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WSQA PEPD Mentor Training
Session 2:
Mentor’s role during site visit
Session 4 topics
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Site Visit Issue (SVI) worksheet
review
Site visit planning
Supporting the team on-site
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SVI worksheet review
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What are some best practices for
reviewing and providing feedback
on SVI worksheets?
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SVI worksheet review: Results items
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All results and figures for double
strengths/OFI’s are addressed
Most or all other results are
addressed
SVI’s clearly cite results references
SVI’s address missing results
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SVI worksheet review: Process items
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All double strengths/OFI’s are
addressed
Key Factors are appropriately
referenced
Comments are appropriately
grouped/combined
Questions clearly address SVI’s
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Site visit planning
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Discussion: as Mentor, what are
your most important contributions
to site visit planning?
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Site visit planning
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Travel/transportation set
Supplies and equipment are set
Team roles/responsibilities/
assignments set
SVI’s ready
Draft schedule (including Sunday)
is ready
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Site visit planning
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Applicant has met or acknowledged
requests for documents, equipment
Interviewee list is ready
Hotel has prepared conference room
as needed
More?
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Site visit: (break this out day by day)
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Attend opening meeting, Sr. Leader meeting, other key site visit
meetings where requested by Team lead or others.
Attend a few hours of the team meeting for Day 1 to assure Site
Visit Issues are fully addressed and documented.
On Day 2 assure team is on track by assisting Team Lead in
making modifications to site visit plan if needed.
On Day 3 be available for closing meeting at your discretion as well
as the team meeting if needed.
Attend a few hours of Days 4, 5, and 6 meetings at your discretion
to assure that team is looking beyond Site Visit issues to potential
OFI’s once the Site Visit issues are resolved.
Be available for team questions during hours not present via phone.
Be available to support the Team Leader during the presentation to
the Judges’ Panel.
Is the PEPD Mentor expected/required to be present through
the entire site visit? - Erik
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Mentor roles and responsibilities:
All teams
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Information resource: answer team
questions on process, criteria,
scoring
Process monitor – work with lead,
then observe and coach
Team-building approaches and
techniques
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Mentor activities: individual review
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(Full) Review category lead/back-up
assignments with Lead, make sure
they’re communicated on time
(All) Provide early feedback to
individual examiners (upon
completion of Cat. 1)
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Mentor activities: consensus
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Coordinate consensus
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Full: work with Lead
Lite: work with team
Ensure teams are prepared
Ensure traceability from Key Factors
to feedback comments
Provide answers, guidance
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Mentor activities: consensus
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FULL: Monitor consensus process
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Participate in phone calls/meetings
Ensure traceability from Key Factors to
feedback comments
Provide answers, guidance
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Team-building
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Discussion:
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What are your top Do’s and Don’ts in
teambuilding?
How can a mentor contribute to
building the examiner team?
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4-stage team-building approach*
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Clarify the collective goals
Identify those inhibitors that
prevent the team from reaching
their goals and remove them
Put in place enablers that assist
them
Measure and monitor progress, to
ensure the goals are achieved
* From http://www.teamtechnology.co.uk/tt/t-articl/tb-basic.htm
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Summary
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Mentor roles & responsibilities
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Individual review
Consensus review
Full vs. lite assessments
Team-building
Discussion: recommended improvements
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Content
Format
Presentation
Other
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