Faculty at Mid-Career
Associate Professors and Mid-Career Faculty often have to balance a ‘new normal’ of increased teaching and service while maintaining and growing their research profile. OFD is here to help you navigate this time of transition and ward off the mid-career malaise. Workshops are held to assist mid-career faculty with sabbatical planning, the transition to associate, scholarly and research productivity, and leadership skills.
Balancing the ‘New Normal’ Workshops
2019-2020 Series
Oct 10th, 9:30-11am — Successfully Navigate the Transition to Associate Professor
Hear from newly-promoted Full Professors about how they navigated the path to Full.
December 4th, 9:30-11am — Creating Your Associate Professor Faculty Development Plan
Identify your career mission and make a plan to achieve it.
February 21st, 10:00-11:30am — Mindful Sabbaticals
Strategize your next sabbatical, including finding funding, benchmarking your progress, navigating travel with kids, self-care and mindfulness.
March 26th, 9:00-10:30am - Mid-Career Mentoring
Identify your new mentoring needs and make a plan to get the support you need.
Mutual Mentoring Incubators
The Mutual Mentoring Incubators help identify others interested in forming a group that provides bench-marking, accountability and support. We are currently gathering interest in a ‘Transition to Associate’ incubator. Learn more here.
Research on Thriving at Mid-Career
OFD engages in research targeted at improving the job satisfaction of Mid-Career Faculty. You can read our reports here.
External Resources
NCFDD Webinar by Joy Gaston Gayles - "In this webinar, I’ll share some of the common mistakes that mid-career faculty make, as well as some of the strategies I used to to get myself ready to go up for promotion from associate to full professor."
