Facilitators Needed for SHPE's New Graduate Program - Honorarium Available

SHPE is developing a NEW program for graduate students that is piloting in just a few weeks! We are inviting associate and full professors, as well as teaching professors, adjuncts, or professionals with a graduate or advanced degree to serve as a GRADS (GRaduate & Advanced Degree Students) Mentoring Group (GMG) facilitator.

What GMG facilitators will do:
Group facilitators guide group discussions with 5-8 GRADS. We anticipate a time commitment of 10 hours over a period of approximately 2 months (please note these dates are tentative and might shift slightly depending on recruitment efforts):

• One hour orientation meeting – Second week of February
• One hour kick off meeting – February 21^st, 2022
• At least 6 one-hour meetings with group – Period of March 1^st to April 15^th, 2022
• One hour closing meeting – April 18^th, 2022
• One hour debrief at the end of the program – Last week of April

What GMG facilitators receive:
SHPE will offer ongoing support and development for facilitators with an orientation introducing the GMG model, best facilitation practices, and preparation for the first group meeting. In addition, GMG facilitators will receive an honorarium for their participation in the amount of $1,000. Honorariums are processed in two payments, one at the start of the program and one at the conclusion of the program.

You can find more program information below, but if you are interested, please join now as a “Facilitator” and complete your user profile. 

Thanks for your time and looking forward to possibly collaborating with you.

Best,

Dayna

Dayna L. Martínez, Ph.D.

Manager, Research & Innovation 

SHPE: Leading Hispanics in STEM

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Additional Program Information

The GRADS Mentoring Groups (GMG) focus on the need for our GRaduate & Advanced Degree Students to develop skills that can help them survive and thrive in graduate school and beyond. These mentoring groups will provide them with a safe space where they can discuss their professional experiences and challenges with a faculty or professional facilitator. 

For our pilot we plan to have five groups. Groups are meant to be small enough (5 to 8 participants per group lead by 1-2 facilitators) to create meaningful relationships between facilitators and participants. Each group will focus on a different topic as listed below.

Group	Description
Writing	Do you need help writing that paper or dissertation chapter? If your answer is yes, this group is perfect for you. Join others in a journey of 8 weeks to go over practical advice to help you finish that important writing project.
Applying for a job in academia	Are you considering applying for a job in academia? Then join this group! You will be able to discuss all your questions, like how to search for jobs in academia, the academic job market timeline, how to prepare for the job market, and others.
Applying for a job in industry	Do you wonder how different it is to apply for a job in industry when you have an advanced degree? Join this group to discuss important aspects of applying for a job in industry like how to search for jobs, leveraging your personal network, preparing your resume, and getting ready for an interview.
Collecting data and keeping a lab notebook	Is your lab notebook a little disorganized? This group will go over practical tips to keep your experiment data organized.
Conflict resolution	As a graduate student, you might find yourself having differences with colleagues, advisors, and administrators. How do you deal with those? This group will go over strategies for conflict resolution that can help you navigate some of these delicate professional relationships.

 

Benefits of the group mentoring format:

• Adding peer advice increases the diversity of input and perspectives
• Provides a good mechanism for accountability that makes mentoring effective
• Goal setting is easier with more perspectives contributing to the process
• Senior people reach multiple mentees efficiently
• Allows all group members to lead and learn at the same time
• Broadens the network of the participants
• Can be a lot of fun!

Requirements:

• To be eligible for the GMG program, you must be an active SHPE member. You can learn more about joining here. There is no cost to eligible members for this program. 

• You must be a graduate or advanced degree student. 
• You must fill out a membership request form.

Below you can find a tentative schedule for the GMG pilot. These dates might change slightly depending on recruitment efforts. 

Tentative Schedule:

Join requests open: January 28^th, 2022

Join requests due: February 7^th, 2022

Participants notified: February 14^th, 2022

Kickoff meeting: February 21^st, 2022

Mentoring Group Meetings: March 1^st – April 15^th, 2022

Closing meeting: April 18^th, 2022