Mentoring
Based on considerable research demonstrating mentoring in the workplace increases job satisfaction, institutional commitment, and rates of promotion and retention, and decreases work conflict, the University of Houston strongly endorses intramural mentoring for all faculty, both tenure-track and non-tenure-track. The Office of the Provost, Faculty Engagement and Development Center is an institutional member of the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD) network, and as such, all faculty academic staff, postdocs, professional and graduate students may access at no cost the virtual mentoring resources available through NCFDD.
NCFDD resources geared specifically toward mentorship include:
- The Career Center – learn about the job search process
- Resources and Referrals – services for coaching, editing, and recommended readings
- Private Discussion Forums – network, participate in writing challenges, problem-solve, and share information
Monthly Mentoring Forum
In addition to the virtual mentoring program provided through our NCFDD institutional, the newly created Faculty Engagement & Development Office, in conjunction with The Center for ADVANCING Faculty Success and the Provost's Office jointly host a Mentoring Forum on the 3rd Friday of every month.
Are there questions you have about your career, work-life balance, advancing your scholarship that you haven't been able to ask or get answers to? Are you interested in meeting and networking with faculty outside your own discipline? In contrast to mentoring you may have access to in your department, this monthly mentoring forum will address questions that are anonymously submitted by faculty. The faculty members who will serve as panelists constitute a group of Professors who are interested in sharing their perspectives on challenging questions and issues encountered by UH Faculty.
Magna Commons Mentoring Courses
The University of Houston offers all faculty a subscription to Magna Commons, an online, cloud-based professional development resource for faculty and administrators. All faculty have on-demand access to a library of the best Magna Online Seminars. Because all seminars are online, users can access this resource whenever and wherever they are. Watch seminars at home, at work, in a group, on a tablet, or even on a smartphone.
See a list of Magna Commons Courses below, grouped by topic. Learn how to access your course subscription on the Magna Commons page.
Mentoring
- How Can I Be an Effective Mentor?
- How Can I Be an Effective Mentor?
- How Can I Be an Effective Mentor?
- How Can I Best Learn from My Mentor?
- How Can I Build a Successful Faculty Development Program?
- How Can I Build Momentum for Change with Short-term Wins?
- How Can I Create a Sense of Urgency for Change?
- How Can I Effectively Mentor Students?
- How Can I Identify and Overcome Obstacles to Change?
- How Can I Write Better Letters of Recommendation?
- How Do I Create a Successful Faculty Mentoring Program?
- How Do I Motivate an Unmotivated Colleague?
- How Do I Prepare a SoTL Article for Publication?
- How Do I Use Controversial Issues to Build Cognitive Skills in My Students?
- How Does Grit Team with a Growth Mindset to Cultivate Lifelong Learning?
- How Should I Manage Conflict Within My Department?
- What Steps Can I Take to Foster a Collegial Department?