Faculty Handbook

II. MISSION: Why do you exist here? What are you here to do? 6) Draft a 1-2 sentence mission statement:

EXAMPLES

“To foster a thriving and engaged community of educators through innovative faculty development programming which promotes teaching mastery, educational scholarship, educational program building, and leadership.” “To serve faculty in every possible way, to improve the functioning and to enhance the faculty’s perception of faculty development, and to contribute to the faculty development field via scholarship (doing MY very best, to help THE very best, do THEIR very best).” “To improve the health of my patients and the public by acquiring and applying state of the art medical knowledge, discovering novel strategies to prevent, diagnose, and treat disease, and facilitating the growth and development of the next generation of biomedical professionals.

“To teach, develop, and mentor the next generation of optometrists to become known leaders.”

“To provide unmatched care to my patients; To advance the field through clinical research; To teach and develop excellent clinicians.

“To exemplify excellence in service, scholarship, and clinical education.”

III. VISION: Where do you want to go in your career? What will you become? 7) Write several sentences or bullet points describing your career vision. What is your dream for your career in 10 years? Where will you be? What will it look like? What leadership roles will you be in? What will you have achieved? How would you like to be viewed within the Academy or within your discipline?

8) What is one short-term (next academic year) career goal that needs to be accomplished for this vision? Write your goals using SMART criteria; goals should be Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and have a Time Frame.

9) What is one long-term (3-5 years) career goal for this vision?