Mentor Leaders: Learning Together Faculty Learning Community
The Mentor Leaders: Learning Together Faculty Learning Community (ML-FLC) is a cohort-based, faculty-led learning community designed to provide training and support for OHIO faculty who intend to serve as faculty mentors to other faculty.
Specifically, the program is designed to assist full-time, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ University faculty:
- Describe the roles of faculty mentors and faculty mentees.
- Build the knowledge and skills necessary to become effective faculty mentors.
- Recognize the potential pitfalls and limitations of faculty mentorship relationships.
- Provide opportunities for faculty mentors to interface, network and learn together.
- Cultivate shared experiences understanding mentoring roles on neutral ground.
The program is organized and led by three OHIO faculty from the Patton College of Education: Dwan Robinson, Pete Mather, and Dianne Gut-Zippert. These faculty have previously developed and delivered an effective faculty mentoring program for the Patton College of Education and the OHIO University community.
Structure
The program is delivered synchronously and virtually (via MS Teams) across six, 80-minute sessions, the second and fourth Thursdays each month from 12:30-1:50PM during the spring semester.
Faculty participants will be provided with lessons to support their development to become effective faculty mentors. Examples of topics are:
- Mentor Leaders FLC Introduction
- Value and Benefit of Mentoring: Goals, Characteristics and Qualities
- Social Identity
- Appreciative Mentoring
- Organizational Culture
- Take Aways and Visioning
Eligibility and Registration
All full-time Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ University faculty are welcome.
The next offering of the program is Spring 2026. This program is offered every other year.
Please contact Dr. Katie Hartman (Vice Provost for Faculty Development) at hartmank@ohio.edu with questions or concerns.