Faculty Professional Development in the Network

Spring 2024 Series

February 9, 2024 | Toronto campus save-the-date

March 27, 2024 | Vancouver campus save-the-date

Fall 2023 Series

Fall 2023 save-the-date

• Faculty Supporting Student Mental Health
• Professional Development Opportunities for Faculty and Cross-College Collaborations
• Promotion, Advancement, and Maximizing your Potential as a Faculty Member
• Envisioning Industry-Sponsored Projects in your Courses
• Generative AI In and For Learning

November 14, 2022 | Virtual event save-the-date

March 3, 2022 | Roux Institute save-the-date

October 28, 2021 | Seattle campus save-the-date

ADVANCE Office of Faculty Development

ADVANCE Office of Faculty Development oversees, creates, and assesses faculty development programs while serving as a resource to interested parties on the Northeastern University campus.  The office assists faculty and administrators in accomplishing departmental, college, and university goals with respect to faculty recruitment, retention, mentoring, and advancement.

• Mutual Mentoring Advancement Program (M2AP) 
• Mentoring Discussions 
• Faculty Writing Groups 
• Full-time Nontenure Track Mentoring Circles
• ReDI Leadership Program 

Work-Life Balance

Whether you’re dealing with a personal situation or looking for reliable child care, our work-life benefits can provide assistance.

Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty Leave Policies – Faculty members with questions about accessing policies specific to faculty appointments are welcome to consult with the associate deans with responsibility for faculty affairs in the colleges or with the Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs

• Tenure Clock Extension Policy
• Parental Teaching Relief Policy for Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty

Human Resources can provide information on Northeastern’s childcare program, Family and Medical Leave procedures, and other benefits related questions.

Ombuds

The Ombuds Office offers a safe place for Northeastern University faculty and staff to discuss workplace issues and concerns with a professional whose goal it is to ensure that all members of the university community are treated fairly and equitably.

Tenure-on-Entry (TOE) Candidates

• Guidelines for Tenure-on-Entry Faculty Hires
• Faculty Candidate Curriculum Vitae Cover Sheet (Provost Cover Sheet)

Hiring Documents and Guidance

• Provost’s Faculty Diversity Recruitment & Retention Forums 2023
• Full-time Faculty Recruitment: Outline of the Process and Recommended Resources
• Guidance for Conducting Interviews
• Faculty Candidate Information to be Used During Interview Process
• ADVANCE Faculty Recruitment Resources
• Prospective Faculty Resource Packet
• Future Faculty Fellowship
• STRIDE Faculty Search Committee Workshop on implicit bias in evaluation
• University Faculty Handbook
• University Policies Website

• Professional Internal Grants for Transforming Interdisciplinary Experiential Research (TIER)
• Full-time Faculty Development Fund Guidelines
• Part-time Faculty Development Fund Guidelines
• Part-time Faculty Development Fund Guidelines for Faculty Teaching Online or Non-Boston Based-Courses Only
• FTNTT Faculty Fellowship Information
• Full-time Non Tenure-track Faculty (FTNTT) Fellowship Program Guidelines (2024-2025)
  • FTNTT Faculty Fellowship Program: An Inspiration Session Presentation
• ADVANCE Mutual Mentoring Advancement Program for Tenured or Tenure-Track Faculty
• 2023-2024 Interdisciplinary Research Sabbaticals – Guidelines

New Faculty Orientation Website

Prospective Faculty Resource Packet

The Ombuds: Diane Levin, J.D., CO-OP

The Ombuds for Faculty and Staff serves as an off-the-record, neutral, and informal resource for Northeastern University employees seeking assistance with work-related concerns.

Communications with the Ombuds are confidential, and the Ombuds Office is independent of all other University offices.

You may contact the Ombuds as a first step or a last resort—or at any point along the way—to discuss any work-related issue or problem. The Ombuds will listen to your concerns, connect you to resources and information, help you evaluate your situation, and explore and assess avenues for resolution. At your request and as appropriate, the Ombuds may reach out to others on your behalf to seek additional information or clarification to better understand an issue. The Ombuds can provide coaching with written and verbal communications, assist through shuttle diplomacy or informal mediation, or simply be present in a discussion as a neutral.

The Ombuds can help you assess the potential benefits and risks associated with different courses of action so that you can determine how to address the issue most safely and effectively. You control the process and decide what actions if any you might take.

For additional information about the Ombuds Office for Faculty and Staff, please view the Northeastern University Ombuds Offices Terms of Reference (developed in conjunction with the Graduate Ombuds Office).

• Part-Time Faculty Contract 2023-2026
• Faculty Agency Fee Form
• Faculty Membership Form
• Part-time Faculty Development Fund
• Part-time Faculty Development Fund for Faculty Teaching Online or Non-Boston Based-Courses Only

The Division of Research

The Division of Research supports Northeastern’s thriving research enterprise by conducting outreach to funding agencies and corporate and foundation sponsors, and developing partnerships with academic/clinical/industry collaborators that increase the scope and impact of Northeastern University research and graduate education

• The Office of Research Development offers support and assistance to individual faculty members, teams of researchers, and the colleges in promoting Northeastern research, attracting and securing external research funding, bringing interdisciplinary teams together, and developing and implementing other strategies that increase institutional competitiveness. We are committed to delivering comprehensive resources and professional training to help you achieve your research objectives.

Research Policies

At Northeastern, we are committed to conducting all of our endeavors according to the utmost standards of integrity and ethics, and operating in compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and university policies.

The Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning Through Research (CATLR)

The Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning Through Research provides support for faculty to enhance their teaching, course development and/or re-design, and creates venues for interaction and engagement with educators across the Northeastern community. Grounded firmly in the learning sciences, and informed through the scholarship of teaching and learning, our consultation services, programs, and resources support faculty at all stages of their careers.

CATLR provides consultations to support the approach and design of an educational research project in your class or program, connect with an education grant funder’s mission and goals, or improve the broader impacts plan of a larger grant program.

The TRACE survey asks students to rate their satisfaction with the course and the instructor on a number of dimensions.

You can view the standard TRACE survey questions and policy here

Announcement about Redesigned Exchange Visitor Program Process

Templates/Forms

• EVP Visitor Proposal and Routing Process Form (update 9/26/2023)
• Paid Visiting Scholar/Faculty Letter Template
• Unpaid Visiting Scholar/Faculty Letter Template
• Paid Visiting Student Letter Template
• Unpaid Visiting Student Letter Template
• Extension Paid Visiting Scholar/Faculty Letter Template
• Extension Unpaid Visiting Scholar/Faculty Letter Template
• Extension Paid Visiting Student Letter Template
• Extension Unpaid Visiting Student Letter Template

Pay Scheme for Paid Appointments

• Visiting Appointment Pay Scheme (update 12.2023)

English Verification

• English Language Verification Information and How-To

Faculty Workload policies are approved and revised by faculty in each department on an ongoing basis. You can view all departmental workload policies at this link. You can find the Faculty Handbook module on Faculty Workloads linked here.