UMSL hosts a variety of programs to support faculty who are new to UMSL or are starting a new role at UMSL.
New Full-Time Faculty Orientation (for new tenured/tenure track and NTT faculty): Organized by Academic Affairs in collaboration with other partners such as the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) and Student Affairs, this is a day-long event in mid-August that welcomes new faculty, introduces them to students and key campus resources. It is accompanied by an optional, half-day event hosted by CTL and Missouri Online focused on teaching and technology to help faculty get started with their first semester of teaching at UMSL.
New Part-Time Faculty Orientation: Organized by the CTL, Part-Time (adjunct) Faculty Orientations are held 4 times a year (in January, May, and twice in August). All UMSL part-time faculty, new or returning, are welcome to register. These sessions are engaging and interactive including conversations with the Provost, strategizing about your learning materials, and interactive case study discussions with our panels of student support experts from across campus.
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NCFDD’s online resources: The NCFDD is an independent faculty development center that offers live and recorded webinars, courses, mentoring, and workshops on a wide variety of topics for faculty at different stages of their careers. The UM System has an institutional membership with the NCFDD that offers free access to the NCFDD’s online resources to all faculty members. UMSL users can activate their memberships by following the instructions on UMSL’s NCFDD website. |
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Center for Teaching and Learning’s (CTL), ongoing programs and conferences: UMSL’s CTL supports faculty and graduate students through teaching observations, one-on-one consultations, workshops, faculty learning communities and other teaching-related programs and conferences. |
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Missouri Online’s bootcamps, self-paced short courses, and online seminars about online teaching: UMSL is one of four universities in the University of Missouri System. Missouri Online supports faculty at all four universities in the System in online teaching. In addition to teaching the self-paced online teaching certification seminar required of all faculty members who teach online, they also offer bootcamps designed to introduce faculty to specific instructional technologies, self-paced mini-courses on topics like online course design, assessment, and accessibility, and webinars and presentations on key topics like generative AI that faculty can sign up for through their event calendar. |
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Early Career Research Network (for new full-time tenured/tenure track faculty): Organized by the Office of Research and Community Development (ORECD), this is a year-long, cohort-based program for tenure/tenure track faculty and others with primary research appointments. It provides monthly research and grant related professional development and connects faculty to mentors, collaborators, campus resources, and a supportive network of peers. New tenure-track faculty receive an invitation to apply each summer. |
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| Office of Research and Economic and Community Development’s research workshops: In addition to organizing the Early Career Research Network, the ORECD also organizes number of grant-related trainings and workshops as well as events and programming to help foster collaboration across disciplines. | Research |
