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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:
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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