Growth + Development

Funds are available for support staff, administrators, and regular, probationary, and eligible sessional faculty to pursue professional development activities of mutual benefit to the employee and Emily Carr University.

Guidelines for the fund and application forms can be obtained in Human Resources or by using the links below. Completed forms are submitted to Human Resources.

Professional Development Forms

Administrators

Support Staff

For questions pertaining to Administration and Support Staff PD, please contact Susan Milner (smilner@ecuad.ca | local 3825).

Faculty

For questions pertaining to Faculty PD, please contact Benita Ceresney (bceresney@ecuad.ca| local 4551) or email PD@ecuad.ca .

    Faculty Performance Review, Tenure + Promotion

    Faculty performance reviews and the Tenure and Promotion process are defined by your collective agreement.

    One key component to your professional development while at ECU comes in the form of student input through online course evaluations. These evaluations take place 20 days prior to the last scheduled day of courses. Students will access the course evaluations online through their myEC access. Online feedback is processed by Human Resources and will be emailed to you. It is important that you review this information and be prepared to discuss any concerning comments with your Dean.

    Additionally, there is a Developmental Review Committee that considers these evaluations along with other relevant information including annual PD reports for regular faculty to provide formative recommendations for the developmental support of faculty and, in particular, preparation for tenure application. In addition to the regular faculty Developmental Review process, there is an annual review for Non-Regular Faculty for both development and performance. The documents used in this review are documents provided by the instructor (CV, teaching outlines, teaching statements) as well as the course feedback information.

    This process is coordinated by Human Resources; if you have any questions please contact Emmel Murray (emmelmurray@ecuad.ca | local 3886), or Adrian Tees (adriantees@ecuad.ca | local 3803).

    Guidelines for Tenure and Promotion are available through the Office of the Vice-President Academic and Provost and Human Resources.

    Training Support

    To access training supports, supervisors can request resources to secure specific training for staff, faculty and administrators by contacting Adrian Tees (adriantees@ecuad.ca).

    To secure training funds, a business case from the supervisor to HR is required. The business case must outline the necessity of the training for their area.