FRI Semester 3 Peer Mentor Mindsets Guide

1. Introduction

Welcome back, First-year Research Immersion (FRI) Peer Mentors. Thanks for serving your research stream as a mentor during the FRI Semester 3 course at Binghamton University.

As a peer mentor, you will discover your purpose, adopt a unique mentoring style to support mentees, and develop leadership skills to support your research team. Great mentoring starts with self-awareness: knowing your own mindsets and styles/preferences so you can adapt to your mentee and team.

Where this guide starts

This guide joins the semester already in progress. Chapters 1 through 3 introduce the guide and your cohort; the weekly mindsets begin at Chapter 4, Mentoring Style, which lands on Week 4 of the semester. From there the chapter number and the semester week stay aligned.

Chapter	Mindset	Big Question
1	Introduction	(you are here)
2	A Guide for You	How do I use this guide?
3	Sem 3 Peer Mentors	Who is in this cohort, and what does my stream do?
4	Mentoring Style	Does my mentoring style focus on structure or support?
5	Motivational Style	Is my motivational approach to promote or prevent for my mentees’ academics or social connection?
6	Leadership Focus	Is my leadership style to promote or prevent for the team?
7	Feedback Orientation	Is my feedback preference supportive or corrective?
8	People Orientation	What is my view of people?
9	Leadership Role	What is my leadership role?
10	Communication Style	What is my communication style?
11	Inclusive Mentoring	Is my mentoring inclusive?
12	Conflict Style	What is my conflict resolution style?
13	Self-Awareness	What is my self-awareness type?

Continue to 2. A Guide for You to see how to find and read your scores.