Mentoring by the Community College Professor: One Role among Many

The process of mentorship in relationship to the community college professor and the potential to improve and enhance the teaching and learning process is explored in this article. This article suggests that not all community college professors are psychological or intellectually disposed to being or becoming a good mentor. It is put forth that mentoring is a subrole of the community college professor. A framework for understanding the ‘‘complete mentor’’ process, as developed by Cohen (1993), is presented. Implications for practice are offered in a manner that connects the community college professor as mentor with enhancing the instructional process through the nurturing teaching perspective.