How do I complete a mentor agreement form?

The mentor agreement form serves as the formal commitment between the mentor and SUM student. It outlines the expectations and responsibilities of the mentorship relationship.

Mentorship is one of the four pillars of SUM and a core portion of the Student Life experience of SUM students. A good mentor will encourage, guide, direct, challenge and stretch the student on their journey or ministry training. The mentor should be someone that the student respects and is more experienced in life than the student so that they can speak into the life of the student as they face challenges along the way in their ministry preparation journey.

All undergraduate students must have a mentor. Students select a mentor in their first term at SUM and can continue with the same mentor throughout their educational journey.

If the mentor remains the same, a new mentorship form need not be submitted in subsequent terms. If the student changes their mentor, a new form must be completed and submitted to the mentorship course on canvas.

The link to that form is in the assignment of the mentorship course and linked in this article. The student must initiate the form using their SUM email address. The most common cause of failure in completing this form is entering the incorrect email address upon initiating the form.

Follow the step by step instructions to complete the mentorship agreement form. We suggest completing this agreement with your mentor in your first mentor meeting. 

The student initiates the docusign ensuring that names and email addresses are correct. Click “begin signing”.

1. Agree to the terms and conditions. Docusign will send the document to your email to begin signing.
2. Go to your student email account. Hint: This is the email address you entered when you initiated the form.
3. Open the email, agree to the terms and conditions, fill out the required fields including student name, term, location code (in unknown enter unknown), advisor (if none or unknown, enter none or unknown), name of mentor, mentor email address.
4. Initial next to mentorship objectives, expectations for students, and student agreement. 
5. Sign and click finish.
6. A confirmation screen will appear. Select continue.
7. Your mentorship should now visit their email to find their invitation to complete the mentorship agreement. Click on the email to open the form. 
8. Click “review document” and “finish signing”.
9. The mentor should initial mentorship objectives, mentor qualities, expectations for mentors, and mentor agreement.
10. The mentor should sign and click finish.
11. A confirmation screen will appear. Select continue.
12. A completed document will be emailed to both the student and the mentor. The student should download the completed document and upload to the mentorship agreement assignment in canvas for credit.