Academics

OFD Announces Spring Semester 2022 Schedule of Events, Programs and Workshops

The Office of Faculty Development (OFD) has announced their Spring 2022 semester schedule of programs and events. This comprehensive range of offerings is designed to meet the interests and professional needs of all faculty, including a new “Supporting Non-tenure Track Faculty” series which launches this semester.

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OFD Spring 2022 Workshops and Programs for Faculty: 

 

Career Fundamentals:

Identify Your Needs and Expand Your Mentoring Network
Tuesday, March 1, 1-2:30 p.m. – Zoom

Receiving and Responding to Negative Feedback
Monday, Apr. 25, 12:15-1:45 p.m. – Zoom

Equity and Inclusion:

Other Knowledges Are Possible: FOC Dialogue on Engaged and Creative Research, Part 2

Friday, Friday, Feb. 18, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. – Zoom

Grants and Fellowships:

Mutual Mentoring Grant Information Session

Wednesday, Feb. 2, noon-1 p.m. – Zoom

Guggenheim Fellowship Workshop

Monday, May 16, 11 a.m.-noon – Zoom

Leadership Development:

Pathways to Leadership: A Panel Discussion with Non-Tenure Track Faculty Leaders

Friday, March 4, 3-4:30 p.m.

From Member to Chair: Strategies for Effective Committee Leadership

Monday, March 21, 12:15-1:15 p.m. – Zoom

LEAD+: Leadership Enhancement for Academic Departments

Offered twice monthly for heads/chairs and associate deans

Mid-Career Faculty:

Planning for a Productive and Restorative Sabbatical

Monday, Feb. 28, 12:15-1:15pm – Zoom

New and Early Career Faculty:

Support for Scholarly Work

Friday, Feb 4, 9-10:30 a.m. – Zoom

Teaching Effectiveness: Exploring Classroom Assessment Techniques

Friday, March 4, 9-10:30 a.m. – Zoom

Planning for the Summer

Friday, April 1, 9-10:30 a.m. – W.E.B. Du Bois Library, Room 2601

Research Administration Workshop Series:

Part 1: The Basics

Wednesday, March 2, 12:00-1:30 p.m. – Zoom

Part 2: Proposal Development and Budgeting

Wednesday, March 9, noon-1:30 p.m. – Zoom

Scholarly Writing and Work:

Monthly Scholarly Writing Retreats

Last Friday of each month – Faculty Commons, W.E.B. Du Bois Library

Writing & Working Accountability Sessions

Every Monday from 2-3:30 p.m. – Zoom

Planning Your Summer Research and Writing

Friday, April 29, 10-11:30 a.m. – W.E.B. Du Bois Library, Room 2601

Supporting Non-Tenure Track Faculty:

Voices of Non-Tenure Track Faculty at UMass Amherst: Findings from Focus Groups and COACHE Survey

Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2:30-3:45 p.m. – Zoom

Pathways to Leadership: A Panel Discussion with Non-Tenure Track Faculty Leaders

Friday, March 4, 3-4:30 p.m.

Identify Your Mentoring Needs & Expand Your Mentoring Network

Friday, March 25, 1:30-3 p.m. – Zoom

Planning for a Professional Improvement Leave Fellowship

Wednesday, April 6, 2:30-3:30 p.m. – Zoom

OFD is pleased to collaborate on this semester’s programs with the following campus partners:

View a full list of upcoming events for faculty offered by the Office of Faculty Development.