Mentoring Program Evaluation - Form for the New Faculty Member

Date:__________________

Name: _________________________________________________________

Mentoring Committee:

Department chair: _________________________________________

Chair of mentoring group: ___________________________________

Third mentor: _____________________________________________


Rate the following items on a 1 - 5 scale to assess the extent to which the mentoring process over the last year or two has accomplished various goals:

5 = Mentoring was highly beneficial
4 = Mentoring was beneficial
3 = Mentoring was beneficial to a limited degree
2 = Mentoring did not address this point
1 = I asked for help on this but was not satisfied with the result

___Receiving a general orientation to the College and life in Gambier

___Obtaining basic knowledlge of what it means to be a faculty member

___Receiving help with professional writing or artistic productivity

___Setting career goals/ time-lines

___Time management

___Selecting educational or research projects

___Balancing personal and professional priorities

___Learning about Kenyon's organizational structure, piorities, politics, culture

___Learning about the culture of my department

___Fostering effective professional relationships in and outside the College

___Pedagogical approaches

___Managing students in class (advice about grading, extensions, plagiarism, etc.)

___The role of academic advisor to students

___Preparation for the pre-tenure review (e.g.,advice about the prospectus, etc.)

Others - Please list:



1. How often were your classes visted by your mentors?

2. Describe the quantity and nature of contacts with your mentors.

3. How useful were the year-end meetings and the mentoring report at the end of the first year?

4. How could your experience of being mentored have been improved?

Please return this form to Associate Provost Joseph Klesner,
Edelstein House, by June 15.

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