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Tips to provide down-to-earth support for new faculty.
After decades as a successful teacher and school administrator, Dr. Linda Searby reverted to rookie status in 2003 when she joined the University of Alabama at Birmingham as an assistant professor in educational leadership.
She'd been adjunct or visiting faculty in several Illinois colleges, but at UAB she was the new kid on the tenure track. She'd relocated to a new region with an unfamiliar culture, where the unwritten rules of academia are not quite like any other workplace.
Most first year faculty can tell much the same story. They aren't all so fortunate to receive the solid support Searby got that challenging first year--from her school, her department and above all her mentor, Dr. Loucrecia Collins, an associate professor in the same department.
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Searby kept a diary of her first-year experiences and asked Collins to comment on some entries. Presented at the University of Nebraska's conference of Women in Educational Leadership in Lincoln in October, their reflections are full of ideas on ways to support new faculty.
Welcome and socialization
"Good morning, colleague!" said Collins on the phone when she called to extend the job offer. She expressed how excited she was about Searby joining the faculty--they'd been looking for someone like her for two years. "Talk about feeling wanted and empowered!" Searby wrote.
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