{"id":948,"date":"2021-12-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itcluster.lviv.ua\/lviv-it-cluster-launches-mentors-support-program\/"},"modified":"2022-08-13T21:07:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T21:07:48","slug":"lviv-it-cluster-launches-mentors-support-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itcluster.lviv.ua\/en\/lviv-it-cluster-launches-mentors-support-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Lviv IT Cluster Launches Mentors Support Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"single-content content\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks to the updated education programs of the Lviv IT Cluster, more than 4,000 students in Lviv receive a high-quality, specialized education that meets the requirements of the modern market. Mentors from Lviv IT Cluster member companies help students to improve technical specialties.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To support mentors, Cluster launches a mentoring support program and encourages them to join the mentoring community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mentoring support is an important stage of the education process. Specialists are sharing practical knowledge and skills with students. And by their example, motivate students to development and self-improvement. Today, about a hundred mentors help students to master the profession in 17 updated education programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itcluster.lviv.ua\/projects\/it-expert\/#programa-mentorskoyi-pidtrymky\">The Mentors Support Program<\/a>\u00a0aims to combine the interests and needs of mentors, the companies they represent, and the universities where the education programs operate. It will improve the development of IT education in Lviv. The Program will also promote the interest of specialists in external mentoring, promote mentoring as an important stage of employee development, and help develop the mentoring community of Lviv IT Cluster.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Benefits from Lviv IT Cluster:<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recognition of the mentor: certificates from IT Cluster, involvement in the Cluster\u2019s promotional activities (publications on the website or in the ITID magazine).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mentors\u2019 photo on the website of the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">education program<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the Cluster\u2019s website.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ticket to the IT Arena conference.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Branded hoodie \u201cIT Cluster Mentor\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participation in the Mentors Community.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mentors Community is an informal community of IT professionals who join the mentoring of students in the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">education programs<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of Lviv IT Cluster. Each participant can be both a mentor and a mentee, as this community is designed to facilitate the exchange of mentoring experiences, personal skills, and networking between like-minded people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Advantages of Mentors Community:<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soft skills development, training in working with mentee(including students).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Concierge service for a mentor from Lviv IT Cluster team (for all issues related to the educational process).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Networking and support from mentors.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IT companies define the benefits of participating in the Mentoring Support Program independently. Lviv IT Cluster recommends including mentoring with students in the mentor\u2019s growth matrix.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We invite IT companies to<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/itcluster.typeform.com\/to\/pyEmm2cK\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> join the Mentors Support Program<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and modernize IT education together.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Companies already with us:<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GlobalLogic\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interlogic\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intellias\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SoftServe<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more detailed information about the project, contact Julia Tsymbala, Head of Education at Lviv IT Cluster <a href=\"mailto:julia.tsymbala@itcluster.lviv.ua\">julia.tsymbala@itcluster.lviv.ua<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to the updated education programs of the Lviv IT Cluster, more than 4,000 students in Lviv receive a high-quality, specialized education that meets the requirements of the modern market. Mentors from Lviv IT Cluster member companies help students to improve technical specialties. 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