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Preparing Future Faculty

Students who are seeking a mentor for a Huckabay Fellowship project are looking for a faculty member who is reflective about teaching his or her subject.  A mentor who has some enthusiasm and personal interest in the project being proposed is an important asset to the project.  Depending on the project, mentors should have time and willingness to share insights from their own experience in many of the following areas and more:

• course design

• development of learning objectives

• syllabus development

• choice of in-class and out-of-class activities

• choice of teaching modes (lecture, discussion, small group, lab exercises, etc.)

• working with students (individually, in large or small groups)

• pedagogy requiring use of technology

• assignment and/or examination design

• assessment choices

Once the fellows have been selected, an initial meeting will be held for all mentors and fellows to get acquainted and discuss the expectations for the fellowship quarter.  Mentors and fellows will also have other opportunities for socializing and exchanging ideas.

During the winter quarter, Fellows participate in an information session for prospective Huckabay applicants.  In addition, Huckabay Fellows will be enrolled together in GRDSCH 620, Teaching Mentorship Seminar.  Throughout the course of the project, mentors should expect to be consulted frequently about various stages of the work and be available to provide feedback on the student's work in the collaboration.

Research has shown that the chief criterion for being a good mentor is caring about the student and the task.  Most faculty find that mentoring a graduate student for teaching is a rewarding experience from which they learn a great deal as well. 

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