Canterbury Tech wants to grow world class talent for our local Tech Sector. This mentoring programme is for professionals working in Canterbury’s technology industry. Many successful people credit one or more mentors who made a big impact in helping them achieve early success.
Mentoring isn’t just useful for the mentee, it’s great for mentors too. Mentors will be challenged to stay at the top of their game to provide up-to-date advice.
The 2019 Canterbury Tech Mentor programme is a 12-week mentor matching programme, comprising of six fortnightly mentoring sessions across the winter season; mid-June to early September. It is a completely free programme that is run by volunteers who commit to approximately two hours every two weeks including preparation for mentors and actions for the mentees (we call them proteges).
Our programme is aimed at professionals working in Canterbury’s technology industry who are early in their careers or non-technical professionals looking for a career change. The programme has spaces for about 18 mentors and 18 proteges.
This programme has six steps and is similar for both mentors or proteges:
Mentors get plenty of support. Before each session, we provide some tips and guidelines by email, on topics you may want to discuss.
We have a Code of Conduct for participants to follow while interacting with anyone in this programme.
Canterbury Tech is running this programme. If you need to get in touch, email mentorprogramme@canterburytech.nz .
Our Canterbury Tech Mentoring Programme is based on Roger Nesbitt’s successful “Winter Mentor” programme in Wellington, now in its 3rd run. We are indebted to Roger for his generous guidance, written material and web software used for this programme.
In the interest of fostering an open and welcoming environment, we as participants and coordinators of Canterbury Tech Mentor Programme pledge to making participation in our programme and our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body size, disability, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, level of experience, nationality, personal appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.
Examples of behaviour that contributes to creating a positive environment include:
Examples of unacceptable behaviour by participants include:
Programme coordinators are responsible for clarifying the standards of acceptable behaviour and are expected to take appropriate and fair corrective action in response to any instances of unacceptable behaviour.
Programme coordinators have the right and responsibility to ban temporarily or permanently any participant for behaviours that they deem inappropriate, threatening, offensive, or harmful.
This Code of Conduct applies both within online programme spaces, such as the Canterbury Tech Mentor Programme’s website or in private communication with Canterbury Tech Mentor participants, and in public spaces when an individual is engaged in the programme, for example at Canterbury Tech Mentor programme’s meetups, or participating in a one-on-one mentoring session.
If we are challenged by anything we experience during the programme and feel like we need further support, all participants agree that details can be shared with the programme coordinators, who will treat all information confidentially and provide guidance to the best of their ability.
In the case that we learn an illegal act has been committed, that someone is about to commit an illegal act, or we believe a mentor or proteges may be in immediate danger, we will report this to a relevant authority.
Confidential matters may be discussed in mentoring sessions. As participants, we do not share any details that are personal to our mentor or proteges, or their current or past organisations, apart from when we need the support of the Winter Mentor coordinators as described above.
Instances of abusive, harassing or otherwise unacceptable behaviour may be reported by contacting the coordinator team at MentorProgramme@canterburytech.nz. All complaints will be reviewed and investigated and will result in a response that is deemed necessary and appropriate to the circumstances. The coordinator team is obligated to maintain confidentiality with regard to the reporter of an incident. Further details of specific enforcement policies may be posted separately.
Coordinators who do not follow or enforce the Code of Conduct in good faith may face temporary or permanent repercussions as determined by other members of the programme’s leadership.
This Code of Conduct is based on the Contributor Covenant, version 1.4, available at http://contributor-covenant.org/version/1/4.