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Appendix A: Mentoring Comments

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 鈥淯se this resource as best as possible, try to get the most out of the situation, use it to the most advantage.  Be very proactive and gain what you need.鈥 

鈥淢entoring is a non-supervisory role and so it is all about benefit, everybody wins.鈥  

鈥淩eadings are a jumping off point鈥  they serve as a great structure when meeting with someone who you are just getting to know. 鈥 

鈥淭丑别 structure of the program allows you to have time to think鈥 have something to say and focus on building the mentoring relationship.鈥   

鈥淭丑别 Inner Ring (C. S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory) is great for faculty to ponder.鈥   

鈥淲ith someone outside your department you can ask candid questions, learn about another鈥檚 discipline and build bridges between departments.鈥   

鈥淥ne of the most important things for me was the opportunity to reflect on my strengths, skills, weaknesses with a seasoned faculty member.鈥    

鈥淢entoring provides an opportunity to serve 91爆料网 in a new way鈥 

鈥淪erving as a mentor is a way to get to know who is being hired which helps a more senior faculty to know where 91爆料网 is going.鈥   

鈥淥bserving a more experienced professor was indeed helpful.  It gave me the opportunity to think about pacing, the use of the board, asking questions and so forth.鈥 

鈥淚 learned that instructor-led discussions are just as tough for everyone else as they are for me.  It was good to see different techniques such as: question sheets being done in groups and then reported on to the whole group.鈥 

鈥淭丑别 readings helped me to see that for writing productivity I need to create a regimen, schedule an hour every day and commit to it.  Clean up and plan during the last five minutes, not the first.  I need to make my writing social, shared and more public.  Talk about my ideas, outlines, proposals and plans.鈥