Administrative resources

The Office of Faculty Affairs and Development is responsible for all academic personnel human resources and labor functions, including, but not limited to:

• Hiring
• Retention and engagement
• Renewals and non-renewals
• Leave of absences
• Sabbatical leave of absences
• Tenure-track interruptions
• Personnel issues
• Contract interpretation/negotiation
• Grievances
• Implementation of union contracts
• Faculty/Academic staff promotion, tenure, and employment security status
• Honorary degrees

Helpful links for administrators

WSU resources

• Accessing SET reports
  How-to guides and information regarding student evaluation of teaching (SET) reports for administrators, advisors, faculty, and staff
• Child care resources
  A summary of childcare resources for WSU employees, both at WSU and regionally
• Office of Equal Opportunity hiring process
  Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO) policy, process, and resources for faculty hiring
• Policy for the death of a co-worker
  Policies and resources for dealing with the death of a co-worker
• Potential faculty hiring (Pipeline Dashboard)
  This dashboard allows users to visualize and sift through the previous six years of graduation data at the doctoral level so that they can better understand the recent trends in doctoral graduates both broadly and at a granular level. It allows one to identify institutions (departments) that should be included in direct outreach when undertaking faculty hiring.

Resources from other institutions

• Faculty evaluation hiring rubrics
  University of North Carolina (UNC) - Charlotte resources for faculty search committees
• Supporting your faculty during and after Covid-19
  ASPIRE, the national alliance for inclusive and diverse STEM faculty report discussing how to support faculty throughout and following the COVID-19 pandemic
• Twelve tips for being an effective chair
  Associate for Psychological Science, Academic Observer article from August 2014