The group-based all-college mentoring program is unique and nationally recognized. Faculty at all levels of service are invited to join, and small groups are designed with no two participants from the same department. Groups devise their own agendas, with a common commitment to mutual support.
The Fall 2009 registration is open: use this online form if you would like to be in a mentoring group. Tenured faculty are particularly encouraged to be involved, as well as new and new-ish faculty.
Launching the 2009-2010 year is a half-day workshop on Saturday, August 29, Getting from Me to Them to Us, this interactive workshop is designed around the classic Teaching Goals Inventory and the valuable book, Classroom Assessment Techniques. Diversity among us and our students is the underlying theme as we examine our teaching goals and design and assess activities to help students meet them. Participants will complete the TGI online in advance and will receive a copy of Classroom Assessment Techniques. Please register by August 21 using this online form.
You can form a mentoring group as a writing group if you wish, and agree to check in with how your writing is going at each meeting. There is a place on the form to indicate that.
If you have a group of people with whom you meet regularly, as scholars in an area or as faculty who share a particular life experience, your group could be part of the mentoring program. The advantages are a small budget and inclusion in various events and recognition.
A founding statement from the Faculty Development Committee, Spring 2003:
Ithaca College has an important interest in faculty development that extends beyond departmental boundaries. Professors are members of a college community with significant responsibilities outside of their departments. While it is the responsibility of department chairs, deans, and provost to insure that each department has in place formal evaluation plans appropriate for each department, the Faculty Development Committee recommends adoption of a college-wide mentoring program to complement departmental mentoring programs. The Provost has supported this recommendation and the program commenced in the fall of 2003.
The mission of the college mentoring program is to integrate new faculty into the Ithaca College community and to foster career-development through peer interaction.
