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Spring 2019 Focus

• Faculty/Staff Ombuds

  • Research other universities Ombuds models

    • Identify roles/responsibilities

    • Organizational positioning

  • Identify priorities for Ombuds position at ����ɫ��ҹ University

Accomplished Goals

• Faculty

  • Commitment to endorse outstanding faculty-to-faculty mentoring

  • Up to 2 awards annually

  • Certificate and cash award, public recognition

  • All ����ɫ��ҹ faculty are eligible, including TT, NTT, NTE, Adjunct)

  • Call for nominations and information campaign (by early February 2019)

• Faculty Mentoring Workshops

  • Co-sponsored by CTL and Provost Office

  • "Personal Mentoring Maps and Models: Identifying Your Needs for Mentoring"

  • "Navigating the Mentoring Relationship"

• NTT (Non-tenure Track) Faculty Professional Development Funds

  • Information Campaign for faculty and administrators

  • Examine submission processes (e.g. FlashFolio)

• Adjunct Faculty

  • Center for Teaching and Learning Faculty Fellows Project

  • Specific recommendations to departments for supporting adjunct faculty

    • White paper recommendations

    • Adjunct Faculty Guide Template

Long-term Goal

• Recognize NTT faculty through salary structure

• Create a position of “Employee Ombuds” to receive concerns relating to campus climate from faculty and staff

• Implement best practices for writing ballots

• Make useful ballot-writing training available to deans