Transcript Supporting new / Probationary staff in politics

SUPPORTING NEW / PROBATIONARY
STAFF IN POLITICS
Kelly Kollman
Formalising Induction and Support of New
Staff Members
• Subject in the past has relied on a collegial culture and
individual mentoring system to induct new and
probationary staff.
• High turnover, 8 new staff in two years, and an increasing
number of staff coming from outside the UK system have
led us to formalise our induction and mentoring
procedures.
• Particularly important for inducting staff into teaching and
assessment norms.
New Induction Procedures
• Made induction of our six new staff members a key goal for the
year.
• Introduction meeting in September
• covered a wide variety of topics about the university, teaching norms and
research.
• Assessment and marking workshop in October
• Creating a Subject level new staff handbook
• Procedures are meant to augment the individual mentoring
system in place for probationary staff and fill gaps left by the
lack of induction procedures for mid-career / senior staff new to
the Subject.