Faculty Mentor Training

TEAM ADVANCE Faculty Mentor Training

TEAM ADVANCE Faculty Mentor Training is open to all faculty (tenure- and fixed-term track) seeking to enhance their mentoring skills, especially for mentoring junior faculty.

The TEAM ADVANCE curriculum is adapted from Entering Mentoring, developed by the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER), and emphasizes accessible, effective mentoring skills and practices to support faculty mentees across backgrounds and experiences. Sessions include guided discussion, evidence-based practices, case studies and activities. Participants also have access to online learning modules and web-based resources.

With the conclusion of the Fall 2023 workshop series, TEAM ADVANCE has trained over 160 faculty mentors representing departments across campus.

Registration is open for the Fall 2024 Faculty Mentor Training cohort. The Fall 2024 program will be offered fully in-person. Contact CFEMentoringDevelopment@unc.edu with questions or for more information.

The TEAM ADVANCE Faculty Mentor Training is adapted from CIMER’s Entering Mentoring curriculum, and workshop content aligns with six of CIMER’s core mentoring competencies:

• Maintaining Effective Communication
  
• Aligning Expectations
• Addressing Equity and Inclusion
• Fostering Independence
• Promoting Professional Development
• Articulating Your Mentoring Philosophy and Plan

Throughout the training series participants have opportunities to reflect on and continue to articulate their mentoring philosophies and formal mentoring plans. Thus, TEAM ADVANCE positions Articulating Your Mentoring Philosophy and Plan as a central competency shaped and informed by other mentoring competencies.

The training is designed for all faculty (tenured, tenure-track, and fixed-term) and emphasizes mentoring skills for mentoring early- and mid-career faculty. Faculty may also be invited to participate in TEAM ADVANCE’s research activities; however, involvement in research activities is voluntary and not required for participating in Faculty Mentor Training.

Faculty in the biomedical and life sciences who mentor postdocs and students may be interested in the Office of Graduate Education’s Faculty Mentoring Workshop for Biomedical Researchers. Also based on CIMER’s Entering Mentoring, OGE’s training helps biomedical faculty develop their skills for mentoring graduate students and postdocs.