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== Overview ==
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! style="text-align:center;" | '''Informal Mentoring'''
! style="text-align:center;" | '''Formal Mentoring'''
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| Editors asking and answering questions in the forums and live chat.
| A controlled one-on-one interaction geared to educate a mentee on particular Waze editing skills.
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| Can take place anytime, without any special process to set up the interaction.
| Must come to a formal agreement to start the mentorship, after careful selection of partners.
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| There is no approval process to be an informal mentor.
| Only Waze can approve formal mentors.
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| Advice can range from exceptionally good to highly questionable depending upon the provider
| Provided education is more predictable and controlled with high certainty for a positive outcome
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| Task oriented: solve a current problem in editing and nothing more (e.g., how to fix a particular junction that is giving bad directions or bad map appearance).
| Goal oriented: intended to improve a particular mentee skill, not a particular feature on the map.
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| Generally lasts a few minutes or a few hours, with little to no recurring communication expected.
| Repeated interaction, in a defined range of time on a specific range of topics, to improve a particular skill.
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| Provides instant answers to questions, but cannot track the quality of the information provided.
| Helps ensure quality map edits over time as editors advance in rank.
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| Not expected to significantly change the abilities of the Mentee and no expectation for change in rank during or after the mentorship.
| Expectation is to upgrade the mentee skills, allowing the mentee to rise in rank or at least close the gap toward a rise in rank. At mentor discretion, mentee may receive a (temporary) rank change to facilitate the mentorship.
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== Formal mentoring ==
== Formal mentoring ==

Revision as of 03:46, 20 August 2014

Formal mentoring

Formal Mentoring is a one-on-one interaction between a Mentee and Mentor with specific objectives of increasing skill, editor level, and Waze Community participation. With a specific Mentee-Mentor pair, agreed upon objective, start, and end, this process needs a bit more coordination. It also requires commitment from both the Mentee and Mentor to complete the objective. Mentoring could last a week to months - the Mentee and Mentor decide.

Formal Mentoring is conducted by a Waze-approved group of Mentors. If you wish to become a Mentor or Mentee, look on the Waze Forum about mentoring (below).

Formal mentoring summary


  • If you want to be a Mentee:
    • Make a request on the Forum.
    • Do you want to pick your own mentor?  If you don't know one, look here:
    • If you're not sure, you will be matched with a potential Mentor.
    • Work with that Mentor to reach an agreement.
      • If the Mentor is a match - Begin and complete mentoring.
      • If the Mentor is not a match - Request assistance in terminating the mentorship as peacefully as possible; you may try again with a different Mentor.


  • If you want to be a Mentor:
    • Read and agree to the Formal mentor training
    • Request to be granted the Mentor role (form under development)
    • Suggest those to whom you'd like to Mentor.
    • Survey the pool of Mentee requests and volunteer to help.

The last two suggestions are more appropriate after you receive sponsorship by a Waze Champ to be granted Mentor status.

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