Faculty Handbook

Faculty Connections


For All Faculty at Boise State University

Faculty Connections is a program designed to bring faculty together from across disciplines for career development activities, mutual learning, and community building through facilitated conversation, mentoring, and the expertise of presenters.  Programs are sponsored by the Office of the Provost and include

  • Faculty Interest Groups
  • Individual Mentoring
  • Workshops

 

All activities are structured to add value without adding to individual workloads.  There are no required “deliverables,” but those who sign up are asked to make a commitment to full participation.  Read the descriptions below and sign up for the activities that are of interest to you.

Faculty Interest Groups

 

  • Create a network of supportive colleagues who provide safe, non-departmental sources of advice and information in areas that are not discipline-specific.
  • Small groups (15 or less), facilitated by an established faculty member, meet throughout the academic year.
  • Individuals may join only one group.
  • Online registration for the 2012-2013 academic year will be during August 2012.


Individual Mentoring

 

  • Tenure-track faculty in their first three years at Boise State are matched with an individual mentor who is an experienced, tenured faculty member.
  • Provides a safe place for discussion and mutual exchange of ideas and information, free of any conflicts that might arise when mentors are also part of an evaluation process.
  • Partners meet at least four times a semester, but may decide to meet more often.
  • Mentors and Mentees will be invited to a kick-off meeting (TBA) to get-acquainted and learn some strategies for building an effective mentoring relationship.

Workshops

 

Workshops are one-time meetings of less than two hours that focus on career development for tenure-track and tenured faculty.  Topics might be relevant to individuals in a particular career stage or might be of general interest to all.

To register for one or more workshops, go to the Center for Teaching and Learning website at

http://ctl.boisestate.edu/ and click on Center for Teaching and Learning Workshops. Scroll through the list for the Faculty Connections topics of interest.

A Few Examples of Workshop Topics:

  • How to Thrive in Your Early Career
  • Work-Life Choices: Adjusting the Balance of Academic and Personal Lives
  • How to Thrive in Your Mid Career
  • Good Advice About Tenure and Promotion
  • Becoming and Effective Collaborator
  • Leaving Your Professional Legacy
  • Planning for a Regenerative and Productive Sabbatical

Questions?

Questions about Faculty Connections?  Email or call Cindy Anson, Director of Professional Development for Academic Affairs at canson@boisestate.edu or 426-3677.