Foundations of Mentoring: Building Trust and Aligning Expectations

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Research repeatedly shows that constructive mentoring relationships have a positive impact on student and faculty success. But despite significant and important institutional commitments to launch and maintain formalized mentoring programs, many in higher education– both in mentor and mentee roles– still find themselves lacking the necessary skills to cultivate healthy mentoring dynamics. The session– the first in an imagined three-part mentoring curriculum– invites members of the university community to reflect on what understandings and skills they need to lay the groundwork for robust mentoring relationships that can weather challenges and continue to positively shape individuals across their academic and professional trajectories.

In this session, participants will:

• Compare mentoring philosophies and their impact on the ways people orient to and engage in relationship-building in the academy.
• Learn different dimensions of trust.
• Explore strategies for building trust across difference.
• Begin to develop an iterative plan for aligning mentor-mentee expectations.

Presenters:  CRLT Players