Plans for Professional Development
REG 05.20.16
Authority: Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor
History: First Issued: Fall 1996.
Related Policies:
NCSU REG05.20.27 - Statements of Mutual Expectations
NCSU REG05.20.2 - Annual Faculty Activity Reports
Contact Info: Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs (919-515-9770)
1. Each faculty member should develop, in consultation with the department head,
a Plan for Professional Development (PPD) that includes the professional goals
and aspirations of the individual faculty member and the relationship of these
goals to plans for continuing development of the department and college of appointment
and, where appropriate, to the goals of the university as a whole. For new faculty,
this plan should be developed during the first year of the appointment. After
implementation, progress in meeting professional goals should be included in
annual activity reports and considered during
evaluations of faculty performance. The plan should be reviewed, updated, and
changed periodically in light of new developments in the life of the faculty
member, the profession, and the department and college in which the faculty
member serves.
The Plan for Professional Development for each individual faculty member
should include a brief description of the following:
1.1. Goals--an outline of the self-improvement and leadership-development goals
the faculty member seeks to attain
1.2. Relevancy--the relevancy of these self-improvement and leadership-development
goals to the mission and plans for enhancement of the performance of the department(s),
college(s), or other unit(s) in which the faculty member serves
1.3. Mechanisms--the mechanisms of self-improvement and leadership-development
the faculty member expects to pursue
1.4. Timetable--approximate dates by which progress toward the self-improvement
and leadership-development goals can be expected
1.5. Resources--description of the financial, space, equipment, office, clerical,
technical, or other resources (such as mentors, teaching evaluation teams)
to facilitate each of the agreed-upon realms of faculty responsibility identified
in the Statement of Mutual Expectation and
to accomplish the career development goals of the faculty member, and describe
plans for seeking the required resources
1.6. Changes-- description of significant changes in the disciplinary focus,
degree of specialization or diversification, and the mechanisms of cooperation
and collaboration with others within the department(s) and college(s) in which
the faculty member is appointed and expects to interact in the future -- both
within NC State University and elsewhere in this country and abroad.
