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Mentoring Academy Proposal (Resubmission): IUSchool of Dentistry

Purpose: To develop a foundational module of mentoring at IUSD that focuses on the critical role of the department Chair as a key player in guiding the mentoring plan for their faculty, supplemented with a database to assist in the selection of potential mentors. The overall goal is to provide Chairs with both the theoretical background and data resources to best guide the mentoring efforts of their faculty. Methodology: The Educational component will consist of a series of workshops facilitated by an outside consultant with specific expertise in mentoring of dental school faculty. The facilitator will work with the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, the Office of Academic Affairs and the Chairs to develop a program of ½ day sessions, supplemented with focused intersession mentoring exercises. The program will be targeted to department Chairs, with an emphasis on exploring " best practices in mentoring " so that the Chairs can effectively oversee and co-­‐ordinate the mentoring efforts of their faculty. The Database component will be managed in conjunction with University Information Technology Services. Specifically, a web-­‐based mentor/mentee database will be developed. This will serve as a resource for department Chairs to help guide faculty members in the selection of potential mentors. This database will incorporate detailed data on faculty members' interests, mentoring experience and scholarly activity so that mentees, in conjunction with their chair, can identify faculty members to serve as their overall career mentors, and, where appropriate, a separate individual/group of individuals to serve as research/scholarly activity collaborators and mentors. Assessment: Effectiveness of the program will be assessed both qualitatively and quantitatively using surveys targeted to both the Chairs and participating faculty mentors/mentees. Objective data will also be obtained by tracking surrogate markers of faculty success through the Office of Academic Affairs. Plan for sustainability: This initiative represents a foundational module of a critical multi-­‐ year effort to develop a culture of mentoring at IUSD. This will ultimately involve the development of additional formalized modules targeted at specific stakeholders (e.g. pre-­‐ tenure faculty, associate professors, clinical faculty, traditionally under-­‐represented faculty, women faculty, senior faculty members interested in developing administrative experience). The Dean of the School of Dentistry (Appendix 1) and the Executive Associate Dean/Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs (MK, coauthor of this proposal) recognize the importance of this initiative and are committed to its long-­‐term success. Background: Despite an abundance of evidence pointing to the perceived value of mentoring, …