The Undergraduate Research Committee is in the final stages of developing a mentoring handbook for use across the CUNY system. The handbook emerged from a series of workshops entitled the “Entering Mentoring” series, developed in cooperation with the Faculty Commons, and piloted during the Fall 2010 and Spring 2011 semesters.
The handbook will serve as the basis of the next round of Fall 2013 workshops.
Check out the Mentoring Handbook draft:
Front Matter and Section 1. Mentoring, A Promising Strategy for Success.
Section 2. Laying the Foundation: The Mentoring Journey.
Section 3: Characteristics of Effective Mentors and Mentees.
Section 4: Developing a Mentoring Program of Undergraduate Research.
Section 5: Evaluation and Tools
Check out the schedule for Mentoring: Proven Strategies for Success:
Date: Friday, October 18th
Venue: N227
Time: 9:00 am – 10:30 am
RSVP: facultycommons@citytech.cuny.edu
11/14/13 Session 2: Laying the Foundation: The Mentoring Journey
02/27/14 Session 3: Characteristics of Effective Mentors and Mentees
03/27/14 Session 4: Developing a Mentoring Program of Undergraduate Research
04/24/14 Session 5: Evaluation and Tools
05/08/14 Session 6: Successes and Lessons Learned
(Sessions 2-6 will be held 11:30 am – 12:30 pm)
NOTES from Mentoring workshop 10/18/13
Session 1: Mentoring Success
Prompt: What makes a good mentor/mentee? What makes mentoring a success?
(group shareback responses)
Time management – setting a schedule
Time frame for the project – scope of project -1 semester, 1 year, 2 year- student commitment for duration of project
Methods of communication
Setting a goal & having a means of evaluating
Matching interest of mentor/mentee, matching type of project to abilities of mentees
Strengths of mentors & mentees – can be complementary
Diversity of fields at Citytech – sometimes working in areas adjacent to our interest can be very fruitful/satisfying
Research can be the thing that sets students on a particular academic/career path
For many students the idea of students is foreign/scary/unknown – it’s a challenge to teach research. “What is research?”
Sometimes the hardest part for students is the beginning – getting started. (IDEA: Method for overcoming the threshold – google keyword, read & evaluate first 10 results)
Alternatives to heavy reading load- visual literacy etc
Be creative, (IDEA: comparing Shakespeare to Tupac) – be engaged in the work you are doing
Ask students: make a list of 5 things they like/care about/are interested in
You do research everyday! (IDEA: comparisons when making a purchase)
Thanks for sharing this Jonas