Mentoring Information

A knowledgeable and experienced educator who is available to encourage, guide and advise during your participation in the Mastery Modules.

The ability to work with a mentor is available only to participants who have registered for the Guided option.
Mentors are available to work with you through any module.

You’ll be able to see bios of each mentor that state their experience, time zone and the languages they speak before you choose who you’d like to work with.
You are welcome to choose the mentor you want, even if they are on another continent. You will need to be available to work within the times they have available for mentor sessions. You can find the individual mentor page links in the Participant Center.
Your mentor is there to help you to be as successful as possible. While they will not take on the role of an instructor by offering demos or tutorials on any specific skill or technique, they will be able to review, critique, and offer suggestions as you work on each challenge, so you’ll have the opportunity to refine work up until the time it’s fired and ready to be submitted for evaluation.

Remember that registration marks the beginning of your Guided experience. All seven submissions must be received by the end of the ninth month from that date. All seven of your mentor meetings must also be completed before that date, unless you want to save one to use after evaluation in the event that you have to repair or revise work.
All meetings are on Zoom, each time you book a meeting you will receive a unique Zoom link in an email. Links cannot be bookmarked or saved for the next meeting. If you do not get the email with the link, please contact hello@masterymodules.com
You’ll have the opportunity to speak with your Mentor at seven private Zoom meetings of up to 30 minutes each.
You are free to schedule these meetings once a month, every few weeks, or anytime you need some feedback, as long as all meetings are taken within the nine month time frame.
The Participant is responsible for setting up all meetings, this includes meetings that have been cancelled or missed by either party.

Located in the No. Am, UK and EU, mentors have set their own schedules with the dates and times they are available to meet.
To book a meeting you will need to go to the mentor’s booking calendar, links are available in the Participant Center (located at the bottom of the participant center page, viewable by Guided participants only).
The calendar is a rolling 60 days, so you will be able to see two months in advance what days your mentor is available. The calendar will always be available in the Participant Center for you to select and schedule a meeting.
If either you or your mentor need to cancel or reschedule at the last minute, you will need to click the cancel link in the booking email that you would have received when you booked the session.
The Participant is responsible for re-booking any cancelled or missed meetings, no matter who was responsible for the cancellation.

You can talk about whatever you want during the meetings, but use the time strategically. Remember only seven meetings are included in the paid registration benefits. Discuss the challenge you’re currently working on, ask for more info about the program in general, ask your mentor to look at detailed photos and comment on a piece of greenware before it’s fired and finished or anything else. What you decide to talk about it up to you.
If you would like a critique of your work either before or after firing, prepare in advance with a shot of the entire piece, and as many other photos, angles, and views of the specific part you’d like the mentor’s opinion on. It’s much easier to share the screen which allows the mentor to see a close up, detailed, in focus photo, than to simply hold the item up to the computer camera’s lens.
Neither anything you share with your Mentor, nor any observations they have made will be passed on to the evaluators or taken into consideration when they receive your work for final scoring.
All meetings are on Zoom only.
If you need to speak with your mentor after the seventh meeting has taken place to discuss a revision or repair, or to talk about any other concern, you are welcome to purchase more time through Ask a Mentor

As part of your paid registration, you’ll have lifetime access to a private Facebook group. Peer support with other participants will be just a click away and either admin or a mentor will check in regularly to answer questions and help troubleshoot.
We ask that you consult with your peers and Mentor in the private FB peer group before you ask for help with specific techniques in any other FB group, although that is permissible.
Be sure to visit all the resources available on the AMCAW website. The Learning Center has some great tutorials and 3rd party videos, and you will find in depth information in the Member Tutorials, blog posts, and Virtual Guild meetings. All of these resources are searchable.
Google and YouTube are your next best bet. Use a variety of search terms to find the information you’re looking for.