Online Mentor Training

Develop your research mentoring skills through self-paced, online courses.

Courses are available at no charge to people affiliated with the University of Minnesota and to external users who create a guest account with the University.

How to register

UMN users: Registration guide

External users: Registration guide

Online courses

Optimizing the Practice of Mentoring 101: For Research Mentors of Graduate Students, Fellows, and Early-Career Faculty

Defines different types of mentoring models that are applied in research settings.
Summarizes the roles and responsibilities of research mentors.
Outlines steps for navigating the core phases of a mentoring relationship.
Offers strategies for supporting mentees' intellectual, professional, and psychosocial development.
Includes online activities designed to help address specific mentoring challenges.

Note: If you registered for this module before the updated version launched on August 19, 2019, you’ll need to re-register using the new system.

Enhancing Motivation Using the CARES Mentoring Model

Describes a theoretically driven approach to mentoring that focuses on attending to the core psychological needs that enhance a mentee’s motivation.
Covers basic motivation concepts and their well-researched impact on mentees' satisfaction, performance, and persistence in educational and professional settings.
Guides learners on strategies for putting the model’s principles into action with their mentees.

Related training

Mentoring Excellence Training Academy

University of Minnesota faculty: Improve your research mentoring skills through this evidence-based development program. It combines the "Optimizing the Practice of Mentoring" self-guided online module with three facilitated small group online training sessions.

Mentor training for U of M faculty

Contact

Seth Elis
[email protected]