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These pages contain general resources for faculty and instructors, as well as information specifically for new faculty, and faculty teaching first-year seminars (FYS). Faculty may log into the FYS pages by using the format "clarku\username" and Clark password.
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Clark University Faculty Mentoring Program
Being a new
faculty member is both exciting and stressful! Research indicates that new
faculty arrive on campuses with enthusiasm and optimism about opportunities for
growth in their careers. Over time, however, work-related stress often increases
and work-related satisfaction often decreases. New faculty satisfaction and
success have both been shown to be enhanced by positive and supportive social
and intellectual relationships with colleagues, support for both research and
teaching, and clear and constructive feedback on their work.
In order to help
provide new faculty with such support, CETL is pleased to offer a mentoring
program for new faculty. All first year tenure-track faculty will be assigned
mentors prior to their arrival at Clark, unless they “opt out” of the program,
and other new faculty may request a mentor. Participation on the part of both
mentors and mentees is completely voluntary.
Mentors are selected according to the following criteria:
- are tenured faculty;
- are successful in both teaching and research;
- are in a discipline that is related to, but not the same, as the mentee's;
- have demonstrated the interest, personality, and skills to be good mentors.
Mentors may
assist with issues of classroom teaching, developing a program of scholarship,
time management and priority setting, and/or other areas as needed. The formal
mentoring relationship is anticipated to last for the first year of the new
faculty member's appointment, and is anticipated to continue informally in
subsequent years. It may be terminated at the request of either member of the
team.
Mentors and
mentees will be invited to write a statement of a paragraph to a page which sets
out the objective(s) of the mentoring relationship (tailored to the needs of the
mentee) and how they plan to achieve them. Possible strategies could include
(but are not limited to) regular meetings on selected topics, classroom visits,
review of materials written by the mentee (teaching or research related),
regular informal conversations, etc. It is recommended that each mentor-mentee
team meet about once per week. CETL will fund two lunches per semester at a
local restaurant for each mentor-mentee team. The Director of CETL is available
to meet with individual teams on request, and will do so at least once at the
beginning of each mentoring relationship. CETL will also sponsor one lunch
meeting per semester for all mentors to exchange ideas on current issues and
effective strategies in the mentor-mentee relationship; mentees will meet
several times per semester as part of the new faculty orientation program.
For further information, please
contact the Director of CETL, Judy Miller
(Associate Dean for Special Academic Initiatives), at 508-793-7464 or
judmiller@clarku.edu.
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