| about TALENT |
| goals |
| who we are |
| career series & events |
| Mentoring Program |
| Representation of Women Report |
| Career Resources |
Mentoring ProgramThe objective of the TALENT Mentoring Program is to promote the leadership and advancement of junior faculty by providing support for career advice and coaching. We recognize that a great deal of mentoring occurs within departments and divisions, however this may not meet all the career needs for an individual faculty member. The Individual Mentoring Program and the Collaborative Mentoring Program are designed to help faculty add senior faculty outside their department or division as well as peers to their career “coaching staff.” Individual Mentoring Program The Individual Mentoring Program will link junior faculty with more experienced faculty for career development coaching and mentoring. Junior faculty will complete an application identifying their needs. Senior faculty will complete an application that identifies areas of expertise and mentoring they can provide. We will then establish initial mentoring pairings based on the expertise offered by each senior faculty interested in being a mentor and the identified needs of each junior faculty entering the program. For the most part, these pairings will be done across departments rather than within departments. Our expectation is for at least one meeting of the pair to clarify the mentoring needs of the junior faculty member as well as expectations for the mentoring relationship. The senior faculty member may be able to provide the career coaching and advice needed in only a few meetings or the mentoring pair may decide to continue meeting on a regular basis. The pair may determine together that someone else is a more ideal coach to meet the junior faculty member’s career development needs and the senior faculty member will help with new options or connections for the junior faculty member. All faculty joining the program will receive written materials and will
be invited to specially designed group mentoring activities to help get
the most from their collaborations. We are developing criteria for documenting
mentoring activity that can be used for Promotion & Tenure portfolios
and faculty participation in this program will certainly be credited as
a part of this new criteria. > Senior Faculty: Sharing Your Expertise and Wisdom > Junior Faculty: Getting the Mentoring Help You Need Collaborative Mentoring Program We are in the process of developing a group peer collaborative mentoring program for junior faculty. In this program we will support the professional and personal development of a group of faculty colleagues through a new opportunity to connect, share ideas and think together. This Program will include the following elements: Clarifying Passion, Values and Purpose at Work; Academic Career Planning; Relationship and Team Building; and Developing Requisite Skills to Achieve Career Goals. This program is modeled after the work of Dr. Linda Pololi at Brandeis University.
We will post more information about this program as it becomes available. Mentoring Resources
Mentoring Excellence Award A new annual Mentoring Excellence Award will be established as part of
the TALENT Program. This mentoring award will be given to a faculty member
chosen from the entire SOM community who, according to the collective
opinion of the women faculty, serves as an exceptional mentor to other
faculty. All faculty, male or female and of any rank, are eligible for
nomination. |
