1. Welcome to FSU Janet Kistner VP Faculty Development & Advancement
August 19, 2019
New Faculty Orientation
Teaching Faculty (plus Instructional Support) – How many of you are from Tallahassee? From Florida? Taught university courses here or elsewhere? How many participated in the workshop by CAT (Leslie Richardson) last week?

2. STRATEGIC PLAN
DEEPENING OUR DISTINCTIVE COMMITMENT TO CONTINOUS INNOVATION
AMPLIFYING EXCELLENCE ACROSS OUR ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH PROGRAMS
REALIZING THE FULL POTENTIAL OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
ENSURING STUDENT SUCCESS ON CAMPUS AND BEYOND
PREPARING OUR GRADUATES FOR 21ST CENTURY CAREERS
INVESTING STRATEGICALLY IN OUR INSTITUTION AND REPUTATION
You play a vital role in achieving our goals – for helping us to launch the careers of our students.

3. Pursuit of excellence
Who to hire and promote are the most important decisions we make
Hired with the expectation that you will excel in your field
Our commitment to you:
Resources to support you in your assignment of responsibilities (CAT, FDA)
Positive work environment
Constructive, timely feedback on your performance and progress toward promotion

4. History of specialized faculty at fsu
At most universities, there are at least two groups of faculty, those who are tenure-earning/tenured (TTF)and those who are NonTenure Track (NTT)
In 2014 FSU created “Specialized Faculty” classifications to provide for career ladders and stability of our NTT faculty
“Specialized” refers to the focus of duties: Teaching OR Research OR Other (e.g., Curator, Librarian, etc.)

5. Specialized faculty tracks
Teaching Faculty Instructional Support (Instructional Specialists) Research Faculty Research Support (Assistant in, Associate in) Library or Information Specialties (Asst./Assoc. Librarian) Curator Specialties (Asst./Assoc. Curator) Clinical Faculty (Asst./Assoc./Prof)
What you may or may not know is that last year all hard-copy binders were scanned. The University P&T Committee reviewed all binders on Blackboard and that it what they will be doing again this year.

6. specialized faculty Career ladder: Levels I, II, III
Promotional Raises equivalent to TTF
Multiyear contracts
Level II (2-year contracts)
Level III (4-year contracts)

7. “restrictions of Assignments”
Teaching Faculty: 75% (or more) teaching and not more than 5% research
Exceptions made for supervision of undergraduate research projects
Research on teaching and learning
Administrative assignments may reduce % teaching
Instructional Support Faculty: 75% (or more) service and not more than 5% research
Generally flexible on teaching assignments (e.g., teaching student success courses)

8. faculty evaluations When do evaluations occur?
Annually: ratings plus progress toward promotion letters
Promotion review
Must be recommended by your supervisor (or department committee)
Typically during your 5th year in rank
Who evaluates you for promotion?
Specified in your unit’s bylaws
Faculty committee (that includes specialized faculty)
Chair, Director or Supervisor
Dean
Provost, President, Board of Trustees

9. How do I know if I’m making progress toward promotion?
Provide guidance/encouragement to actively plan and frequently participate in professional development/scholarly activities.

10. Your role in faculty evaluations
Make it easy for your faculty colleagues, chair, dean to see what you’ve accomplished
Tell “your story” well
What are your most important professional accomplishments?
Why is your work important?
Build on Sally’s presentation -

11. What you can (should) do now
Ask about your academic unit’s expectations of you and the criteria they most value in evaluating faculty performance
Talk to colleagues in your department/college to learn more about the process in your academic unit
Connect with FSU’s Center for Advancement of Teaching (CAT) and take advantage of the teaching enhancement opportunities they offer

12. Join Now
This is for you, paid for by the university, if you haven’t’ already done so, “join”. See what it has to offer you, use it to help you accomplish all that you want to accomplish.

13. So glad you’re here