Mentoring for Faculty & Staff
Mentoring is as a dynamic process by which faculty advisors and others work with graduate students to establish and foster structured and trusting relationships. By offering guidance, support, and encouragement, mentors act as advocates and role models for their mentees and are committed to helping graduate students meet their personal and professional goals. By listening actively to mentee’s concerns and aspirations, mentors can help graduate students achieve academic excellence, and advance professionally in career paths of the student’s choosing.
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The Graduate Inclusive Mentoring Community
The Graduate Inclusive Mentoring Community (GIMC) seeks to build educational opportunities and community support for those who strive to excel at mentoring graduate students.Ìý
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Inclusive Research Mentoring Microcredential
TheÌýInclusive Research Mentoring micro-credential provides training on how toÌýenhance mentoring skills in research environments.
Mentoring Resources
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This document is a supplemental strategy created to support the graduate student advisees’ short and long-term goals, while also giving advisors tools to clarify expectations.
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This diagram depicts how the Advising Plan, then Individual Development Plan (IDP), and annual Progress Reports all work together to support your students.
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A detailed guide to effective mentoring: reasons for mentoring, general guidelines, advice on initial meetings, how graduate programs can encourage mentoring and much more.
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Written by the Graduate Student Senate of Case Western Reserve University, this guidebook includes checklists and worksheets for faculty adviser-advisee first meetings and setting expectations, and addresses advising and mentoring within diverse communities.
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Created by the Dignity Project at the University of Minnesota which supports responsible conduct in graduate and professional education.
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Created by the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS), includes a variery of resources to learn more about culturally aware mentoring.
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The focus of CIMER is on the development, implementation, and evaluation of mentor and mentee training using theoretically grounded, evidence-based, and culturally-responsive training interventions and investigations.