Training the Mentors: Developing Graduate Research Mentors
Presentation Type
Interactive Presentation
Location
BHC 130
Start Date
12-10-2013 3:15 PM
End Date
12-10-2013 3:45 PM
Description/Abstract
The Learning Environment and Academic Research Network (LEARN) is a STEM living-learning community that provides early research experiences and layered mentoring within a small learning environment. One unique feature of the program is the formal involvement of graduate students as research mentors. Each year, twenty graduate mentors guide LEARN participants through a 12-week apprenticeship. Prior to the start of the apprenticeship, all graduate mentors attend an all-day training. Due to a lack of similar graduate training models, new ideas for training, structure, and assessment had to be developed. This presentation will review the training and assessment of the mentoring.
Training the Mentors: Developing Graduate Research Mentors
BHC 130
The Learning Environment and Academic Research Network (LEARN) is a STEM living-learning community that provides early research experiences and layered mentoring within a small learning environment. One unique feature of the program is the formal involvement of graduate students as research mentors. Each year, twenty graduate mentors guide LEARN participants through a 12-week apprenticeship. Prior to the start of the apprenticeship, all graduate mentors attend an all-day training. Due to a lack of similar graduate training models, new ideas for training, structure, and assessment had to be developed. This presentation will review the training and assessment of the mentoring.