Faculty Professional Development Opportunities
Summer 2026 Programming
Mentoring and Coaching Skills for Research Faculty
7/8 @ 1:30pm and 7/22 @ 1:30pm - Register here.
This in-person, two-part workshop series introduces practical strategies for mentoring colleagues across career stages and adopting a coaching mindset that fosters reflection, ownership, and development. The first workshop focuses on mentoring for career development, helping participants guide mentees in clarifying goals, navigating academic pathways, and making strategic decisions. The second workshop will dive further into coaching skills. Each session is highly interactive, with time built in for practice, reflection, and skill application so you can immediately integrate what you learn into your mentoring relationships. Please note that you must navigate to the event day and time in the registration form calendar in order to select the event. You must register separately for each session.
Fall 2026 Programming
Professional Development Certificate - Leadership Exploration: Relationship Building. Click to learn more; workshop sign-ups will be released by September 1, 2026.
Caring University Book Club - Kevin McClure’s best-selling book The Caring University: Reimagining the Higher Education Workplace After the Great Resignation (Johns Hopkins 2025) focuses on six organizational changes that can help create a university dedicated to building working conditions and cultures in which all employees can flourish. This monthly book club is for mid-career academic and research faculty interested in creating caring work environments and evolving the culture of well-being at Georgia Tech. Sign-ups will be released by September 1, 2026.
Summer Writing Retreats
Join other faculty writers for twice-monthly, three-hour virtual writing retreats to move forward the writing project(s) of your choice. In each three-hour writing retreat, participants will identify concrete, achievable writing goals for the retreat; receive structure and support in achieving those goals; learn tips and strategies for enhancing your writing productivity; and spend 2.5+ hours making progress on the writing project of their choice.
Register for each retreat using the links below: