Mentoring: I-Engage

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Mentoring is a collaborative relationship that focuses on growth in personal and/or professional areas.  A typical mentoring relationship includes a mentor, a more experienced individual, and mentee.  The mentoring relationship often centers around brief moments of informal conversations, but established formal communication is also effective.

Mentorship is based on mutual respect that fosters a positive environment for continual growth and learning to occur.  Mentors act as role models to their mentees.  They provide guidance and advice, expertise, and insights.  They are also supportive, including creating connections, and point their mentee towards resources and opportunities. 

UTA Graduate School offers an application based mentoring program, I-Engage, for graduate students to mentor undergraduate students through a research experience.  This invaluable experience is often the first encounter of one-on-one mentoring for many graduate students.  I-Engage is a summer semester program that is application based. 

Graduate Student interested in participating in the I-Engage mentoring program do not need to be part of the CIRTL-UTA Teaching Certificate Program to participate.  Follow the link for I-Engage Summer Research Program for more details about this graduate student mentor opportunity.

CIRTL-UTA Teaching Certificate Program:  Mentoring

As part of the CIRTL-UTA Teaching Certificate Program, Scholar Certificate, Level 4, requires participates to advance and disseminate teaching and learning practice and mentorship is key to expanding teaching and learning knowledge.   The Scholar Certificate, level 4, graduate students have 3 options to meet this mentoring requirement. 

MENTORING OPTIONS for CIRTL-UTA Teaching Certificate Program
TAR Project MentorGraduate students who previously completed the TAR Project at the Practitioner Certificate, level 3, are encouraged to serve as a TAR Project Mentor.  The TAR Project mentor will co-facilitate group discussions during three (3) TAR workshops as they guide new graduate students through the process of developing and creating a TAR Project.  The TAR workshops are scheduled once every semester; summer, fall, and spring.   
Graduate Student Peer MentoringPeer mentoring is an opportunity for graduate students to share valuable skills, knowledge, and support with other graduate students with peers who are in or outside their field of study.  Peer mentoring allows the mentor/mentee to openly share their experiences, knowledge, and support in a more informal environment.  The Graduate Student Peer Mentoring time commitment would vary, but mentor/mentee are expected to meet over the fall and spring semesters.  Expectations would be established that the mentor and mentee would follow. 
I-EngageThe I-Engage program provides an opportunity for graduate students to mentor undergraduate students through a research experience. This invaluable experience is often the first encounter with one-on-one mentoring for many graduate students.  I-Engage is a summer semester program that is application based.  Graduate Student interested in participating in the I-Engage mentoring program do not need to be part of the CIRTL-UTA Teaching Certificate Program.