Mentoring/Being Mentored
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mentoring roles and responsibilities
  1. for Scholarship and Creative Activities
    • Agree on a plan and timeline for the thesis/dissertation/applied project
    • Provide students with assessment of their work through honest, constructive, and timely feedback
    • Create a committee environment that is collegial and interactive
    • Share authorship on papers where students have made major contributions to the scholarship
    • Allow opportunities for independent development of the research or creative activities
    • Provide support in times of discouragement as well as success
    • Be aware of professional boundaries: time, professional responsibilities, and communication patterns
  2. for Career Development
    • Keep an ongoing record of the student's progress and achievement
    • Be thoughtful and thorough when making professional recommendations for students
    • Be aware of the accomplishments of your students
    • Identify professional workshops and networking opportunities for students
    • Involve students in editing, journal activities, conference planning, and grant writing
    • Co-present with the students you are mentoring
    • Introduce students to colleagues at a variety of institutional types and professional settings
    • Discuss goals with students and assist in mapping a course of action to achieve goals
  3. for Intellectual Development
    • Treat your students with respect and as future colleagues
    • Create less formal opportunities for interaction
    • Be mindful of signs of stress and physical distress
    • Take into consideration different learning styles and value differences
    • Direct the student to appropriate resources for guidance should the need arise
    • Ensure that the students understand the personal consequences of their commitment to their work, and the value of their research/creative activity to the professional community and to the general public
being mentored
  1. in Scholarship and Creative Activity
    • Identify a director of the thesis or dissertation who is known to be an effective mentor and compatible with your goals
    • Establish whether the mentor has the time, the funding, and the enthusiasm to support your scholarship and creative activities
    • Establish a mutually agreeable timeline to carry your research to completion
    • Seek direction through regular communication with your advisor
    • Respect the multiple roles and time constraints of your mentor by using meetings effectively
    • Maintain communication with your committee through periods of discouragement or lack of progress
  2. in Career Development
    • Seek out a team of outstanding mentors in your areas of teaching,research, and service
    • Network with mentor(s) and professional colleagues at professional meetings
    • Keep your mentor apprised of your achievements
    • Meet with your mentor to address issues in your professional development
    • Seek opportunities to assist the mentor in grant writing and in scholarly and creative activities
  3. in Intellectual Development
    • Collaborate with your mentor to establish ground rules for effective communication
    • Establish regular meeting times and keep to them
    • Be receptive to tips about effective communication in the professional setting of your discipline
    • Seek out and appreciate difference
    • Initiate face-to-face communication where electronic communication may be ineffective or misunderstood