Spring 2022 Promotion Workshops
These workshops will be led by Kim Geeslin, one of our VPFAA Associate Vice Provosts. These sessions will be conducted in Zoom, and you must register for each workshop in order to receive the Zoom link(s). Any IUB associate professor is welcome to attend these workshops.
Each workshop will be approximately 1 hour in length and will be recorded. Each workshop will include plenty of time for questions and discussion!
Contributions in Teaching and Mentoring: Leadership, Innovation, and Impact
Thursday, January 27, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. via Zoom
Although student evaluations may be viewed as the cornerstone of a promotion dossier, successful candidates will be able to demonstrate leadership, curricular development, innovation and successful mentoring over the course of time in rank. As one plans for promotion to full professor it is helpful to engage in activities that allow for the development of a profile with evidence of reflection and achievement across these areas. This workshop will identify the many ways that impact through teaching and mentoring may be achieved and documented. The conversation will address how teaching activities may be integrated into thoughtful long-term planning.
Making Meaningful Service Contributions: Planning and Documenting Impact
Thursday, February 17, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. via Zoom
Tenure and promotion are often accompanied by increased expectations for involvement in departmental and university activities as well as in one's areas of expertise within a specific discipline. Additionally, criteria for promotion to full professor incorporate meaningful service contributions into the evaluation of one’s impact, both locally and professionally. This workshop explores the process of identifying meaningful service activities and connecting that work to overarching goals and planning. The conversation will include suggestions for ensuring that research productivity, and teaching and mentoring opportunities are enhanced and protected despite these increasing responsibilities.
*Registration is required
Planning a Path to Promotion: Establishing Impact through Research and Creative Activity
Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. via Zoom
Progress after tenure in research or creative activity can include expansion toward greater depth and/or breadth, and even work in entirely new directions. Making the most of one’s time in the rank of associate professor involves engagement in scholarship and creative activity that builds one’s reputation and makes a positive impact on the university and the professional community. This workshop explores questions related to identifying the next project (or set of projects), creating a multi-year plan to move toward promotion and documenting impact along that trajectory.
*Registration is required
After the Pause, Where Do We Go From Here?
Friday, April 8, 2022 at 11:30 a.m. via Zoom
We have only begun to understand the initial impacts of the pandemic on academic careers. The nature of pandemic disruption is still evolving and is likely to continue well into the future. Nonetheless, academic life is often focused on long-term planning and multi-year goals for progress and advancement. In our last workshop in this series, we take a moment to step back and consider the next steps in these uncertain times. Our panel includes esteemed RTWG alumni, who will reflect on their pre-pandemic plans and their future goals in this context. In convening this panel, we recognize there is no single path forward and we seek to generate strategies that allow us to work collectively as we move forward.
*Registration is required
