CASE-IN experts have developed a mentoring model for industry companies and educational organizations

Experts of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship of the Presidential Platform "Russia is a land of opportunity" A new generation mentor competence model has been developed to strengthen the human resources potential of the Russian fuel and energy complex. In addition, they have proposed and have already developed methods for evaluating the effectiveness of mentoring in this sector. The pilot application of the techniques will begin this season of the championship. In the future, the organizing committee of the project plans to scale these innovations and implement them in industry companies and educational organizations.

The CASE-IN experts updated the mentor's competence model with an emphasis on modern pedagogical and digital tools, developed a prototype digital platform and a mutual learning program for the mentor community, and formed criteria and methods for evaluating the effectiveness of mentoring in working with young people.

"Mentoring is the foundation for the transfer of experience in the projects of the Presidential Platform "Russia – the land of opportunities". For the second year in a row, the Mashuk Knowledge Center has been bringing together representatives of the CASE-IN championship who are ready to share their knowledge. This year, 59 mentors studied technologies for the development of human capital in the fuel and energy sector and learned how to build effective communication with the working young generation.", – said the Deputy Director General of the Presidential Platform "Russia – the land of opportunities" Oksana Achkasova.

The initiative was conceived and developed during the Mentoring 2.0 educational gathering, which took place at the Mashuk Knowledge Center. The event was organized with the support of the Reliable Shift Foundation. The meeting participants formed two key blocks: a set of mentor traits that provide high-quality support, and a generalized portrait of an ideal mentor.

The meeting was dedicated to the formation of a stable community of mentors and the study of interaction tools among working youth. During the event, representatives of the CASE-IN engineering community from different regions of Russia created a new mentoring system to strengthen the country's human resources potential.

CASE-IN mentors participated in workshops, discussions, and group work to share best practices.

Founder of the CASE-IN and Director of the Reliable Change Foundation Artem Korolev explained: "The participants of the meeting put together a mentoring program for the engineering solutions competition, worked with modern tools, and learned how to build a dialogue with young people. The result is ready–made solutions that can be implemented immediately. Thank you to everyone for their openness, ideas and energy. I'm sure these two days have been a great start for new projects."

Under the guidance of an experienced mentor Olga Vogel (Gubkinsky, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug) VYSOTKA High School students have repeatedly achieved success at the CASE-IN engineering championship and research conferences.

"At Vysotka, mentoring is given special attention. It is thanks to this approach that our students achieve high results and confidently achieve their goals., – noted in the school's social media. – Participation in the meeting is an opportunity to share experiences, learn about new knowledge transfer technologies, and strengthen mentoring traditions at our school."

Yuri Kournikov from the Shakhty Automobile Institute of the M.I. Platov South Russian State Polytechnic University thanks to the meeting I realized Which is moving in the right direction: "I finally figured out how to rock the students. I used to think: I gave you a task and wait for the result. But it turned out that even if the task is as simple as possible, it is important to show how this task is related to the real problem faced by enterprises. We sorted out who a mentor was, came up with competencies, then decomposed competencies into skills, and skills into specific indicators. It was cool: people who didn't even know about each other a day ago were working as a single mechanism. I also took a bunch of useful project planning tools with me and looked at collaboration techniques and techniques from colleagues from other universities."

The perfect mentor – He is a competent professional and expert in his field, who at the same time has developed communication skills and treats the mentee with sincere concern. He supports, inspires and promotes. I would like to ask him for advice, because he knows how to guide me in my profession and show humanity, and also constantly develops himself by setting a personal example.

In turn, the ideal support is based on competence and professionalism: deep knowledge of the topic, expertise, education and experience. Communication skills are equally important: the ability to listen and hear, explain complex things in simple language, give feedback, be open, honest and at the same time "not harmful." The third group of traits – personal maturity and attitude towards the ward: kindness, patience, faith in his success, loyalty, accessibility, caring, as well as perseverance, commitment and responsibility. Additionally, flexibility, a sense of humor, engagement, the ability to inspire and clearly set goals are noted.

The organizing committee plans to use the methods and tools created at the meeting not only during the championship together with mentors, but also to offer scaling to the project partners – industry companies and educational organizations.

At the end of the meeting, the founder of the championship, Artyom Korolev, presented to the mentors the concept of the XV anniversary season of the championship, which will be held in 2027.

A source: Russia is a land of opportunity