full-title:: [10 survival tips to help new faculty members (opinion)](https://omnivore.app/me/https-www-insidehighered-com-opinion-career-advice-2024-01-25-10-191e0252918)
site:: [Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs](https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/2024/01/25/10-survival-tips-help-new-faculty-members-opinion)
author:: Benjamin Pacini
labels:: [[CV Empower]] 
date-saved:: [[11-09-2024]]
date-published:: [[25-01-2024]]
date-archived:: [[19-10-2024]]
is-archived:: 10
source:: [[Omnivore]]
state:: [[archived]]

	- ### Highlights
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		- > assessments, assignments, readings, required textbooks and the aesthetics of your Canvas course, to name only a few. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/https-www-insidehighered-com-opinion-career-advice-2024-01-25-10-191e0252918#9bde3b23-881f-46fd-b875-1abc7f5888b0)
		- > stop thinking of yourself as a performer on a stage. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/https-www-insidehighered-com-opinion-career-advice-2024-01-25-10-191e0252918#f5f076b3-11e8-4fd4-8810-a60e3b210352)
		- > cleaning your office for five minutes each day, or reading a book to stay current in the field, or introducing yourself to a new student in the hall once a week. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/https-www-insidehighered-com-opinion-career-advice-2024-01-25-10-191e0252918#fdb329ed-f212-442a-bb8f-9e434dfdda65)
		- > Preach resilience. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/https-www-insidehighered-com-opinion-career-advice-2024-01-25-10-191e0252918#41d9dc95-013d-4b6e-9088-15d12c0d9df5)
		- > Write the hard letters before day one. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/https-www-insidehighered-com-opinion-career-advice-2024-01-25-10-191e0252918#8aaa2559-2fa6-4e0c-a245-24f98e9c7f93)
		- > Practice good mental health hygiene. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/https-www-insidehighered-com-opinion-career-advice-2024-01-25-10-191e0252918#7676b8e1-f7bd-47c9-9323-6520db418ad3)
		- > So I recommend that you do what you can to teach the same few classes for a good long time. You won’t regret it. Your classes will get better and better with each pass, and it will take less and less mental energy. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/https-www-insidehighered-com-opinion-career-advice-2024-01-25-10-191e0252918#c2ee0bf3-ff5c-466c-8117-ba10dba05ec0)
		- > Plan for the long haul. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/https-www-insidehighered-com-opinion-career-advice-2024-01-25-10-191e0252918#94cba92d-4cf4-4059-b1cc-8b4b697fc31c)
		- > Read your student evaluation scores exactly once a year. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/https-www-insidehighered-com-opinion-career-advice-2024-01-25-10-191e0252918#c41586f7-c1dc-485b-b974-a1d9c98d1229)
		- > Start an online class group. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/https-www-insidehighered-com-opinion-career-advice-2024-01-25-10-191e0252918#ad2f47fd-14d8-4c3f-aab6-f10de78a05ed)
		- > Train them. Teach them the important stuff. Give them freedom and responsibility as well as advice—and be wise enough to listen when they give you advice, too. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/https-www-insidehighered-com-opinion-career-advice-2024-01-25-10-191e0252918#83073d42-03c5-4e73-b469-ddbb8af96739)
		- > befriend the office administrative assistant [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/https-www-insidehighered-com-opinion-career-advice-2024-01-25-10-191e0252918#7a231631-3e9d-4b78-ab50-992470258625)
		- > wonderful world of university professorship. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/https-www-insidehighered-com-opinion-career-advice-2024-01-25-10-191e0252918#1f7cc886-b814-402c-80a4-ed2acd81d8c2)