Lead Mentor Program
Through this Program, we train 15-18 "Lead Mentors" who will take responsibility for developing and implementing tailored mentoring programs and increasing mentoring capacity within their departments or other cross-departmental organizations.
This is a peer-mentoring experience in which participants will benefit by learning from one another's experiences and sharing best mentoring practices across units, as well as having the opportunity to increase their mentoring skills and reflect on their own career development in a supportive peer environment.
Participants will learn influence and change leadership skills and then work with colleagues in their departments or organizations to identify and support ongoing faculty mentoring capabilities, create tailored mentoring resources, and serve as a coach when called upon to support mentors and mentees within their groups. Individual consultation will be available to assist participants in increasing mentoring capacity in their department or organizations..
–all sessions are on Wednesdays from 4:30-6:00pm
This is a peer-mentoring experience in which participants will benefit by learning from one another's experiences and sharing best mentoring practices across units, as well as having the opportunity to increase their mentoring skills and reflect on their own career development in a supportive peer environment.
Participants will learn influence and change leadership skills and then work with colleagues in their departments or organizations to identify and support ongoing faculty mentoring capabilities, create tailored mentoring resources, and serve as a coach when called upon to support mentors and mentees within their groups. Individual consultation will be available to assist participants in increasing mentoring capacity in their department or organizations..
Program Details
- The Program consists of 1.5 hour workshop sessions over a six month period. The sessions, taught by a group of multidisciplinary experts, include content presentations, facilitated group discussions, peer support and practice opportunities. The schedule will alternate between content driven sessions and more project-oriented work sessions. The program costs are funded by SOM Dean's Office.
- There is no fee for participation in the program but in addition to attending the workshops, participants are asked to spend some additional time each month advancing their unit-specific mentoring project.
- Interested faculty must apply to participate in the Lead Mentor program.
Schedule (2011-2012)
–all sessions are on Wednesdays from 4:30-6:00pm
Sep 21 - Intro to LM Program and project work
Oct 5 - Identifying Personal Strengths
Oct 19 - Building Coalitions
Nov 2 - Case Scenario DiscussionsNov 16 - Coaching Through Listening
Dec 7 - Difficult Mentoring Conversations
Jan 4 - Case Scenario DiscussionsJan 18 - Creating Your Academic Development Plan
Feb 1 - Case Scenario Discussions
Feb 15 - Mentoring Across Differences
Feb 29 - Case Scenario Discussions
Mar 14 - Summation & Evaluation
