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Note type: Resource
tags:
  - "#Resource"
Resource type: Work
Resource date: 2024-05-27
Related areas:
  - "[[Mentoring]]"
  - "[[Professional development]]"
Related projects: 
Related tasks:
  - "[[Develop individual development plan]]"
  - "[[Complete faculty activity report]]"
  - "[[Identify grant opportunities]]"
Related references: 
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Related meeting notes:
  - "[[Mentoring Meeting with Dr. Jane Doe - 8 Mar 2024]]"
Related resources:
  - "[[Tips for Effective Mentoring Relationships]]"
Related people:
  - "[[Dr. Jane Doe]]"
Creation date: 2024-05-27
Last modified: 2024-05-27
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> The University Faculty Mentoring Program matches early career tenure-track faculty with tenured mentors to support their development and success. This handbook provides guidance on program expectations, mentoring best practices, and available resources.

### Program Goals

- Orient to university
- Guide teaching, research, service, life
- Support career planning and networks
- Promote reappointment, tenure, promotion
- Create mentoring culture

### Expectations for Mentors

- Monthly meetings
- Feedback and goal-setting
- Navigate dept/uni
- Advise balance and time management
- Review writing
- Connect to resources and people
- Advocate and nominate
- Maintain boundaries
- Communicate

### Expectations for Mentees

- Initiate and prepare for meetings
- Follow through
- Seek and act on feedback
- Take risks
- Build mentor network
- Do cohort programming
- Maintain boundaries
- Communicate

### Mentoring Resources

- [Faculty Mentoring Program Website](https://www.university.edu/mentoring)
- Center for Faculty Success
	- Offers workshops and consultations on wide range of faculty development topics
	- Hosts mentoring circles and facilitated discussions
- Office of Research Development
	- Provides grant-writing trainings and proposal editing services
	- Maintains funding databases and distributes curated opportunities
- National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity
	- University maintains an institutional membership for all faculty
	- Provides on-demand access to webinars, courses, discussion forums, writing challenges, and other resources to support faculty success
- Human Resources
- Ombuds Office
	- Confidential, impartial, independent, informal resource for navigating conflicts and concerns
	- Serves as sounding board and helps identify options and resources

### Program Contacts

- Dr. [[Joanne Smith]], Director of Faculty Mentoring
	- jsmith@university.edu
	- 555-123-4567
	- Schedule an appointment at https://jsmith.youcanbook.me
- [[Cassie Jones]], Program Coordinator
	- cjones@university.edu
	- 555-765-4321
	- Available M-F, 9am-5pm in University Hall 200
