Academic Mentoring in Classics

I plan to discuss my mentoring experiences as a teacher, advisor, coach, and administrator at St. Andrew’s School (Middletown, DE). Questions that I will explore may include the following: What are the benefits of mentoring students at an all-boarding school, and what are the curricular and extra-curricular challenges? How do I help to develop a living and learning community that values listening, inclusivity, and collaboration? What have I learned from my mentors, and what skills or habits do I hope to cultivate in students and faculty?

A six–year collaboration with Dr. Elizabeth Fisher at George Washington University to run an internship program. The program provides mutual benefits, and proximity and collaboration make it easy to administer and sustain. Former interns have gone on to become teachers in DC area Latin programs and to pursue further graduate study aimed at careers in secondary Latin teaching. The program is easy to replicate: Catholic University (also in DC) has already established a similar program based on this model.