Entering Mentoring

Participants who attend eight mentoring training sessions will receive a Mentoring Digital Badge.

Spring Mentoring Training

Every spring, we offer an intensive mentoring training program. Past participants reported benefiting greatly from their participation in this training.

• Week 1: Introduction to Mentor Training Program

• Week 2: Aligning Expectations

• Week 3: Promoting Professional Development

• Week 4: Maintaining Effective Communication

• Week 5: Addressing Equity and Inclusion

• Week 6: Addressing Inclusion at USD/Multi-Culturalism vs. Color-Blind Approaches

• Week 7: Assessing Understanding

• Week 8: Fostering Independence

• Week 9: Cultivating Ethical Behavior

• Week 10: Articulating Your Mentoring Philosophy and Plan

Establishing a Growth Mindset Workshop Recordings

USD hosted an Establishing a Growth Mindset on January 13-14, 2023.   This workshop explored shifting our mindsets about learning and intelligence to transform the college student experience into one in which every student can succeed.  This workshop builds off the resources produced by the Student Experience Project, and the College Transition Collaborative.  Our workshop was led by Dr. Kathryn Boucher.  Dr. Boucher is Associate Professor, Interim Program Director for the Department of Psychological Science, and Associate Director of the Ron & Laura Strain Honors College at the University of Indianapolis. 

The schedule for this event was as follows:

• Friday, January 13th

  • Growth mindset cultures for our classrooms: the evidence base

  • Establishing a growth mindset culture in the early weeks of the term: syllabi & policy reviews

  • Communicating growth mindset in our feedback on tests and assignments

  • Sustaining a growth mindset culture: difficult conversations around poor grades, academic misconduct, and other tough discussions

  • Incorporating student voice: how to assess how students are experiencing our courses

  • Action plans to incorporate this knowledge into our teaching and a Q&A session with Dr. Boucher

• Saturday, January 14th

  • Institutionalizing growth mindset cultures: moving from individual classrooms to departments to across our campuses