Culturally Aware Mentoring Recognition

Level 1: Trained Facilitator

To become a Culturally Aware Mentoring (CAM) Trained Facilitator, you must fulfill the following criteria:

1. Join NRMN   

2. Attend the CAM workshop as a participant. CIMER offers both private and public CAM workshops

3. Apply to attend the Facilitating CAM workshop

4. Complete the self-education preparatory work in advance of the Facilitating CAM workshop (e.g., readings, reflections, discussion with co-facilitator about practice session)

5. Participate in our Facilitating CAM workshop to gain the knowledge, skills, and confidence to effectively facilitate CAM training, a curriculum developed and tested through NRMN.  

As a CAM Trained Facilitator, you are strongly encouraged to engage in the following:

• Be part of a community of practice (e.g. MyNRMN online community of practice, Facilitators of Culturally Aware Mentoring (CAM) on MyNRMN). 

• Implement CAM using CIMER evaluation for the first three implementations

Level 2: Certified Facilitator

To become a CAM Certified Facilitator, you must fulfill the following criteria:

1. Earn recognition as a Culturally Aware Mentoring Trained Facilitator

2. Be part of a facilitator community of practice,(e.g. Facilitators of Culturally Aware Mentoring (CAM) on MyNRMN.)

3. Facilitate CAM at least three times at your home institution or organization: 

   1. The full CAM curriculum must be implemented 

   2. You must use CIMER evaluation, the cost of which is included with CAM facilitator training. Evaluation data from at least 20 participants is required indicating your effectiveness as a facilitator and participant workshop satisfaction;  

4. Submit an application 

To apply:

We strongly recommend preparing all materials in Steps 1-3 before starting the application survey, since the application cannot easily be saved for completion at a later time. Applications are reviewed twice a year. 

1. Download this spreadsheet and list your facilitation experience. If you have facilitated many CAM workshops, you may choose to include only those that best showcase your experience and/or meet the requirements for Certified Facilitator recognition.

2. Compile evidence of your effectiveness as a facilitator into a single PDF file. This should minimally include evaluation data from training participants. You may also wish to include letters of recommendation, teaching awards, etc.

3. Write a brief biography (less than 250 words) describing your professional background and interest in being a CAM Certified Facilitator. 

4. Submit the application survey.

Please contact Stephanie House (house2@wisc.edu) with any questions or concerns. 

Once your application is approved, you are expected to:

1. Facilitate at least one CAM workshop annually. 

2. Inform CIMER whenever you lead a CAM training.

3. Be active in a community of practice; currently you could join the Facilitators of Culturally Aware Mentoring (CAM) group on MyNRMN. 

4. Reach out to us with questions, resources, and highlights from your work on mentoring

Intellectual Property Agreement

CIMER Workshop materials should not be modified without express written permission from CIMER. Please acknowledge CIMER as the source of all materials. Trained and Certified Facilitators are not permitted to charge or collect honoraria/facilitator fees for training events based on the Culturally Aware Mentoring curriculum. For more information, review our intellectual property agreement (updated May 2023).