Faculty Resources

Faculty Resources is a one-stop shop for FIU faculty. You'll find many resources you may need or find useful. For more information about faculty resources, you can refer to the Faculty Handbook.

Tenure, Promotions and Appointments

The objective of tenure is to build a stronger institution by recognizing the meritorious performance of faculty. Promotions are recognition of the faculty member’s accomplishments, growth, and development as a teacher and scholar and as a leader in the areas of teaching, research, scholarship and service.

Assignment and Evaluations

In accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement and faculty policies between the United Faculty of Florida-Florida International University and the FIU Board of Trustees, the purpose of the annual assignments and evaluations are to assess and communicate the nature and extent of an employee's expectations and performance of assigned duties. These evaluations help ensure that assignments accurately reflect faculty workload and proper feedback timely feedback is provided to support faculty success.

  • University Differential Assignment Procedures
    The University Differential Assignment Procedures are the guiding principles for a fair and equitable workload for all university faculty. However, each unit has developed college and/or discipline-specific guidelines (Differential Assignment Policies, DAPs) defining what constitutes differential assignments based on varying levels of research/creative activities/scholarship, teaching, service and administration within their policies. The unit policies are subject to a faculty vote and approval of the dean, with a required final approval by the Office of the Provost.

Selection of Chairs and Deans

The Office of the Provost strives to achieve equity and representation among candidates for Faculty administrative positions. We are committed to establishing a transparent and consultative process. With these Guidelines, the Office of the Provost advances the principle of shared faculty governance.

Faculty Search and Screen

As a state university, we take seriously our responsibility to provide leadership in ensuring equal employment opportunities. These procedures help to further the mission of the University and to ensure the University's compliance with state and federal laws and regulations.

Panther180

Panther180 is a web-based faculty activity reporting system. The system is used to record and publicize faculty achievements as well as serve as the centralized system for faculty assignments and evaluations, tenure and promotion, non-tenure track promotion, third-year review, sabbaticals and professional development leave applications.

 

HR and Employment

Faculty Ombuds

An organizational ombuds operates to preserve the confidentiality of those seeking services, maintains a neutral/impartial position regarding the concerns raised, works at an informal level of the organizational system, and is independent of formal organizational structures.

The primary duties of an organizational ombuds are to work with individuals and groups in an organization to explore and assist them in determining options to help resolve conflicts, problematic issues, or concerns and to bring systemic concerns to the organization's attention for resolution.

For more information, call 305-348-7449 or email Julia Parker at jparker@fiu.edu.

Sabbaticals and Professional Development awards

Sabbaticals and Professional Development (PD) awards are granted to increase the faculty member's value to the university through enhanced opportunities for planned academic travel, research, writing, professional renewal, study, formal education or other experiences of professional value. Each of these opportunities is evaluated on the relevance and potential impact on the faculty member's professional development. All awards are contingent upon determination by your chair and dean that the unit can accommodate your absence in the requested semester. Faculty must be in good standing (i.e., no discipline, investigations, etc.) in order to be considered for and to receive the sabbatical or professional development award.

Purpose, policy and procedures for Sabbatical and Professional Development awards are outlined in the CBA.