Chairs and Directors
Leadership development is important to UMaine! There are many resources available to support department chairs and school directors at UMaine. The Chair Development Program, launched in AY23-24, will continue in AY24-25 supplemented by NCFDD webinars. Furthermore, chairs are eligible to participate in EMPOWER, as both mentors and mentees. Please refer to the Quick Links for information regarding Human Resources, promotion and tenure, and other important topics.
UMaine Quick Links for Chairs
NCFDD Trainings and Resources
Department Chair Success Program
Department Chairs Survival Guide
Managing Multiple Roles: How to Be a Faculty Member and An Administrator
Re-Thinking Mentoring Workshop Series
General:
Mentorship
EMPOWER (UMaine)
External Mentorship Program (UMaine)
NCFDD Mentoring Map (University of Oregon)
Faculty Mentoring Central (North Carolina State University)
Faculty Mentorship: Conversation Catalysts (University of Nebraska at Omaha)
Departmental Mentoring Plan Guidelines (UMass-Amherst)
Mentorship (University of Oregon)
Examples of Mentoring Programs (NSCU)
Designing and Implementing Mentoring Programs for Early Career Faculty (UNC – Chapel Hill)
Mentorship for Associate Professors:
Mentoring Plan for Promotion to Full: a Tool to Support Timely Career Guidance and Mentoring for Associate Professors (UMass-Amherst)
Service and Workload
Rethinking the Role of Service in Promotion and Tenure (Academic Impressions)
The Faculty Workload and Rewards Project (University of Maryland)
Equity-Minded Faculty Workloads (American Council on Education)
