A seven-day Clinical Faculty Institute was implemented to increase the skills of mentor teachers and to develop a cadre of Clinical Faculty for the four participating colleges and universities. The 128 participants entered with some confidence in their ability to mentor novice teachers in areas typically taught in methods courses; whereas, they displayed minimal confidence in skills typically taught in supervisory courses. By the end of the Institute, participants showed significant changes in their self-perceptions of skills in twenty areas, with post-scores clustering between 3.5 and 3.9 on a four-point scale. Future institutes should focus on supervisory skills and then emphasize more reflection upon the congruence of teaching, with the best practices articulated in national standards
