Take part in the LITE Mentoring Scheme
Participants are being sought for a student education-focused mentoring programme.
The Leeds Institute for Teaching Excellence (LITE) Mentoring Scheme provides a framework of support in key areas across the student education network at the University.
It runs alongside the Universitys mentoring programme run by Organisational Development and Professional Learning and currently has 50 registered participants involved in 31 mentor-mentee relationships across all services and facilities.
It is organised across three key student education themes:
- Mentoring for those who
want to pursue more formal teaching
scholarship and pedagogy, will move beyond reflection, practice-sharing and
report writing to more rigorous research. Advice includes support for
developing scholarship project ideas; putting together funding applications;
understanding and implementing research methods; research ethics, project
management and project evaluation. Support for dissemination and publication
routes such as journals, networks and conferences will also be part of this aspect.
- Mentoring for those who are
seeking career development through
student education at Leeds including how to get involved in ongoing and new
student education projects/developments across campus. Also contributing to the
governance and committee structure; targeting student education roles and
responsibilities; joining networks within the University; how to explore
external, national and international networks of innovation and scholarship.
- Mentoring for those who are progressing with curriculum design and student education project delivery: this might include significant module, programme and/or assessment design, student support development and digital developments. For this strand, mentees should also seek advice from structures of educational delivery, such as schools, faculties, units and from other centres of teaching innovation, where relevant. LITEs community of University Student Education Fellows (USEFs), National Teaching Fellows (NTFS), LITE Excellence and Innovation Fellows and Teaching Enhancement Project Leaders will provide an additional valuable resource for advice, especially through LITE community activities and events.
Andrea Jackson, Professor of Student Education and Engagement, who will be leading the scheme, said: Its encouraging to hear that the scheme is already having a positive impact on those involved and I hope that this call will attract even more staff so that we can further extend this active support network.
Director of LITE, Kelvin Tapley, said: This scheme adds a valuable additional dimension to the work of LITE and Im delighted to see how the LITE community is benefiting from continued engagement in this initiative.
If you would like to volunteer as a mentor or would like support as a mentee, please complete the online registration form.
A workshop has also been scheduled for Tuesday 13 November for anyone who wants to learn more about the role of mentor. For more information about this and the scheme in general please contact the LITE team.
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