Mentor Information-Teaching Mentor
Teaching Mentor Applicants
Early in the Fall semester of Year 1, a ‘Meet and Greet' workshop between MERIT Scholars and potential MERIT Teaching Mentors will be held at both Miles College and Stillman College under the direction of the respective Co-Program Director at each institution. The purpose of these workshops is three-fold:
- to introduce MERIT Scholars and potential teaching mentors
- to review the structure of the MERIT Program for potential teaching mentors
- to create a sense of community between the MERIT Scholars and the teaching faculty at Miles College and Stillman College.
During the spring semester of Year 1, each MERIT Scholar will select a MERIT Teaching Mentor at either Miles College or Stillman College. Through the ‘Meet and Greet' workshops described above combined with the observation of on-going classes at Miles College and Stillman College, MERIT Scholars will have become familiar with the bioscience faculty at both institutions; therefore, each MERIT Scholar will be able to identify a faculty member with whom they wish to complete his/her teaching instruction. The Co-Program Director for Teaching Instruction will meet with each MERIT Scholar to discuss his/her selection and to assist in the decision-making process.
The selected faculty member will require approval by the Co-Program Director for Institutional Liaison at the respective institution. The Co-Program Directors at both Miles College and Stillman College will ensure that selected faculty are outstanding academicians, exhibit excellence in teaching, and are at an appropriate stage of their careers to serve as MERIT Teaching Mentors.