Section 8.5 Assigning a mentor for teaching, who has taught the course the new faculty member will be teaching
Departments often assign a tenured faculty member to a new faculty member as a mentor for research, someone to whom the new colleague can turn for advice in getting a lab set up, crafting productive research questions, designing investigative approaches, seeking funding, overcoming obstacles, interpreting data, writing... Similarly, assign a tenured faculty member to a new faculty member as a mentor for teaching, someone with whom the new colleague can meet regularly to talk about teaching and to share observations and reflections.
Arranging a regular time to talk about teaching philosophy and strategies beyond lecturing.
Set aside a regular time for the new faculty member and the mentor to meet to talk about teaching. This might be an informal conversation over lunch or more formally in one of their offices or in the teaching setting but should occur on a regular schedule such as once a month or more frequently.
Sharing observations and reflections about specific teaching experiences.
Welcome informal debriefing conversations that occur spontaneously when something interesting happens during a class session. Also set up occasional classroom visits to the mentor's course as well as to the new faculty member's course to provide opportunities to talk about specific teaching experiences where both have been present.