURCES
Mentoring is • “A brain to pick,• An ear to listen,• A push in the right direction.”
Uncommon Individual Foundation
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WHAT IS MENTORING?
Ask and Pray:• What is my bent?• How can I nurture this bent?• In what manner can I grow in the other two so I can better adjust
my style when needed?• And if necessary, how can I learn to defer or refer students to
other mentors and other learning resources?
