University of Rhode Island - ADVANCE Program

For more information:

ADVANCE Resource Center

001 Carlotti Hall

75 Lower College Road

Kingston, RI 02881

Phone: (401) 874-9422

Fax: (401) 874 - 5780

Email: advance1@etal.uri.edu

Enhancing the academic careers of women in science, technology, engineering, & mathematics

ADVANCE Faculty Mentor Program

ADVANCE has developed a comprehensive Faculty Mentoring Program, launched in 2007. Although excellent mentoring programs currently exist in many places at URI, we would like to offer assistance to colleges who would like to increase their mentoring efforts. Our Mentor Committee consists of senior faculty and administrators who meet regularly to plan the program, check-in with junior faculty, and facilitate mentor matches or reassignments. Our goal is to ensure that every junior faculty member at URI has at least one, and preferably more, active and involved mentors.

The ADVANCE program includes:

1. Annual Mentor Training Workshops

2. Mentoring materials - web tutorial, handbook, brochures, worksheets, etc.

3. College consultation, including tailored policy development and brochures

4. Mentor matching assistance

5. Junior faculty training and social gatherings

6. Annual junior faculty "check-in" regarding mentoring relationships

7. Annual Faculty Mentor Award

8. Evaluation - annual mentor program survey

coming in 2008:

9. Expert Mentor Teams (groups of 3-4 "experts" on a given topic - teaching, grant writing, conflict resolution, work-life balance, etc. - that junior faculty can access for specific questions)

URI Faculty Mentoring Policy		Approved by the Provost Dec. 21, 2006 "All URI colleges shall implement a mentoring policy that provides for effective mentoring for their new faculty. This mentoring shall consist of career-advancing guidance, as well as social and psychological support for the new faculty member. College policies shall include the provision of one or more mentor(s) to each new faculty member, some form of mentor training, and regular "checking in" to ensure that the needs of junior faculty are being met."
URI Faculty Mentoring Program		ADVANCE is grateful to the Provost for endorsing the creation of a URI Faculty Mentoring Program at the University in December 2006. Recognizing that many departments/colleges have excellent mentoring programs well underway, the need exists to have formal expectations and a set of resources in place to ensure that all new faculty are provided good mentoring.
College Mentoring Policies		All colleges have provided mentoring program policies. ADVANCE can offer guidance and materials to colleges that would like to fine tune their mentoring policies and practices.
ADVANCE Mentoring Web Tutorial		We have developed a web tutorial, which is a reduced version of our Mentoring Handbook.
ADVANCE Mentoring Materials		In addition to the Web tutorial, you may contact the ADVANCE office for copies of the materials below. Also, you may refer to mentoring workshops for additional materials. 10 Best Mentoring Practices Advance Mentor Program Calendar Faculty Mentoring Handbook 2008 Mentoring Brochure for Mentors Mentoring Brochure for Mentees Mentor Profile Self-Assessment
Workshops		ADVANCE facilitates mentoring workshops, lunches and socials for new faculty, and will be offering more in the future to which both mentors and new faculty can attend. Our workshops allow for open communication and are used as a forum in which issues and concerns of new faculty are presented and discussed.
Faculty Mentor Award		To make faculty mentoring a clear priority at the University, to acknowledge those who provide exceptional mentoring, and to encourage an increased awareness on this important activity, ADVANCE initiated the Faculty Mentor Award.