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Welcome
to the Mentoring Program Website!
My name is Barb
Wilburn and I am the Director of Student Affairs at the
Georgia Department of Technical & Adult Education.
We are excited to begin our mentoring program to support
student affairs personnel and we are delighted that you
have chosen to be a part of it. If you have
any questions or would like additional information about
the program, please feel free to contact
me. Thank you for your interest and we look
forward to working with you over the coming year! |
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Introduction
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The
Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education oversees
the state's system of technical colleges and institutes, the
adult literacy program, and a host of economic and workforce
development programs. Recognizing the impact of mentoring in
the workplace, DTAE has established this mentoring website to
be used as a resource tool in the implementation of an
effective mentoring program for current and prospective
mentors and mentees.
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Context
for the program |
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Many years ago, peer groups were developed in order to provide
staff development and networking opportunities to the
department heads within Georgia's Department of Technical
Education's technical colleges (DTAE). A study found that the
yearly "turn-over" rate for Student Affairs was
approximately 20%. Although this is a common, healthy
trend within higher education, new student affairs employees
often found themselves with little experience or knowledge of
student affairs. Additionally, these Student Affairs peer
groups indicated that it was common for qualified individuals
to assume duties within DTAE's College Student Affairs
Division with little experience within the technical college
administrative structure. Although the peer groups were
perceived as a good networking opportunity for the Directors
and Division Heads, there was little organized support to help
orient all student affairs employees.
Approximately three years a student affairs peer groups
acknowledged a need for providing a comprehensive mentoring
network that would support and orient all new student affairs employees within all of DTAE's technical colleges. These
groups agreed that every new student affairs employees needed
opportunities for one-to-one interaction with a veteran DTAE
Student Affairs Administrator. The move toward developing a comprehensive
mentoring program was born from these concerns.
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