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Session 2-FacultyIssue #1Faculty Recruitment Objectives Partner with schools and businesses to provide scholarships to graduate students for clinical teaching while securing a 2-year commitment from graduate to the sponsor of the program Develop and utilize programs similar to UCB’s Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) Program that encourages students to think of alternative career goals by giving student the 0pportunity to test other institutions Partner with community colleges, business enterprises, and professional organizations to permit “breadth of training” opportunities for graduate students (attend faculty meetings and be mentored by other disciplines) Explore shared faculty positions Improve work environment Ensure competitive salaries/pay scale equity--look at alternative compensation plans, e.g., use CE monies to augment salaries, BSI system. Must be other sources of revenue other than state dollars Track career paths/choices graduates make in order to “grow our own faculty” Provide faculty development opportunities in teaching methodology Partner with teaching institutions to teach faculty pedagogical skills Action Plans/Pilot Projects/Key Persons/TimeframesDevelop a task force (vocational schools, community colleges, universities, business enterprises, professional organizations) to work on issues of getting enough people into the health field that will ultimately generate faculty (growing our own). Encourage a state-wide task force (CCHE, etc) to develop a cohesive plan for the entire state and across health areas Acquire dollars to generate regional discussions (e.g., community colleges, universities, hospitals) to create a plan. Issue #2Faculty RetentionObjectives Ensure salary equity—use creative funding to keep salaries competitive Explore the possibility of differentiated workload Address issues of promotion and tenure Provide stable leadership Provide strong faculty mentorship and role development (minority) Train faculty for recruitment activities, provide funding for search committees to travel to find best candidate Improve work environment/culture for faculty. Empowerment—allow input to faculty for institutional change Demonstrate an Institutional commitment to faculty development Collaborate with business community and political community, e.g., on public policy issues
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