Yes, all faculty serving on a faculty search committee are required to participate in a STRIDE workshop if they have not completed a DOF (or STRIDE) search committee training workshop within the past three years. This includes searches for department heads, deans, and APT faculty. 

All STRIDE workshops for faculty based in College Station are delivered in person and incorporate active learning techniques, including small group discussions.
 

Faculty who are based in other locations have the following options:
 

(a) Attend an in-person workshop. In-person workshops are occasionally offered in Galveston, Doha, and Dallas-Fort Worth (College of Dentistry & School of Law). Interested faculty should check the schedule to see if any workshops are scheduled. Administrators in these locations may contact advance@tamu.edu to see if it is possible to set up a workshop. 

(b) Participate in a Zoom-based workshop. Zoom-only workshops are occasionally offered for faculty based at off-campus location. All participants attend the workshop via Zoom, and are assigned to virtual chat rooms for the interactive components of the workshop. Interested faculty should check to see when the next Zoom-only workshop will be offered.

Department heads and deans are encouraged to participate in a STRIDE workshop, but they are not required to do so unless they are serving on a faculty search committee.
 

As of August 2019, completion records are being maintained through TrainTraq. Faculty can enter TrainTraq to view their completion records in TrainTraq for all workshops taking place in August 2019 and later. Department heads and other administrators are also be able to view the completion records of faculty within their respective units.

The STRIDE workshops are more interactive, and there is more emphasis on recruiting for diversity and excellence. The workshops emphasize steps that committees can take to ensure a broad pool of qualified applicants, and to ensure a fair and equitable review process for all applicants. 

Ideally, yes, all faculty members would participate in the STRIDE workshop prior to the posting of a job ad. We recognize, however, the current schedule for workshops may make that difficult in some cases. If that is the case with your department, we recommend that one or more search committee members complete the training prior to the launch of the search, and all other search committee members complete the training prior to the review of candidates.

There is a maximum capacity for each workshop based on the size of the room. We often are able to accommodate faculty who are on the waitlist. We typically contact wailisted participants when space opens up, but feel free to inquire about your status by sending an email to advance@tamu.edu.