Mentoring Objectives

Mentoring Objectives:

- To promote the optimum development of all faculty and staff members of our campus communities

- To recognize that faculty and staff members have concerns about a range of professional and personal responsibilities

- To build a relationship to enable constructive, helpful feedback and discussions outside of the established and formal peer oversight procedures

- To facilitate the orientation and career development of faculty and staff members relative to the mission of the University of Hawaii

- To afford faculty and staff members the opportunity to define and establish career goals

- To recognize and successfully address challenges

- To network with other faculty and staff members

- To recognize personal and professional strengths and explore ways to utilize them

- To promote entry-level survival during the first year

- To lay the groundwork for career development and advancement including assistance with reappointment applications and tenure and promotion dossiers