Mentor Training to enhance mentorship in an interdisciplinary training program

项目摘要 有效的辅导关系通过塑造学生的专业发展 培训经验和学生在各自领域的观点。然而，很少有人参与到 培养研究生要接受正规的辅导培训。在此，我们提出一系列 在我们的T32数学培训计划中，为教师量身定做的导师培训活动， 计算与系统生物学。工作坊课程将改编自 指导课程由该中心为改善指导经验而开发 研究(https://cimerproject.org/).此外，我们将使用互动的小组会议和 邀请演讲者强化关键概念并促进导师-导师支持和同伴辅导 在我们的项目教职员工中。我们还将使用实力部署库存评估，a 确定导师个性和领导能力和动机的工具，以帮助提供 具有与不同被辅导者互动的策略的导师。保持这些优势的机会 提案中还讨论了最初一年之后的活动。从长远来看，我们认为 这些变化将有助于改善学员体验，增强学员留存能力。

Project Summary Effective mentoring relationships influence student professional development by shaping both the training experience and students’ perspectives on their field. Yet few of those involved in the training of graduate students receive formal training in how to mentor. We herein propose a series of mentor training activities tailored to the faculty in our T32 training program in Mathematical, Computational and Systems Biology. Workshop sessions will be adapted from the Entering Mentoring curriculum developed by the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (https://cimerproject.org/). In addition, we will use interactive, small group sessions and invited speakers to reinforce key concepts and foster mentor-mentor support and peer mentoring among our program faculty. We will also use the Strength Deployment Inventory assessment, a tool to identify mentor personality and leadership strengths and motivations, to help provide mentors with strategies for engaging with diverse mentees. Opportunities for sustaining these activities beyond an initial year are also discussed in the proposal. Over the long run, we believe these changes will help improve the mentee experience and enhance student retention.