This program encourages tenure-track faculty, ideally in years one to three, to invest time in reviewing expectations for tenure in order to identify both the strategies and tactics necessary for success.
The 2023 workshop series will be held May 16-17 via zoom.
Schedule
Day 1: May 16
Focuses on familiarity with the process and materials submitted by the candidate.
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Promotion Basics and Planning your Strategy on the Road to Tenure
Heather Wilkinson, professor and associate vice president for Faculty Affairs
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- Contemplate your timeline.
- Envision your impact on your field.
- Consider your approach to networking.
- Recognize the importance of colleagues and mentors who will tell you the truth.
- Review examples of CV annotations.
- Survey resources available to you to develop skills in service of your goals.
- Plan your service to serve your plans.
- Be intentional with your teaching.
- Consider the questions you should ask at your annual review.
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Roadmap Activity
Heather Wilkinson, professor and associate vice president for Faculty Affairs
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- Identify goals for teaching, research, and service.
- Set milestones needed to meet goals for midterm review.
- Set milestones needed to meet goals for tenure dossier submission.
- Estimate the resources and skills you need to meet your milestones and accomplish your goals.
- Map your network and mentors.
Day 2: May 17
Includes a menu of workshops reviewing the habits and practices that facilitate success across the possible responsibilities of various academic professional track faculty titles.
8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
Craft a Teaching Impact Narrative
Jean Layne, lead instructional consultant, Center for Teaching Excellence
Learning Outcomes & Materials
- Define goals for teaching impact.
- Identify sources of evidence.
- Create process of reflection and documentation for continuous improvement.
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- Define goals for teaching impact.
- Identify sources of evidence.
- Create process of reflection and documentation for continuous improvement.
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- Identify the roles mentors play in the overall professional development of their mentees.
- Develop a strategy for guiding professional development using an individual development plan.
- Initiate and sustain periodic discussions of professional goals and career development with mentees.
- Engage in open dialogue on balancing the competing demands, needs, and interests of mentors and mentees.
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Promoting Professional Development in Graduate Student Mentoring
Julie Harlin, associate professor and associate dean, Graduate and Professional School
Clint Patterson, assistant director of mentoring, Center for Teaching Excellence
Learning Outcomes
- Identify the roles mentors play in the overall professional development of their mentees.
- Develop a strategy for guiding professional development using an individual development plan.
- Initiate and sustain periodic discussions of professional goals and career development with mentees.
- Engage in open dialogue on balancing the competing demands, needs, and interests of mentors and mentees.
1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Strategies to Craft a National Reputation as an Academic
Heather Lench, professor and senior associate vice president for Faculty Affairs
Heather Wilkinson, professor and associate vice president for Faculty Affairs
Bruce Herbert, professor of Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communications
Kelly Brown, associate vice president of Marketing and Communications
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- Explore the role an “agile” approach can play in structuring your productivity as a faculty member (Participants receive a free book).
- Option to participate in a 3-week faculty writing accountability program (This session counts as the orientation).
- Develop a the structures and habits necessary to create your own writing accountability group.
3:00 - 5:00p.m.
Leaning in to Structure, Accountability, and Habit Formation to Jumpstart Your Writing Goals This Summer
Sharon Matthews, clinical associate professor and associate department head, Teaching Learning and Culture
Jeana Guillory, instructional consultant, Center for Teaching Excellence
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- Explore the role an “agile” approach can play in structuring your productivity as a faculty member (Participants receive a free book).
- Option to participate in a 3-week faculty writing accountability program (This session counts as the orientation).
- Develop a the structures and habits necessary to create your own writing accountability group.