What is COMPASS? Community of Mentors Providing Access to Skills for Success

This is a voluntary mentoring program for members of the Ole Miss community who wish to grow professionally and personally through mentor/mentee relationships. Mentors will include faculty, staff and students and mentees will include staff members.

The goals of the program are to:

• promote the personal and professional growth of individual staff members
• enhance mutual respect and build community among staff members
• increase staff motivation and morale under the guiding principle that helping others helps us
• increase staff job satisfaction and personal fulfillment
• increase staff retention

Statement of Purpose

The purpose of the Community of Mentors Providing Access to Skills for Success (COMPASS: Moving in the Right Direction) is to support the values outlined in the University’s Creed and Mission by implementing a voluntary mentoring program to benefit University staff.

What Do We Do? Provide resources related to: Life Skills

• Lafayette/Oxford/University Community

• Personal Development

• Professional Development

Would you like to share your knowledge?

• Would you like to become a mentor to a fellow staff member?

• If so, sign up to become a COMPASS Mentor.

• Here are the steps to follow to be assigned a mentor:

• Must be a full-time or permanent part-time staff member
• Obtain supervisor’s approval to participate in program
• Complete a MENTOR APPLICATION in pdf from here to print out
• Commit to one semester of working with a mentee
• Attend mandatory on-campus mentoring workshop presented by Human Resources Department
• Agree to meet in person with mentee at least monthly during the semester
• Agree to communicate with mentor by phone or email at least every other week during the semester

Do you need assistance with one or more of the areas listed above?

• If so, sign up to become a COMPASS Mentee.

• Here are the steps to follow to be assigned a mentee:

• Must be a full-time or permanent part-time staff member
• Obtain supervisor’s approval to participate in program
• Complete a MENTEE APPLICATION in pdf from here to print out
• Commit to one semester of working with your mentor
• Agree to meet in person with mentor at least monthly during the semester
• Agree to communicate with mentor by phone or email at least every other week during the semester

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COMPASS Slideshow from Human Resources
Three Simple Steps:
COMPASS Sign-up Forms
Mentee Forms		Mentor Forms
Mentee Application		Mentor Application
Supervisor’s Authorization		Supervisor’s Authorization
Mentee Agreement		Mentor Agreement