Course Overview
Mentoring Up: Strengthening and Expanding Mentor-Mentee Relationships is a FREE, 3-week course designed to help trainees like you with strategies and practical tips to develop and maintain effective mentoring relationships. This course centers on the concept of Mentoring Up, which encourages mentees to take ownership of their mentoring relationships by understanding their own needs and goals, communicating effectively, and working collaboratively with mentors toward a shared purpose. While the content of this course is focused on the experience of doctoral trainees in science, the concepts and strategies it includes can be applied to other academic stages and disciplines.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Develop self-awareness, communication, and conflict resolution skills to strengthen your mentoring relationship with your research advisor
- Evaluate gaps in your mentoring needs
- Create a plan to develop a mentor network to support your career development
- Address challenges in mentoring relationships
Course Structure
The course includes 3 modules with activities, reflection questions, readings, and additional resources.
- Module 0: Getting Started: Outlines the structure of the course and how to successfully complete this course.
- Module 1: Building a Good Mentoring Relationship with Your Research Advisor: Explains the concept of Mentoring Up and presents strategies to develop and strengthen your mentoring relationship with your research advisor.
- Module 2: Expanding Your Mentor Network: Helps you identify gaps in your mentor network and provides strategies to strengthen it to aid your academic success.
Built with Your Schedule in Mind
We built this course for busy students, researchers, or professionals like you! Each module takes between 1 to 3 hours to complete and can be done in a self-paced fashion in about three weeks, allowing you to attend to other responsibilities.
Requirements
There are no requirements needed to take this course.
Format & Certification
Mentoring Up is a self-paced course. Once you pass the course, you can apply to receive a Courses Certificate of Completion and a digital badge that you can share on social media. Passing requires you to complete 60% of ALL of the activities in the course.
