What do you absolutely have to know to get through your first 100 days?

This site is designed to introduce you to campus protocols and procedures and put you in touch with people to call when you have questions about teaching, advising, or using educational technology.

Sage words from those who were in your place just a year ago!

Getting Started:

• Introduce yourself to all faculty and staff in your department
• Try to attend at least one workshop or lecture a month
• Invite one new faculty member that you met at orientation to lunch
• Ask a lot of questions and maintain good humor
• Enroll in the UVM Faculty Mentoring Program

Teaching:

• Use the "Doctor Is In" Program to help you design and develop your course website and use educational technology
• Consult with Instructional Librarians early in the semester to support student research projects
• Invite colleagues or a consultant from the Center for Teaching and Learning to visit your class and comment on your teaching
• Attend a colleague's class and follow up with a discussion about methods of evaluating students, grading, stimulating class discussion, etc.

Research:

• Schedule specific time during the week for research, and don't give that time away
• Attend faculty presentations on research
• Seek grants and opportunities to present scholarly work at conferences
• Treat colleagues in your department to lunch and ask them to discuss their research and how they got started

Evaluation:

• Keep a teaching portfolio with all class materials, assignments, syllabi, and exams
• Save supportive emails, letters of thanks, and memos from students and colleagues
• Keep a file of all service activities, both to the university and profession
• Review the department's teaching evaluation forms and understand the criteria for evaluating teaching and advising
• Ask mentors and colleagues to clarify retention and tenure guidelines, evaluations procedures and expectations in your department.