Scholars as Leaders; Scholars as Learners (SAL2) Program

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Inaugural FAS Dean Tamar Gendler speaks about SAL2 Click to play the video. Inaugural FAS Dean Tamar Gendler speaks about SAL2

The mission of Scholars as Leaders; Scholars as Learners (SAL2) is to support FAS faculty members in their continuing growth as scholars, leaders, and university citizens, enabling them to excel in their work at Yale.

SAL2 Programs

SAL2 faculty development opportunities nourish collaboration and excellence, cultivate a community of diverse and engaged faculty leaders, and provide mentorship to support faculty at all career stages. 

Coaching for Success provides FAS faculty with professional coaching support to help them achieve a targeted ambition related to their professional work at Yale.

Learn more about Coaching for Success.

FAS Faculty Academy offers FAS faculty the opportunity to teach and take short courses with their peers.

Learn more about FAS Faculty Academy.

FAS Faculty Leadership Programs cultivate audacious and creative leaders committed to working across academic disciplines and divisions.

Learn more about FAS Faculty Leadership Programs.

The Junior Faculty Manuscript and Research Colloquium provides each assistant professor or associate professor on term a one-time grant to support an occasion where they will receive high-level professional feedback on their academic work.

Learn more about the Junior Faculty Manuscript and Research Colloquium.

Teaching Relief for Learning enables FAS faculty to spend a semester in the classroom on the other side of the desk – as a student.  

Learn more about Teaching Relief for Learning.

SAL2 Writing Programs include writing retreats, writing coaching, and one-on-one writing consultations. The Writing Programs support FAS ladder faculty to develop sustainable writing routines, overcome writing challenges, engage new audiences, and address other writing-related goals. 

Learn more about the Writing Programs.

SAL2: Impact

The impact of Scholars as Leaders; Scholars as Learners

Inaugural FAS Dean Tamar Gendler discusses SAL2's profound effect on the faculty, community, and culture of FAS.

Faculty at a SAL2 Event

Cultivating collaboration and innovation

SAL2 is a signature program created by inaugural FAS Dean Tamar Gendler. SAL2 advances Yale’s larger mission of cultivating an interdependent and diverse community founded on the free exchange of ideas.  Yale’s FAS is a singular place: our permeable disciplinary boundaries, unwavering commitment to faculty leadership, and consistent devotion to excellence in research and liberal arts teaching foster a singularly creative and collaborative community. SAL2 recognizes and reinforces this unique culture of collaboration and innovation.

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