A PERSONAL ROADMAP

(1) Meet Department Chair

(2) Plan Ahead

(3) Get to Know Your Territory

(4) Know Where You Stand

(5) Learn What’s Available

MEET DEPARTMENT CHAIR

Discuss during 1st semester…

According to policy you need: - Promotion Policy & Manual,

- Unit’s Promotion Criteria,

- One or more mentor(s).

PLAN AHEAD

- Identify mentors.

- Set mutual goals, evaluate annually.

- Know where to publish in your field.

- Get to know players in your field.

- Work on good teaching practices. - Choose service commitments wisely.

GET TO KNOWYOUR TERRITORY

- Learn culture of institution & department.

- Establish connections within department.

- Find out spoken and unspoken expectations of junior faculty.

- Become familiar with tenure process.

When I came up…

KNOW WHERE YOU STAND

- Know why YOU were hired. - Ensure faculty understand your research.

- Obtain annual reviews, be clear on their meaning.

- Solicit honest input from your mentor & faculty in your research area.

SOME KEYS TO SUCCESS

- Time management (block off time to work).

- Develop independent research program (can be balance of own & team work).

- Be proactive and take responsibility: contact mentors/Chair for meetings.

- Request help: reading drafts, introductions to key people in field.

LEARN WHAT’S AVAILABLE

Financial assistance: -RASAs, ADVANCE seed grants, Young Investigator Awards.

Departmental support: - Reduced teaching & service loads. - TAs or RAs. - Funding for conferences.

Tenure delay policies: - Automatic for childbirth/adoption. - Requests for personal/professional reasons.

Utilize campus resources for guidance & to save

time:- Teaching and Learning Transformation Center- Division of Research- OIT

Faculty Affairs: - www.faculty.umd.edu

RESOURCES

CHECKPOINTS

Hiring AnnualReview

Contract Review

ContractRenewal

AssociateProfessor

THE APT PROCESS

Dept. College Campus

Chair Dean Provost

ESTABLISHING YOUR NARRATIVE

- Personal statement about accomplishments, future trajectory

- Complete C.V.

- Choices for reviewers

- Teaching portfolio with evaluations, syllabi, teaching philosophy, course development…

TENURE EVALUATOREXPECTATIONS

Solid, focused research programs resulting in:- Rigorously reviewed publications,- Grants,- Shows, Reviews,

- … Strong student & peer evaluations in teaching, student mentorship, course innovation

Beginning record of department & professional service.

And they lived tenured Ever after…