New Faculty Mentoring Info, Request Form and IDPs
New Faculty Mentoring Initiative
In this program, new faculty members are intentionally matched with colleagues who are outside the new faculty members’ home units based on new faculty’s responses on the New Faculty Mentoring Request Form (see below).
CAFS New Faculty Mentoring Initiative is supplemental to mentoring within a discipline or program and is not a replacement for that mentoring. In particular, the program assists new faculty members to become socialized to the college and university and to become aware of opportunities and resources available to them. It integrates new faculty into the existing college structure through socialization to its norms and expectations. Finally, through the expanded interconnections of college faculty, the intellectual community is enhanced. Participation is voluntary, but strongly encouraged.
HOW TO REQUEST A MENTOR
New Faculty who are interested in requesting a mentor through the New Faculty Mentoring Initiative must complete and submit the online New Faculty Mentor Request Form through September 1, 2026. The initiating step for this program — and its only required element — is a virtual mentoring training for both mentors and mentees, to help faculty members consider their responsibilities.
New Faculty Mentoring Circles
The New Faculty Mentoring Circles Initiative is a separate initiative to the individual New Faculty Mentoring Program described above. We encourage new faculty to participate in both the individual New Faculty Mentoring Initiative (above) and New Faculty Mentoring Circles. In this initiative, new faculty will meet with groups of new and second year faculty, who will get together for facilitated peer mentoring sessions. These sessions will provide information related to topics of interest to newer faculty at UNC Charlotte. Furthermore, they will provide opportunities to help you build support networks with other new faculty and faculty at different ranks at UNC Charlotte.
The New Faculty Mentoring Circles Initiative will kick off with a Workshop, So You Just Got a Mentor – Now What? facilitated by Lisa Merriweather, Professor of Adult Education, will facilitate discussions around how to be an effective mentee. Check back for the date and location.
Sign up here
Mentor-Mentee Contract
Mentor and Mentee Training
Each year CAFS conducts mentor and mentee training, which new faculty mentees and their mentors are expected to complete. Participants are provided with an overview of expectations, responsibilities and best practices, to help the mentoring partnerships succeed. Training is offered via Canvas. Each mentor and each mentee needs to complete the training and do the quiz.
NEW FACULTY INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Click here for a New Faculty Individual Development Plan (IDP)