Professional Development
At whatever stage in your career, Faculty Excellence provides professional development programs that will support you in and outside the classroom or research laboratory. Programs are tailored to faculty in their early and mid-career and those seeking leadership roles or external opportunities.
Early Career Programming
These programs are designed to provide professional development and coaching for faculty in their early years in academia.
• Assistant Professor Excellence Program
• Center for Success of Women Faculty Mentoring Community
• Straight Talk Series
Mid-Career Programming
These programs are designed to provide professional development and coaching for faculty after their third year in academia.
• Associate Professor Mentoring Communities
• Center for Success of Women Faculty Mentoring Community
• Non-tenure Earning Communities
• Straight Talk Series
Leadership Programming
These programs are designed to provide professional development and coaching for faculty seeking administrative or other leadership roles.
• Academic Leadership Academy
• Chairs and Directors Excellence Program
• Chairs and Directors Leadership Circle
• Faculty Excellence Fellows
• Faculty Fellows for Inclusive Excellence
• Faculty Excellence Advisory Committee
• Provost Chair / Associate Dean-in-Residence
• Provost Faculty Fellows
• Leadership Series
External Opportunities
These programs are not operated by UCF, but provide opportunities for faculty who want to lead organizational change at their institution or foster global innovation, collaboration and partnership.
• Academic Council for Education (ACE) Leadership
• Academy for Innovation in Higher Education Leadership
• Core Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program