Mentor Group Goals

At the initiation of new groups, ask each new participant to share a bit about themselves. After you’ve completed the form we will combine, and distribute a packet unique to each group. These help groups get to know one another, and serve as a basis for topics discussed by the group.

Please complete the fields below by sharing goals that you want to work towards. The intention is that each member will share their goals and these themes will form the basis of conversations during group meetings. The goal statement can read something like: “To improve my ability to present my science to senior people” or “To learn more about how funding works and submit a proposal”. A personal goal could be something like: “To spend a few minutes each day working on something I really enjoy” or “To prioritize rest”.

After each goal statement, you can add specifics if you wish.

For example: To improve my ability to present my science to senior people, which means:

* To make succinct presentations of my work
* To gain confidence in what I know
* To find three opportunities to present my research

When you have completed this, your mentor group will work with you to clarify the goals and steps to achieving them. Over the course of the year you may want to add others, or modify the ones you have written.

A pdf of your goals and biographical information will be included in the mentoring notebook, which will be sent to each member of your group before the first group meeting.