Mentor Student Survey

Profile and Opinion Questions for Evaluation of Mentor Participants

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The Navy has asked for a computer-delivered mentoring system for junior personnel and we need your experience.

Age:

Service:

Your Current Rank, If Enlisted If Warrant: If Commissioned: Path to Commission:

Highest Education:

Biological Gender: Male: Female:

The Best Mentor You Ever Had

Consider the best mentoring you have gotten when in the service. That relationship should have been marked by the fact that if asked, "Are you being mentored by that person?", you would have responded in the affirmative. Also, if your mentor had been asked, "Are you mentoring that person?", they would have said: "Yes!".

Your Rank when they first mentored you, If Enlisted If Warrant: If Commissioned:

Your age then:

Your Mentor's Rank when they first mentored you , If Enlisted If Warrant: If Commissioned:

Your Mentor's age then:

The Most Effective You have Ever Been as a Mentor

Consider the best mentoring you have given when in the service. That relationship should have been marked by the fact that if asked, "Are you mentoring that person?", you would have responded in the affirmative. Also, if your mentee had been asked, "Are you being mentored by that person?", they would have said: "Yes!"

Your Rank when you first mentored them, If Enlisted If Warrant: If Commissioned:

Your age then:

Your Mentee's Rank when when you first mentored them, If Enlisted If Warrant: If Commissioned:

Your Mentor's age then:

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Opinion Survey

Please respond to the following statements indicating how you feel about them.

	Statement	Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly Agree
1	Mentoring is important to developing leaders for the DoD.	Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly Agree
2	I received sufficient and high quality mentoring.	Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly Agree
3	Mentoring was available to me when I needed it.	Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly Agree
4	My best mentoring was delivered by a formal program .	Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly Agree
5	Effective mentors should be one to two pay grades senior .	Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly Agree
6	Effective mentors should be three to four pay grades senior.	Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly Agree
7	Good mentors ask more questions than give specific advice.	Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly Agree
8	The problem with mentoring is lack of mentee receptiveness.	Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly Agree
9	Being a good mentor is an inborn skill, not a learned method.	Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly Agree
10	Good potential mentors can be identified and selected.	Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly Agree

Request for Input and Guidance

As a junior leader in the service, with what issues did you need the most help?

When you needed help, from whom did you seek it?

What kinds of questions did you ask?

What kinds of input were the most useful to you?

What kinds of "external", family, or emotional issues required attention?

What was the range of inter-personal or sexual issues you faced?

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