Self-Reflection Tools for Mentoring Practitioners of European Solidarity Corps Projects

Aims of the tool

Mentoring Assessment Tools help to raise the quality of mentoring. They are:
- designed to support mentoring practitioners and organisations in the European Solidarity Corps in reflecting on, strengthening and further developing their mentoring practice and mentoring support.
- built on the Mentoring Competence Framework and offer structured ways to explore mentoring practices and competences, support systems and ethical foundations of mentoring.
- encourage critical reflection and continuous learning.

Mentoring Assessment Tools can be used in different contexts, depending on your role and needs:
- For trainers and facilitators (both internal and external): If you are designing and facilitating a learning process (in a workshop, training course, or a strategic planning meeting) you might want to use the facilitated assessment tools for mentors or organisations. They provide a guided, participatory approach to explore mentoring practices and organisational realities in depth.
- For mentors and organisations: If you are carrying out mentoring as a mentor or organising mentoring support within your ESC projects, the online self-assessment tools offer an accessible and flexible way to analyse strengths, identify areas for improvement, and plan further development.

Assessing mentoring practices leads towards a growth plan of individuals, while assessing mentoring support shows a path for organisational development. Whether used individually or collectively, these tools aim to raise the quality of mentoring by turning reflection into action—supporting both personal growth and organisational development.

Description of the tool

Self-reflection tools are collections of quick and short assessments for ESC mentors and ESC organisations. The tools allow mentoring practitioners to reflect on their mentoring practice, while organisations can evaluate their mentoring support system. They help identify areas of strengths and improvement and encourage thinking of steps for improvement. The self-reflection tools are based on the Mentoring Competence Framework for the European Solidarity Corps (ESC).
Aims
- Reflection of mentoring practices and//or mentoring support
- Identify areas of strengths and improvement
- Decide on steps to develop mentoring competence / mentoring support

This facilitated assessment is part of several mentoring assessment tools.

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Mentoring under Construction

Mentoring under Construction is an initiative and community of mentoring practitioners working on high-quality mentoring for European Solidarity Corps volunteers supported by the National Agencies of Romania, Sweden, France, Austrian National Agency, SALTO European Solidarity Corps Resource Centre and SALTO EuroMed.

Mentoring under Construction Community (linktree: https://linktr.ee/muccommunity )