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- Title
Learning the Ropes Together: New Faculty Co-Mentoring in a "Mandatory" Community of Practice.
- Authors
Muhayimana, Théophile; Hill, Susan E.
- Abstract
We analyze the outcomes of a mandatory, research-based, semester-long new faculty development program that serves as an extended orientation to the university. Although the program is designed like a "course" and not like a faculty learning community (FLC) as many new faculty development programs are, we discovered that communities of practice (CoPs) arose as new faculty discussed expectations, learned about the wide variety of departmental and institutional processes and practices, and got to know one another. Moreover, we also noted that peer-to-peer mentoring was a significant feature of participants' experience. We argue that although this model of new faculty development does not adhere to the usual requirements of an FLC or CoP, it nonetheless fulfilled the goals of offering new faculty support from multiple sources, fostering new faculty confidence, and enhancing their job performance and satisfaction.
- Subjects
MENTORING; COMMUNITIES of practice; TEACHER development; JOB performance; JOB satisfaction; ROPE
- Publication
Journal of Higher Education Theory & Practice, 2023, Vol 23, Issue 7, p154
- ISSN
2158-3595
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.33423/jhetp.v23i7.6019