Mentoring Alliance Program

CALL FOR NEW FACULTY MENTORS FOR FALL 2026!

Become a new faculty mentor!

The Mentoring Alliance Program (MAP) is looking for two tenured professors to serve as mentors to this year’s new tenure track cohort.

The mission of MAP is to facilitate a campus-wide culture of mentorship among Colorado College faculty in order to create a community of belonging, support self-determination over career paths, and build the competencies necessary for each faculty member to achieve professional success and psychosocial well-being across all career stages. Our new faculty bring ideas, experiences, and passion to CC, and mentors have the opportunity to support these amazing new folks as they transition into their CC careers.

Each mentor will work closely with 4 to 5 new faculty from across divisions, orienting them to CC, helping to build community, and creating space for them to share their ideas and concerns and to learn from each other.

In exchange for compensation of $2750 per year, mentors must commit to:

• Mentoring your group for three years, through their Third Year Review
• Year One
  • Attend a half-day mentor training and meeting with your mentees the week before Block 1 (date TBD)
  • Hold a one to two-hour gathering with your mentees every block. MAP will provide some suggestions and guidelines for each meeting, but the overarching goal is community building and creating space for mentee-led discussion, questions, and reflection. A budget will be provided for lunch or snacks for these gatherings.
  • Attend a Crown workshop with all new faculty on the 2^nd Friday of each block.
  • Twice a semester, attend a meeting to touch base with the Mentoring Alliance Program Faculty Fellow and/or other mentors.
• Years Two and Three
  • Attend a half day mentor training the week before Block 1
  • Hold a one to two-hour gathering with your mentees every other block (twice a semester).
  • Meet with each mentee individually at least once a semester
  • Attend two Crown workshops a semester
  • Twice a semester, attend a meeting to touch base with the Mentoring Alliance Program Faculty Fellow and/or other mentors.

If you are interested in being a mentor, please send an e-mail explaining your interest in the position and why you think you would be a good mentor to MAP Faculty Fellow Corina McKendry at cmckendry@coloradocollege.edu by Friday, May 8. Thank you for your interest in helping our new faculty flourish at CC!