Mentorship Rules & Regulations

* in sports-related administrative/supervisory capacity

Prerequisites for the Mentorship

• Request For Mentorship form from the Mentorship Handbook (Appendix C)
• Mentorship Site Information form from the Mentorship Handbook. (Appendix D)
• A copy of mentor’s highest earned diploma or transcript.**
• A copy of mentor's resume or curriculum vita.
• Mentorship Learning Objectives and Duties (which student and proposed mentor put together). Student must have a minimum of six and mentor must initial each one. Student can have as many as he/she feels can be accomplished, and they must be formatted like the example in the handbook. Learning Objectives should encompass a task from each course in the student’s Program of Study, if possible.
• Student submits the documents mentioned above.
• If mentor meets criteria, mentorship advisor is assigned to review Learning Objectives.
• Student’s file is submitted to Dean for Academic Affairs for approval.
• Once approved, student is emailed a three-party contract via student’s USSA email account. Students must have a ussa.edu email account and be able to access it. All correspondence regarding the mentorship will be sent to the ussa.edu email address only.
• Contract must be signed by student & mentor in the presence of a Notary and faxed or mailed back to the Mentorship Office.
• Contract will be signed by student’s Mentorship Advisor and the Dean for Academic Affairs in the presence of a Notary.
• Student will be notified that he/she can now register online & pay mentorship fees. Student has 30 days from execution of contract during which to register.
• Once officially registered, student then starts accruing hours.

** If mentor does not have the required degree, but has enough experience, student can try obtaining approval by submitting a Request for Exception, providing justification for his/her selection of mentor.

Guidelines for Writing Learning Objectives:

• Learning Objectives should be formatted as in the Mentorship Handbook, i.e. each objective should list the objective, measurement tool, and expected outcome.
• Learning Objectives must be written in an active tense as opposed to a passive tense, i.e., performing a tangible task instead of an intangible or immeasurable task.
• There is a minimum requirement of six Learning Objectives.
• Ideally, (but this is not always possible) the Learning Objectives should encompass a task from each course in the student’s program of study.