AERE Scholars Program Resources
Whether you are engaged in the AERE Scholars Program or exploring the idea of starting a similar program, the following resources and tools can help you develop and implement a quality-based mentoring program.
Program Expectations: These documents outline the parameters for how mentors and scholars can be expected to advance this mission and vision.
Best Practices: After reviewing a number of resources, we identified the following commonly acknowledged best practices for mentors and scholars, then added input from the participants.
Trust-Building Activities: This document outlines ice breakers and other activities that can be used to get to know your mentor/scholar and peer group better and help make these initial conversations easier.
General Resources
- Baich, Tina. Elements of Good Mentoring. IUPUI Mentoring Symposium, Indianapolis, IN, November 27, 2018.
- Misra, Joya, Ember Skye Kanelee and Ethel L. Mickey. 2021.“Colleges Should Develop Formal Programs for Mentoring, Not Leave It to Individual Faculty (Opinion)" | Inside Higher Ed. (Notes: This is a review of mutual mentoring program. See the five “priority mentoring areas.”)
- Nick, J.M., T.M. Delahoyde, D. Del Prato, C. Mitchell, J. Ortiz, C. Ottley, P. Young, S.B. Cannon, K. Lasater, D. Reising, and L. Siktberg. 2012. “Best Practices in Academic Mentoring: A Model for Excellence.” Nursing Research and Practice 2012:1–9.
- University of Michigan. 2012. “How to Get the Mentoring You Want: A Guide for Graduate Students.” Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan. Ann Arbor. Joya Misra, Ember Skye Kanelee and Ethel L. Mickey
- Yun, Jung H., Brian Baldi, and Mary Deane Sorcinelli. 2016. “Mutual Mentoring for Early-Career and Underrepresented Faculty: Model, Research, and Practice.” Innovative Higher Education 41 (5): 441–51. (Notes: This is a general guide to mentoring relationships, including mutual [peer] mentoring.)
- "Resources." Center for the Improvement in Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER), University of Wisconsin-Madison, https://cimerproject.org/online-resources/.
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