Building Your Teaching Scholarship: Pathways to Promotion and Sabbatical Opportunities
This workshop is designed for teaching-track faculty who want to establish a strong record of teaching scholarship as a foundation for promotion. We’ll also explore how sabbaticals can support your professional growth, whether through research, curriculum innovation, networking, creative projects, or strategic career planning. Hear insights from a panel of experienced faculty and engage in a Q&A session to address your specific questions.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: Zoom. Accessibility Contact: acadcomm@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Target Audience: Teaching Professors.
Thursday, January 22, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.
Revising Your Unit’s Promotion and Tenure Criteria – Session #3
Revising Your Unit's Promotion and Tenure Criteria: Open Science
This hybrid workshop, hosted by the Office for Academic Personnel and Faculty (APF), is the third in our series for deans and chancellors (and other academic leaders including department chairs, associate deans) on revising promotion and tenure guidelines. This month's session focuses on open science and scholarship and its interface with promotion and tenure.
Please indicate whether you will attend in person or via Zoom when registering. The Zoom link will be provided in your registration confirmation.
Intended Audience:
This session is intended for faculty leaders and other academic personnel involved in promotion and tenure processes.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Gerberding Hall (GRB). Campus room: Gerberding Hall, Room 142. Accessibility Contact: acadcomm@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Target Audience: Faculty leaders, governance bodies, chairs of college councils, and other relevant academic personne.
Friday, January 23, 2026, 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM.
H-1B Basics
This session will cover general information about H-1B temporary worker visas for academic personnel and staff including process, eligibility, supporting documentation, and timelines.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: acadvisa@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Wednesday, January 28, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Zoom.
Revising Your Unit’s Promotion and Tenure Criteria – Session #4
Revising Your Unit's Promotion and Tenure Criteria: Teaching Effectiveness
This hybrid workshop, hosted by the Office for Academic Personnel and Faculty (APF), is the fourth in our series for deans and chancellors (and other academic leaders including department chairs, associate deans) on revising promotion and tenure guidelines. This session focuses on teaching effectiveness and how to incorporate new teaching effectiveness guidelines into promotion and tenure criteria.
Please indicate whether you will attend in person or via Zoom when registering. The Zoom link will be provided in your registration confirmation.
Intended Audience:
This session is intended for faculty leaders and other academic personnel involved in promotion and tenure processes.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Gerberding Hall (GRB). Campus room: Gerberding Hall, Room 142. Accessibility Contact: acadcomm@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Target Audience: Faculty leaders, governance bodies, chairs of college councils, and other relevant academic personne.
Thursday, February 5, 2026, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM.
H-1B Advanced
Hone your H-1B knowledge! ISO will take you through the H-1B process and identify key issues to look out for, from wage requirements to title changes and travel issues, and prepare you for best- and worst-case scenarios.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: acadvisa@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Zoom.
Navigating Your Path to Associate Professor
A Strategic Workshop on Promotion Success
Are you an assistant professor preparing for the next stage of your academic career? Join us for an interactive panel discussion where you'll gain practical insights into building a compelling promotion portfolio. Hear directly from recently promoted colleagues as they share candid advice on what worked, what they wish they'd known earlier, and how to strategically document your teaching, research, and service contributions. You'll leave with a clearer roadmap for your promotion timeline, actionable strategies for portfolio development, and the confidence to advocate effectively for your advancement. Whether promotion is on your immediate horizon or a few years away, this workshop will help you prepare strategically and position yourself for success.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: Zoom. Accessibility Contact: acadpers@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: New Faculty and Assistant Professors.
Thursday, February 12, 2026, 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM.
Foundations of Community Engagement for Faculty
This faculty development program supports instructors new to UW and community-engaged teaching, learning, and research by introducing foundational principles, tri-campus and campus-specific resources, and UW-based exemplars, with guidance from experienced faculty. Breakfast will be provided.
The session will be held at the Othello-UW Commons, a learning and collaboration space for faculty, staff, students, and community partners that prioritizes sustained partnerships embracing the UW's commitment to learning from and with local communities.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: Othello-UW Commons. Accessibility Contact: laylat@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: New Faculty.
Friday, February 20, 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM.
4200 S. Othello St. Suite 117, Seattle, WA, 98118.
2026–2027 Promotion and Tenure Cycle Refresh: Essential Updates and Interfolio Best Practices
Start the new promotion and tenure cycle prepared and confident. This essential training session will equip you with everything you need to manage P&T cases smoothly and efficiently in 2026–2027.
You'll receive critical updates on policy changes and key deadlines for the upcoming cycle, learn from challenges identified during the 2025–2026 cycle to help you avoid common pitfalls, and gain hands-on guidance through live demonstrations of Interfolio RPT case management functionality, including template preparation and case initiation.
Whether you're new to P&T administration or a seasoned coordinator, this session will ensure you're working with the most current information and leveraging the platform's full capabilities. Bring your questions—we'll have time for Q&A throughout.
Learning Outcomes: Stay current on all changes and critical deadlines for the 2026–2027 cycle , Identify and avoid common administrative errors from the previous cycle , Navigate Interfolio RPT with greater confidence and efficiency, …
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: acadpers@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: Academic administrators managing promotion and tenure cases.
Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
Permanent Residence Fundamentals
What is a "green card" and who can get one? ISO advisors will share information about who gets sponsored for permanent residence, what the process is, how long it takes, and how to ensure a successful permanent residence process for your faculty.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: acadvisa@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Wednesday, March 11, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Zoom.