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NEWS AND EVENTS MASA Brown Bags RESOURCES Office of the Secretary Job Opportunities Districts and Members Related Organizations Other Campus Resources STANDING COMMITTEES CEBC DRC PPPC PDRC		Web References Back to Mentoring Page Office of Human Resources 174 Bascom Hall Telephone (608) 263-2511 FAX (608) 262-5203 http://www.ohr.wisc.edu/ Academic Staff, Secretary of http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/acstaff/sec.html Academic Staff Executive Committee http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/acstaff/comopp/asec.html Academic Staff Committee on Workplace Issues http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/acstaff/doc/issuesreport.doc Governance and Committees http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/acstaff/gov_com.html List of Districts http://drc.academic-staff.wisc.edu Academic Staff Professional Development and Recognition Committee (PDRC) http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/acstaff/pdrc/ (Grant and award information) Employment Opportunities PVLs Unclassified Positions http://www.ohr.wisc.edu/pvl/index.htm Policies, Procedures, Guidelines and Handbooks Academic Staff Policies and Procedures http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/acstaff/aspp.pdf Others: http://www.ohr.wisc.edu/polproced/ppg%26h.html Guidelines for Proposing Academic Staff Members for Indefinite Status http://www.ohr.wisc.edu/polproced/arearevcomm/areaguide.html Educational Placement and Career Services http://careers.education.wisc.edu/ State Relations Activities (Legislators, committees, budget information) http://www.staterelations.wisc.edu/ Campus Maps http://www.wisc.edu:80/ath/vinfo/cmap/fullmap2.html Back to Mentoring Page Application deadlines: Mentor: February 1, 2002 Mentee: February 22, 2002 Training sessions: April 11, am April 24, pm What is the Academic Staff Mentoring Program? The Academic Staff Mentoring Program promotes professional and personal development among all academic staff by connecting them with others who can advise, coach, and guide them, as well as help them understand the context in which they are operating. Who is eligible to participate? Any academic staff member can be a mentor or a mentee. The program is designed for both new and continuing academic staff with goals developed to meet individual needs. When will this take place? Since 1997, almost 300 pairs of academic staff have participated in the mentoring program. The mentoring year begins in April and continues through the ensuing academic year. Within the program, mentoring pairs design their own plans, set their own schedules, and participate in formal and informal programming for up to one year. Why do UW-Madison academic staff need a mentoring program? There are about 6,500 academic staff professionals on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Academic staff comprise over 25% of the total staff, representing almost 900 different titles in programs and departments spread over a 900-plus acre campus. This great diversity can also create isolation. Often new staff members, and even experienced ones, have difficulty meeting other academic staff, learning about the campus culture, and participating in academic staff governance. Academic staff employment can have other complications. Some jobs are often a mixture of short-term and long-term employment opportunities. While one job may last for a semester, others can last for many years. Turnover is often high and there is no quick way to enculturate employees to the University. Mentoring is a way in which senior people can help junior colleagues become a part of the University society and Ðlearn the ropes.¼ Both mentors and mentees in the first years of the program have emphasized the benefits they”ve gained from the chance to feel more connected to the University by this person-to-person commitment and by the network that has developed among the larger group in the program. Participants will be encouraged to examine their "tool box" of skills, network with other academic staff, attend professional training, and actively participate in governance. You are invited to join in the process of creating a larger "community of caring" for each other. Program evaluations indicate that it really works! What are the benefits to mentees? to further professional career development to receive individual recognition and encouragement to receive honest criticism and informal feedback to have a concrete opportunity for growth and guidance to be quickly immersed into the University culture to have the opportunity to connect with someone specific in or out of one's department or area of expertise to stay better informed to have opportunities to improve job performance by seeing other staff in action to understand the resources available on campus and in the community to have the opportunity to participate in a strong networking experience to build a circle of friends and professional contacts both within and outside the institution to locate opportunities to contribute to institutional goals to learn about shared governance to learn how to reach appropriate channels to raise different issues to learn skills for showcasing one's own work to have the opportunity to learn new skills to have more visibility in the University community to have access to the information critical to upward mobility to obtain a perspective on long-term career planning and professional issues What are the benefits to mentors? to participate in a service activity at UW-Madison to provide a forum to obtain new ideas to help to get a new prospective on the UW to help improve the University's sense of community to help facilitate communication across disciplines to provide leadership opportunities to allow for a rare opportunity to provide an anchor in an organization for a new employee to gain an inside view of another's job to provide the satisfaction of helping others to provide a new and reinvigorating outlook on one's own job to provide ideas and skills that can be applied to other parts of a mentor's life to gain an outlet for new ideas and feedback about mentor's current projects to provide a way to meet new colleagues and expand networks through association with other mentors to increase background and knowledge through training about the mentoring process to access a variety of information aimed at mentees but helpful to mentors as well Do I know enough to be a mentor? - or - Have I been around too long to be a mentee? One of the major benefits cited by mentor and mentee alike is the chance just to listen or have a listener. And for many mentees, simply having a person to turn to when navigating the bureaucratic thickets is a big help. You need not have a vast storehouse of University knowledge to be of real help to another staff member, nor does a long acquaintance with one job mean you cannot benefit from having a mentor. Mentors are highly encouraged to remain in this program for at least three years. How will this happen? The Academic Staff Mentoring Advisory Committee will process all applications for mentors/mentees and facilitate the matching process. Applications are due in February, with matching done in March. You will have an opportunity to meet with your prospective mentor prior to establishing a formal relationship. Group activities like training sessions and brown bags provide a valuable network that extends beyond the mentoring pair. To help you get started, we schedule a networking and training session for all pairs each year. If you are applying to this program as a mentor or mentee, it is essential that you attend a training session before you begin. Pairs will identify individual goals after the training session. Goals range from the very specific (e.g., a computer skill) to the diverse (e.g., someone to bounce ideas off or an experienced hand to review a vita). Each mentoring pair then designs a program to meet the established goals. This flexibility, an appreciated benefit of the program, allows for mentoring relationships that may last only a short time, as well as full-year relationships. Following the initial commitment, at the choice of the pairs, a relationship may end or may move to an informal level. Your help will be sought in evaluating the program. What kind of commitment is involved? We anticipate mentors/mentees making a minimum time commitment of two hours per month to this program. Past pairs have carried out their plans by such means as meeting regularly for coffee, or by attending group events together or by semi-regular conversations. Different plans work well for different people. The formal relationship is designed to last up to one year. This use of University staff time has been approved by University Administration. How do I apply? If you are interested in becoming a mentee or a mentor, complete the appropriate application form, available in December, and return it to Colleen McCabe, Secretary of the Academic Staff, Room 270 Bascom. If you are submitting your form electronically (available on the Web), copy it and email it to cmccabe@bascom.wisc.edu. Also email or call (263-2985) the Secretary if you need applications. Prospective mentees who wish to express a preference for a particular mentor are invited to review the notebook containing the applications of available mentors; the notebook is located in 270 Bascom. Whom do I contact for more information? Ann Wallace Education WALLACE@EDUCATION.WISC.EDU 126 Education Bldg 1000 Bascom Mall Madison WI 53706 phone 262-2498 fax 265-2512 term ends June 2002 Frank Kooistra Agriculture fkooistra@cals.wisc.edu 140 Agricultural Hall 1450 Linden Dr Madison WI 53706 phone 262-9812 fax 262-4566 term ends June 2003 Don Schutt Human Resources dschutt@bascom.wisc.edu 189 Bascom 500 Lincoln Dr Madison WI 53706 phone 263-1016 fax 265-5824 ex officio Eden Inoway-Ronnie Office of the Provost inoway@bascom.wisc.edu 117 Bascom Hall 500 Lincoln Dr Madison WI 53706 phone 265-5975 fax 265-3353 term ends June 2004 Colleen McCabe Secretary of Academic Staff cmccabe@bascom.wisc.edu 270 Bascom Hall 500 Lincoln Dr Madison WI 53706 phone 263-2985 fax 265-7849 ex officio Sandra Shaw Courter Engineering Learning Center courter@cae.wisc.edu 333 N. Randall Avenue Madison, WI 53715 phone 608-265-9767 fax 608-265-9768 term ends June 2004 Elaine Klein Letters and Science kleine@ls.admin.wisc.edu 307-E South Hall 1055 Bascom Mall Madison WI 53706 phone 265-8484 fax 265-3565 term ends June 2005 Barry Robinson (Co-chair) Theater and Drama BRROBINS@FACSTAFF.WISC.EDU 821 University Ave Madison WI 53706 phone 262-6551 fax 265-4075 term ends June 2004 - PDRC liaison Mary Beth Plane (Co-chair) Associate Scientist mbplane@fammed.wisc.edu University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine 777 S. Mills St. Madison, WI 53715 Phone 608-263-5846 Fax 608-263-5813 term ends June 2002 What do participants have to say about the program? Take a look at what some of our mentors, mentees, and committee members have to say about this program here. Where can I find application forms? Mentee Application Form Mentor Application Form Print and fill out the application, then send to: Secretary of the Academic Staff Room 270 Bascom If you have a disability and need accommodations to participate in the program, please contact us. Requests are confidential.

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