Instructions: As you begin to think about your role as a mentee, it may assist you to identify areas about which you would like to learn more or to discuss with a colleague during the next year. For each of the topics below, indicate areas you would like to discuss and/or activities that might support you.

Take five minutes to make notes on this list, and then share the results with your mentor.

Topics of Interest I Would Like to Discuss with a Mentor

(Check whatever applies)

• Expectations for Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure
• Early Career – Ways to maximize my chances of getting tenure at Geneseo
• Issues in Classroom Teaching: Specify
• Issues in Laboratory Instruction: Specify
• Issues in Online Instruction and Hybrid Courses: Specify
• Issues in Teaching One-On-One Instruction: Specify
• Issues in Teaching Graduate Students: Specify
• Issues in Teaching Undergraduate Students: Specify
• Issues in Research: Specify
• Issues in Creative Endeavor or Performance: Specify
• Issues in Leadership: Specify
• Issues in Outreach and Engagement: Specify
• Issues Relevant to My Discipline or Sub-Discipline: Specify
• Supervising Teaching Assistants: Specify
• Supervising Research Assistants: Specify
• Using a Start Up Package Fully and Wisely
• Setting Up and/or Managing a Lab: Specify
• Developing Productive Collaborations
• Understanding the University: Specify
• Understanding the College: Specify
• Understanding the Department/School: Specify
• Understanding the Program
• Navigating a Joint Appointment (Indicate which units are involved):
• Career Planning: Specify
• Balancing Work and Life Beyond Work, including Family: Specify
• Living in the area: Specify
• Networking with Others: Specify
• Other:

Activities I Would Like to Pursue with a Mentor

(Check Whatever Applies)

• Meet at regular intervals (bi-weekly, monthly, bi-monthly, once a semester)
• Review my syllabi, assignments and assessments
• Review my website or other uses of instructional technology
• Observe me teach in a class, lab, field, or one on one setting: Specify
• Review a grant proposal
• Review a manuscript for publication
• Review a book proposal or book contract
• Review my reappointment, promotion or tenure dossier
• Provide feedback on a run-through of a conference presentation
• Observe me at a professional meeting or conference (Review conference proceedings)
• Collaborate on a project or research
• Introduce me to colleagues with the following expertise: Specify
• Attend national meetings with me
• Attend cultural events or social gatherings to expand my network of people
• Other:

Topics I am Willing to Discuss with My New Colleagues and Mentors

Add your own items to the list here.

adapted from

• “Faculty Mentoring Toolkit: A Resource for Faculty, Mentors and Administrators” by Luz, C.C. (Ed.), Michigan State University (NSF ADVANCE Grant #0811205), shared with a CC BY NC 4.0 license.