Event Title
Navigating New Faculty Mentorships at Goodwin College, East Hartford, CT
Location
DSB 104A
Start Date
29-5-2015 3:40 PM
End Date
29-5-2015 5:00 PM
Session Type
Poster Presentation
Description
Goodwin College is a new baccalaureate with an expanding faculty for four, current academic departments. At the start of the 2014-2015 academic-year Goodwin College implemented an approved Faculty Mentorship Program across the four departments. Institutions are using mentoring at an increased rate to bolster faculty developments and student retention. The program director matched senior faculty with early-career faculty in the mentorship program for one year duration. This poster session brings aspects of the proposal, design, approval, implementation and evaluation of year-one of formal faculty mentoring at Goodwin College (e.g. challenges and strengths). Lessons learned are explored and described to poster viewers so that they may start or improve their faculty mentoring program.
Topic Designation
Mentoring
Navigating New Faculty Mentorships at Goodwin College, East Hartford, CT
DSB 104A
Goodwin College is a new baccalaureate with an expanding faculty for four, current academic departments. At the start of the 2014-2015 academic-year Goodwin College implemented an approved Faculty Mentorship Program across the four departments. Institutions are using mentoring at an increased rate to bolster faculty developments and student retention. The program director matched senior faculty with early-career faculty in the mentorship program for one year duration. This poster session brings aspects of the proposal, design, approval, implementation and evaluation of year-one of formal faculty mentoring at Goodwin College (e.g. challenges and strengths). Lessons learned are explored and described to poster viewers so that they may start or improve their faculty mentoring program.