An example of how to support the WBL-TOI process through mentoring

Preparation of the TOI process:

  • Analyze the need for change (SWOT), survey good practices (benchmarking, websites, databases etc), make a decision and a draft for a concrete action plan

Preparation for mentoring (for a Mentor):

  1. Participate in mentor training
  2. Make a preliminary agreement with a VET provider by email (what, when, where, who will participate, the contact person)
  3. Inform the key persons about the agreement 1Finalize the plan with the VET provider, clarify the role of mentoring, make an agreement about a shared objective/result and send a pre-task by email: What are the participant’s expectations for a Mentor

The Mentoring Phase
 1. day2. day 3. day4. day5. day
Activities of a Mentor■ get to know the participants better
■ create a confidential atmosphere
■ make agreements about the mentoring
phase and the rules
■ introduce the Manual
■ present the GP
■ talk about the T1
■ work on the GP by using a mind map (Mind map as a tool)
■ the Mentor will support and facilitate
the procedure by guiding and posing open
questions
■ talk about T2:
■ list the opportunities produced
■ assess them from different points of view
■ record the assessment on a flipchart
■ talk about T3,
■ discuss the values
■ make a risk analysis
Risk management analysis (pdf)
■ focusing
■ draft the phases of the TOI
■ talk about T4
■ finish the action plan
■ draw up a schedule
■ document it

A TOI task given to participants to prepare for the next session

T1: What are the opportunities/ challenges for the organization offered by the GP
presented

T2: What are the different forms in which we can utilize the GP?

T3: Make a ranking list about the opportunities assessed and provide arguments for the ranking

T4: What are the challenges of
applying the GP and how can we
overcome them?

T5: How did the mentoring week succeed?
( Template for vet provider, Template for mentors)

Phase of the TOI-process

Analyze the GP

Purify the GP and reveal the ”core elements”

A pre-plan for planting the GP in a organization

A draft for an action plan

A documented action plan; evaluation