Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER) | University of Wisconsin-Madison
Workshop Overview:
Facilitating Entering Mentoring is a two-day “train-the-trainer” workshop designed to increase the capacity for research mentor trainings offered at colleges and universities, research institutes, and governmental organizations. During this workshop, participants are introduced to Entering Mentoring, a mentor training curriculum series that addresses the following themes: aligning expectations, addressing equity and inclusion, articulating your mentoring philosophy and plan, assessing understanding, cultivating ethical behavior, enhancing work-life integration, fostering independence, maintaining effective communication, promoting mentee research self-efficacy, and promoting professional development. Workshop participants become familiar with the curricula, practice facilitating training components, and develop a plan for implementing the training at their institution or organization. The National Academies report The Science of Effective Mentorship in STEMM recommends Entering Mentoring as one form of mentorship education that can help improve mentoring relationships.
Workshop Dates
May 22-23 & June 23-24, 2025
Participants are...
Faculty, instructors, staff, or administrators.
Working with mentors whose trainees are undergraduate students, graduate students, postdocs, or junior faculty. Our workshop materials are currently optimized for use across science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine fields but can be extrapolated to other disciplines.
Committed to implementing research mentor training workshops at their institution or organization within the next year.
Teams of two are encouraged but not required. No more than three from the same institution will be accepted. If you have a group of 3 or more, you may decide to sign up for Facilitator Training for Institutional Teams ($28000 per registrant in August and includes a one hour consultation).
Registration Details:
Registration is $2500 and includes workshop materials plus meals and snacks on both days. This workshop is limited to 32 participants. The workshops will begin at 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM each day. Each individual needs to complete the google form (step 2 once payment has been made).
The deadline to register is six weeks prior to the date of the workshop or until filled, and is on a first-come, first-served basis. If the workshop is full, you can complete the form to add yourself to the waitlist and will be contacted if a spot becomes available up to the registration deadline. Dates for current and future workshops are also available on the CIMER news and events page.
To register for your reserved spot, complete the steps below (please sign up for only one of the following workshops). Once you have completed payment, you will receive confirmation from the payment site with a link to a google form for participant information (previously step 1). Your spot is confirmed once the payment has been made.
Step 1: Pay the registration fee of $2500 for one of the below dates for an open workshop
Entering Mentoring Facilitator Training (EM-FT) May 22-23: https://cvent.me/ERZoPo
Entering Mentoring Facilitator Training (EM-FT) June 23-24: https://cvent.me/b3MQWa
Step 2: Submit a google form. The google form will be sent to you if you have secured a spot on the payment site. The form will take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete. You will need to upload a professional photo or headshot as well as a brief bio (max 250 words) describing your title and interest in facilitating mentor training. This information will be shared with workshop participants during the training. Once you have submitted the google form, your registration is complete and an email with hotel information will follow. Please note if your institution has a google blocker you will be unable to complete this until resolved. You must complete the google form to receive the trained facilitator status.
For more information, visit the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research or contact cimer@wcer.wisc.edu.