Roles and Responsibilities of Mentor
- Meet with mentees at least twice per year. These meetings will generally be initiated by the mentee, but the mentor is also responsible for insuring that a meeting takes place on schedule
- Be available for urgent situations that arise
- Review all relevant material (e.g. CV, promotion package etc.) from mentee prior to meeting
- Along with mentees, mentors are responsible for making sure that their mentees have prepared a promotion and merit package at least one month before the deadline; they should review the package before it is submitted to the Department Chair, Division Chief or Organized Research Unit Director
- Help mentees set appropriate professional goals and advise them of the specific expectations for promotion in their academic series
- Encourage and help facilitate scholarly activities for their mentees. This may include co-authorship on articles, introduction to key local and national figures in their mentees’ areas of interest, and advice on putting together programs at meetings
- Assist with the development of the mentee’s teaching skills
- Get to know other aspects of their mentee—their hobbies, interests, family, etc.
- Participate in mentoring evaluation
