Mentor Involvement

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by BPetry234

One of our mentors put it very well. There are 4 ways to look at it. I do, you watch. I do, you help. You do, I help. You do, I watch. From a students stand point, we hate it when mentors take over. However, you are supposed to be teaching us. Our team is mostly you do, I help, but since since only have at most 18 years of life experiences to base our facts of off, we need guidence sometimes, so do every once in awhile resort to I do, you help.

It probably just comes down to what you think is best. Talk to your students and see how they feel. Communication is key.

I don't think I could have answered this question any better.

[Andrew Schreiber]

The sole exception to the, "it is up to your team" rule is when safety is concerned. If a mentor sees a student doing something unsafe it is their RESPONSIBILITY to stop them. This includes physical harm to the students or damage to materials or equipment. Students, if a mentor yells at you to stop I highly suggest you listen, remember, many mentors work with these tools daily and KNOW what is dangerous and what is not. We are also liable if you get hurt or equipment gets damaged.

And this is NOT just my $.02, this should be LAW for all teams.