Faculty Professional and Leadership Development Programs and Opportunities

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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

CITL Programs

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. 

  

 

Faculty Awards

 

RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT

Office of Research - people, guides, programs and tools to support your scholarly and creative pursuits. - Proposal Development

Sloan Research Grantsgrants 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

Provost Faculty Fellows

  

  

University Sabbatical Fellows

 

  
Lehigh ADVANCE Center Faculty Director- infuse your expertise and ideas to lead the ADVANCE Center, rotating director role    

Lehigh ADVANCE Grants (eligibility varies)

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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

Office of Multicultural Affairs -EVERFI

Center for Gender Equity- Listening Differently

Diversity, Inclusion & Equity Resources and Toolkit

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