Faculty Professional and Leadership Development Programs and Opportunities by Role and Rank*
^ Typically indicates a tenured associate professor; review eligibility criteria with host
Program or Opportunity | Pre-Tenure Faculty | Term Faculty | Associate Professor^ | Full Professor | Chairs & Directors | Postdoc Scholars |
ONBOARDING - AFFINITY GROUPS | ||||||
New Faculty Orientation - New faculty learn about Lehigh’s mission, history, and core values from offices supporting faculty research, teaching, and service; diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Affinity Groups- Communities for Belonging, Socialization, and Professional Support | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
FACULTY RECRUITMENT | ||||||
Recruitment Best Practices - Workshops and Conversations for members of search committees | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Faculty Recruitment Ambassadors - Support faculty interviewees to learn more about Lehigh | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Advancing Future Faculty Diversity Postdoc Program - HEED recognized program to build a more diverse professoriate | ✔ | |||||
TEACHING DEVELOPMENT | ||||||
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Inclusive Excellence in Teaching - Winter Break Symposium coordinated by ODI&E and CITL | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Promoting Student Well-Being: A Resource Guide for Faculty and Staff | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
MENTORING | ||||||
INC Interdisciplinary Networking Committees - cross campus mentoring groups of new tenure track faculty and current tenured colleagues | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||
LIFT: Launch Into Full Together (Coming Soon)- supports post-triennial associate professors | ✔ | |||||
CIMER Research Mentor Training - multi-part facilitated series on inclusive research mentoring skills- Fall Series for Mentors, Spring Series for Postdocs and Graduate Students | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Writing Accountability Groups- Dedicate time to advance writing projects in community. Offered through ADVANCE, OVPR, and others. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
NCFDD Membership- All Faculty, Postdoctoral Scholars and Graduate Students activate their profile through Lehigh's Membership | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
NCFDD Faculty Success Program- apply through InfoReady for this 14-week program | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
ADVANCEMENT, EVALUATION & RECOGNITION -watch for event-specific announcements | ||||||
Lehigh Faculty Review Basics- Deputy provost organized sessions supporting knowledge and transparency about Faculty Review Processes | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Writing Personal Statements (often a part of INC) | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
Panel of Recently Tenured- real world insights and advice suitable in the year or two before application for tenure | ✔ | |||||
Got Tenure, Now What? (coming soon) | ✔ | |||||
Triennial Promotion Plan- in addition to the web-based resource, sessions in September support the preparation and interpretation of Promotion Plan | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
Panel of Recently Promoted- In Spring, ask questions and hear real world insights suitable for associate professors planning to apply for full professor in the next year or two | ✔ | |||||
Best Practices for Inclusive Faculty Evaluation- A combination of resources and timely information sessions scheduled for Lehigh Internal Faculty Evaluators. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||
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RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT | ||||||
Office of Research - people, guides, programs and tools to support your scholarly and creative pursuits. - Proposal Development | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Sloan Research Grants - grants of $6000 to sustain research during an approved Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave taken by an untenured tenure-track faculty | ✔ | |||||
LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS and OPPORTUNITIES | ||||||
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Lehigh ADVANCE Center Faculty Director- infuse your expertise and ideas to lead the ADVANCE Center, rotating director role | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
Lehigh ADVANCE Grants (eligibility varies) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | (✔) | |
Crucial Conversations (Human Resources) - tools for conflict, part of the Dialogue and Exploration Track | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Nomination & High Potential Programs (Human Resources) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
National Leadership Programs (eligibility varies) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, EQUITY, BELONGING | ||||||
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*contact advance@lehigh.edu if you find an error or omission
ADVANCE is not about "fixing the women" but about transforming the entirety of the institution so that both women and men faculty can thrive.