Orientations for New Faculty
Fall 2019 | August 14, 2019 - 8:30 am - 2:30 pm, Cullen 360
Spring 2020 | January 7 - 8:30 am - 2:30 pm, Cullen 360
New Faculty Foundations
New Faculty Foundations is a year-long mentoring and faculty success program for new full-time faculty (tenure-line and visitors) and faculty new to the tenure track. Detailed information about this year’s program is available.
| September | Getting to Know SU’s Students & Teaching Culture |
| October | Planning Your Professional Development Agenda, Understanding University Expectations & Evaluation Processes |
| November | Visit a Peer Mentor’s Classroom; Schedule a Mentor Meeting; Work on Your Mentoring Map |
| December | Your Teaching Experiences So Far; Supporting an Honor Code Culture |
| January | Strategies for Balancing Teaching, Scholarship / Creative Work, Service, and a Life + Mid-Year Check-in |
| February | Workshopping Your Challenges + Preventing and Responding to Sexual Violence |
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March |
Shared Governance, Managing Committee Service, and Preparing Your Brief Annual Report |
2020-21 New Faculty Resource Guide
Additional resources:
- Sample CVs of Southwestern faculty
- Sample Brief Annual Reports of Southwestern faculty
- Sample mid-course evaluations
- Articles on teaching at a liberal arts college