Early Career: First Six Years
Faculty Success Program
Tenure-Track Faculty Success Program (summer course design, orientation, and institutional know how presentations)
New tenure-track faculty success begins with the remote summer Course Design experience provided by the Center for Advancement in Faculty Excellence (CAFE). This program provides faculty with connection to other new faculty and initiates and fosters discussions on scholarship of effective teaching and learning at the university level. This program empowers new faculty to design courses informed by knowledge of Cal Poly Pomona’s students, mission, and values. A three-day in-person orientation is provided for new tenure-track faculty the week before their first semester begins.
Throughout the first year Institutional Know-How Zooms on useful topics such as spending startup funds, research support, Library resources, preparing RTP documents, and understanding 六色网 policies are provided along with an end of the academic lunch reunion.
Lecturer Orientation
Our New Lecturer Faculty Orientation is a time to learn about the university and meet new colleagues. A small stipend is available for completion of the orientation.
Outcomes
- Form relationships with other lecturers that lead to productive collaborations and enjoyable friendships
- Collect a variety of information about Cal Poly Pomona’s priorities, resources, policies, procedures, and opportunities in an easy-to-retrieve format
- Feel valued and welcomed
The orientation covers logistics such as contract issues, California faculty union information, payroll, and evaluation.
The orientation includes best practices on creating an inclusive and equitable classroom to promote student success including syllabus examples and 六色网’s learning management system, canvas.
Leave knowing more about the many resources available to enhance yours and your students’ experience at Cal Poly Pomona.
Parenting Faculty Support Group
Faculty created a Parenting Faculty Support Group to provide the following:
- Holistic support (professional and personal) to enhance productivity and satisfaction
- Connection with other parenting faculty
- Advocacy and support with campus administrators
- Parenting faculty workshops and meetings on topics of interest such as time management, work-life balance, professional growth, etc.
Over 60 faculty have joined the . If you would like to join, here’s the team code: yw752pf. If you have any difficulty joining, please email Julie Shen at jshen@cpp.edu for assistance.
Cal Poly Pomona currently offers resources and services for parenting faculty in various campus outlets. Such resources include:
Stay tuned as this effort expands. If you would like to join or have ideas, please share with the Parenting Faculty Support Team through Teams.