Policies and resources for managing your professional life, including tenure, promotion and hiring and committee and service assignments.

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Tenure & Appointments

Promotion, Tenure & Reappointment – Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (ADAA): Includes casebook guidelines, instructions and templates.

Contact: Sherry Hall, [email protected]


Lecturer Resources – Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (ADAA): Has new lecturer orientation, major and continuing review information, policies.

Contact: Sherry Hall, [email protected]


U-M Academic Human Resources: Programs, policies and procedures for instructional and research faculty and graduate student instructors and assistants. Also handles union contract processes for academic employees.

Contact Academic HR

Professional Development

Engineering Professional Development: Self-paced, in-person and virtual learning opportunities, including business/technical, leadership/personal, networking and diversity, equity and inclusion topics.

Contacts: 

[email protected]

  • Leadership: Heidi Sherick
  • Professional Development: Heather Wagenschutz
  • Coaching: Jackie Mills

U-M Professional Development: Includes mentoring and networking, career development tracks, access to LinkedIn Learning.

Contact: Organizational Learning, (734) 764-7410, [email protected]

Policies

Policies, Rules and Governance – Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (ADAA): Has administrative information related to faculty employment in the college. Includes college elections, policies related to mentoring, sabbaticals, consulting and conflicts of interest, among others.

Contact: Mindy Lowe, [email protected]


U-M Faculty and Staff Policies: Standard practice guide (SPG)The official repository of University-wide policies and procedures related to faculty and staff.


U-M Office of the Provost – Faculty Resources : University policies related to academic affairs and

Health & Wellness

MHealthy

Programs and services to support physical, mental and emotional health and well-being throughout the university.

Contact: MHealthy, [email protected]


Prevention Education, Assistance & Resources (PEAR): Sexual and misconduct-based prevention education.

Contact: Rachel Roth Sawatzky, [email protected]

Recruiting & Hiring

Recruiting and Hiring Tenure and Non-Tenure Track Faculty – Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (ADAA): Guidelines, workshops, forms, templates and procedures. Also includes information about searches, offer letter templates and speaker reimbursements

Contact: Sherry Hall, [email protected]


U-M Academic Human Resources: Programs, policies and procedures for instructional and research faculty and graduate student instructors and assistants. Also handles union contract processes for academic employees.

Contact Academic HR


Leadership Development: Organizational Learning has curated resources and learning opportunities and you can search for opportunities related to team leadership or leadership and management right here on our website.

Committees & Service

Committees – Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (ADAA): Faculty committee and service appointments.

Contact: Mindy Lowe, [email protected]

Forms & Templates

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