Faculty Workshops

The Office for Faculty Advancement will host a series of Town Hall meetings beginning in the Fall of 2024. The Town Hall meetings will be from noon to 1 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month, starting on August 13. The schedule may be found here, with dates and topics included.  This is an opportunity for department chairs and other college-level administrators to build a network of peers, get answers to questions or challenges, and revisit those topics that may have been covered in other OFA programs; these meetings are a way to continue ongoing leadership development and peer support.

To celebrate our faculty who have been awarded sabbatical leave, OFA is launching the Sabbatical Showcase; an event to recognize and celebrate our faculty’s achievements while on sabbatical. All faculty who had sabbatical leave in FY24 are requested to attend, participate, and be recognized for their accomplishments. An additional goal is to facilitate networking and exchange ideas, and to share tips and tricks for success for faculty planning future sabbaticals.

The intended attendees at this event will include colleagues across campus who also had sabbatical leave this year; department chairs, school directors, and college deans; your colleagues including junior faculty who may be planning their first sabbaticals; and senior administrators.

Seeking promotion and/or tenure is often a mystifying and intimidating process. The Office of Faculty Advancement has developed a series of workshops aimed to demystify and support faculty. The program includes workshops for faculty, and are appropriate for faculty at any career stage – the earlier you understand the promotion process the less intimidating it may be. In addition, we offer workshops to help demystify the process for administrative personnel who help faculty prepare their dossiers, for chairs and deans who have responsibility for shepherding faculty promotion dossiers through the various review steps; and for members of college or provost area promotion and tenure review committees. The Office of Faculty Advancement is also happy to provide workshops and information sessions to individual departments or colleges upon request.

University SuperVision courses are required for both Campus and UK Healthcare supervisors in the staff category of employment; however, UK faculty are eligible and encouraged to participate.  Courses most appropriate for faculty supervisors include Corrective Action and Coaching, Creating Effective Teams, Fundamentals of Diversity, Hiring and Interviewing, HR Policies and Procedures, Performance Evaluation, and Preventing Discrimination and Harassment.  For more information about University SuperVision, please contact Donna Vanover (859) 257-5996 or Tommy Leach (859) 257-9624.