report on the office of faculty development
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Report on the Office of Faculty Development. The OFD at a Glance. Mission: To identify and respond effectively to the needs of the faculty Reporting Structure : Reports to Provost through the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs. Goals: - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Report on theOffice of Faculty Development
The OFD at a Glance• Mission: To identify and respond effectively to the needs of
the faculty
• Reporting Structure: Reports to Provost through the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs.
• Goals:– To continually and actively engage faculty and Faculty Senate,
encouraging exploration of hard questions and a diversity of conversations regarding faculty needs and equity issues.
– To create a framework that responds to faculty needs and concerns as they evolve.
– To create and sustain specific activities and processes that support faculty success.
– To undertake on-going assessment of the programs of this office.
OFD Faculty Advisory Committee
• Faculty oversight:– Don Morrison (Humanities, Chair)– Tom Killian (Natural Sciences)– Marcia O’Malley (Engineering)– Elizabeth Long (Social Sciences)– Gordon Wittenberg (Architecture)– Gustavo Grullon (Business)– Kathy Matthews (Natural Sciences)
OFD Faculty Advisory Committee
• Advise Director on priorities for OFD programs.
• Review regularly data and policies relevant to faculty, including hiring, promotion, retention, climate, satisfaction, and equity (space, salary, teaching, time in rank, cohort retention, distribution by department/gender/race).
• Review policies/procedures and assess whether they are working effectively
• Ensure that the Office of Faculty Development is identifying and meeting the needs of the faculty.
OFD Current Activities• Search committee training• Access to databases of under-represented
minority PhDs in STEM fields• Informational sessions on Promotion & Tenure• Informal lunches for women faculty (~2 per
semester)• Monthly discussions for department Chairs• New faculty orientation • Triad mentoring program• Faculty exit survey
OFD Planned Activities
• Targeted programs for mid-career faculty (e.g., orientation session, information on promotion, mentoring initiatives, leadership opportunities, and innovative teaching sessions with CTE)
• Evaluation of unsuccessful faculty searches• Pilot programs in Engineering, Humanities,
Natural Sciences, & Social Sciences• Climate study (Fall 2014)• With VPAA – review of faculty policies