Resources

The following competency-specific and general resources are designed to support faculty mentors in navigating relationships across the six core mentoring competencies.

Fostering Independence

The following resources provide strategies and tools to help mentors empower mentees toward self-reliance and professional autonomy.

Maintaining Effective Communication

Explore these guides and tools to build open, ongoing dialogues that make mentoring transparent, productive, and collaborative.

Promoting Professional Development

These resources will support you in helping mentees map their strengths and values, set career goals, and pursue opportunities both within academia and beyond.

Building and Maintaining Inclusive Spaces

Use the articles and toolkits below to design mentoring environments where all mentees feel welcomed, respected, and equipped to contribute their best work.

Aligning Expectations

Consult these resources to clarify roles, responsibilities, and milestones up front, and to better address any misalignments along your mentoring journey.

Assessing Understanding

The following resources offer knowledge and techniques for gauging mentee comprehension and adapting your guidance to their evolving needs.

General Resources

The following general resources provide examples of mentorship programs in academic settings, curricula, and evidence-based frameworks to help faculty mentors cultivate effective and growth-minded relationships.