How to Navigate Phased Retirement for Late Career Faculty
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this comprehensive and engaging course, you will be able to:
- Define Phased Retirement and discuss its history in the context of higher education
- Determine your institution’s phased retirement eligibility requirements, plan structure, and expected workload as well as privileges
- Follow a step-by-step strategy to prepare for retirement conversations with your Dean
- Successfully negotiate favorable terms for your phased retirement
- Describe key terms and clauses to review in your written retirement plan (incl. identity and dates, workload, compensation and benefits, privileges and infrastructure, process and contingencies)
Instructor
Victoria McGillin, PhD is Associate Vice President at the Gardner Institute, where she has led and collaborated on higher education teams that design and implement institutional transformation processes, academies and communities of practice. Prior to working at the Institute, Dr. McGillin served as Provost at Otterbein University, Vice President for Academic Affairs at Linfield University, Associate Provost at Texas Woman’s University, and Dean of Studies and Assistant Provost at Wheaton College. She has been responsible for curriculum and pedagogy, advising, student success, student academic support, faculty development and faculty/staff support. Having received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Michigan State University, Dr. McGillin has authored over 100 papers and chapters on career-span faculty development, academic resilience, academic advising and student success. She has held leadership roles in AAC&U Project Kaleidoscope STEM Leadership Institute, NACADA, the Council of Independent Colleges, the Association for Collaborative Leadership, and the New England Resource Center for Higher Education.