Academic Affairs Workshops
Faculty development and mentoring at Bowdoin currently includes group, peer and individual mentoring. Here's a non-exhaustive list of activities currently coordinated by the Office of the Dean for Academic Affairs.
LATE SUMMER
- Week-long Faculty Writing Session
- “Preparing to Teach at Bowdoin” co-facilitated with the with the Baldwin Center for Learning and Teaching (BCLT)
- “Colby Bates and Bowdoin Course (re) Design” workshop facilitated with the BCLT
- “Colby Bates and Bowdoin Pedagogy Matters” workshop facilitated with BCLT
- Colby Bates and Bowdoin Chairs Institute
- New Faculty Orientation
FALL SEMESTER
- Faculty Seminar series
- “Knowing Yourself, the Institution and Identifying Resources for Success” for first year tenure tack faculty
- “Knowing Institutional Expectations and Getting Started on Your Career Development Plan” for first year tenure tack faculty
- “On the Job Market Part I: Application” for visiting assistant professors and postdocs
- “On the Job Market Part II: Interviews” for visiting assistant professors and postdocs
- “Effective Practices for Tenure Dossiers” for tenure line faculty: post-reappointment, pre-tenure
- 2nd Year Leadership Program
- Post-Tenure Leadership Series (four workshops)
- Faculty Fellows (four meetings) facilitated by BCLT
- Diversity and Inclusion in Faculty Hiring & Mentoring workshops for tenure-track search committees (two workshops)
- Funding sources discussion with first, second & third-year tenure-track faculty
- “Time and Task Management" workshop for all faculty
SPRING SEMESTER
- Week-long Faculty Writing Sessions (Winter Break and Spring Break)
- Faculty Seminar Series
- “Building a Career Development Plan” for first year tenure tack faculty
- “On the Job Market Part III: Negotiation” for visiting assistant professors and postdocs
- Effective Practices for Reappointment Dossiers for tenure line faculty, pre-reappointment
- 2nd Year Leadership Program
- Post-Tenure Leadership Series (four workshops)
- Faculty Fellows (four meetings) facilitated by BCLT
- “Colby Bates and Bowdoin Course (re)Design Institute” co-facilitated with the BCLT
- “Colby Bates and Bowdoin Pedagogy Matters” co-facilitated with the BCLT
- Diversity and Inclusion in Faculty Hiring & Mentoring workshop for tenure-track search committees
- Funding sources discussion with first, second & third-year tenure-track faculty
- “Time and Task Management" workshop for all faculty
- Visioning and planning Pre-Tenure faculty sabbatical
- "Summer Planning and Reflection" facilitated by BCLT