What would you do differently? by Aris Winger https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different How will you change your mentoring en-us 2023-03-14 17:54:01 UTC 2025-02-16 15:55:00 UTC hello@padlet.com Identity Conversation https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529485196 Is it coming off too strong to start the mentor-mentee relationships talking about identity?]]> 2023-03-23 21:28:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529485196 Setting more boundaries and formalizing mentoring. https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529489860 2023-03-23 21:34:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529489860 more structure https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529490643 I'm thinking of interactions with undergraduate students (like research students)]]> 2023-03-23 21:35:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529490643 human element https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529492319 I think I've only learned more recently how to interact with mentees/students/advisees as humans (and be a human myself). That's something looking back that I should have done a lot better.]]> 2023-03-23 21:38:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529492319 Being more aware of my mentee's identity. https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529493231 2023-03-23 21:39:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529493231 follow up https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529493421 In less high-stakes, but formal, mentoring relationships (like a peer-to-peer grad student mentor for 1st year grad students) I would reach out to meet ONCE, and then never again. I definitely lacked the follow through to sustain the relationship in a useful way to the mentee.]]> 2023-03-23 21:40:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529493421 letting mentee's goals be different than my own https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529494941 2023-03-23 21:42:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529494941 striking the balance between https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529495187 compassion and holding high standards

]]> 2023-03-23 21:42:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529495187 How do you walk the line of recommending a mentee talk to someone else without dismissing them (e.g., talking with a counselor)? https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529495362 2023-03-23 21:43:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529495362 Time management... to develop the type of mentoring relationship that is needed within the context of the academic environment. https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529495865 2023-03-23 21:43:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529495865 Offering something I can't give https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529496695 Wanting to be everything for your mentor, but often when I can't do that. E.g. doing a reading with a student in an area that I don't know and don't have time to devote to. E.g. wanting to give my student's life advice when my background is much more privileged (and hence perspective very different) than theirs

]]> 2023-03-23 21:44:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529496695 incorporating the mentee's identity in my mentoring approach https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529496738 2023-03-23 21:45:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529496738 finding mentees among undergraduates (in big classes). https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529497521 2023-03-23 21:46:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529497521 Give myself a break https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529497615 I need to remember that I am only human! I'm not going to be the perfect mentor in every situation for every person. But that doesn't mean I won't keep aspiring to improve my skills and keep trying.]]> 2023-03-23 21:46:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529497615 how to structure https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529497677 what I think is a successful math paper. How do I better guide students through the writing process when they might want to communicate differently from how I see things?]]> 2023-03-23 21:46:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529497677 https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529497805 open opportunities to more people from underrepresented groups to reach graduate schools.]]> 2023-03-23 21:46:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529497805 Being more proactive https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529497893 In Sarah's talk, she said something along the lines of "sometimes students don’t even know what to ask, so mentors should be proactive", so I want to be more proactive in helping students.]]> 2023-03-23 21:46:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529497893 More 1-on-1 communication https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529497910 Talking with my mentees about what they want to change / how they want to grow, how I can support their growth, and finding other mentors for them that can support them in the ways I can't. ]]> 2023-03-23 21:47:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529497910 finding enough time to meet with my mentees and also enough time for my own research https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529498517 2023-03-23 21:47:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529498517 I tend to really internalize student trauma and I think that goes beyond empathy and isn't necessarily helpful. https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529498894 2023-03-23 21:48:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529498894 Not neglect any one mentee when mentoring a group of mentees https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529501575 2023-03-23 21:53:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529501575 How is mentoring a two way relationship? https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529502439 We have spent a lot of time on how the mentee benefits, but the definition of mentoring involves two parties. What about the mentor?]]> 2023-03-23 21:54:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529502439 Advertising professional opportunities https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529505256 I'm not very good at telling my students about and encouraging them to make it possible to take opportunities like local talks/workshops and also non-local opportunities.]]> 2023-03-23 21:59:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529505256 I am hearing that good mentorship requires one on one time plus coordinated efforts from mentoring teams across a department. I am hearing this in an environment in which my colleagues feel overwhelmed by their workload (MS granting institution) and when post covid they are less present on campus. How can we absorb it into our work-lives and cut out something else less impactful. https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529508078 2023-03-23 22:04:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ariswinger/CIME_different/wish/2529508078