Workshop Program
Heads and Chairs of Earth and Space Science Departments
Sunday December 14, 2014, AGU Meeting
Location: InterContinental Ballroom B, at the InterContinental San Francisco, 888 Howard St., San Francisco
7:30 Sign-in, breakfast available
8:00-8:15 Welcome, Introductions, Workshop Goals and Logistics - Pranoti Asher, AGU
8:15-8:30 Introduction - Matthew James, Sonoma State University and Chair, Board of AGU Heads and Chairs
8:30-9:30 Conducting Effective Faculty Searches (Acrobat (PDF) 548kB Dec14 14) - Dallas Rhodes, Humboldt State University
See the notes from the discussion on faculty searches
Related resources:
- Hiring from the Institution's Point of View, from the Tomorrow's Professor Mailing List
- Steps to Insure an Unsuccessful Personnel Search (Acrobat (PDF) 1.3MB Dec14 14) by Susan Cutter, AAG Newsletter, 2000
9:30-9:45 Break
9:45-10:45 Managing Faculty (Acrobat (PDF) 570kB Dec14 14) - Dave Douglass, Pasadena City College
10:45-11:45 Small group discussions on various topics (based on participant interests indicated on the registration form)
- Recruiting and retaining faculty
- New chairs: getting up to speed. See related resources for heads and chairs
- Improving your department's standing at the institution
- Related resource: Making a Case for Your Department
11:45-12:00 Updates on the status of the geoscience workforce (Acrobat (PDF) 1.5MB Dec16 14) - Christopher Keane, American Geosciences Institute
See AGI's geoscience workforce website, including their geoscience workforce reports
12:00-1:30 Lunch and Business Meeting (overview of AGU Board of Heads and Chairs and election of new members of the Executive Committee of the Board of Heads & Chairs)
1:30-2:30 Mentoring your Faculty (Acrobat (PDF) 1.3MB Dec14 14) - Presented on behalf of Earth Science Women's Network by Tracey Holloway, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Meredith Hastings, Brown University
See the notes from the discussion on mentoring faculty
Related resources:
- Earth Science Jobs email list and ESWN resource center
- Mentoring Manual from the IBP Pathways to Science
- Mentoring Early-Stage Faculty - http://www.diversityoncampus.com/id13.html - by Joann Moody
- Faculty Success Program ("Faculty Bootcamp")
- ACE Leadership Academy for Department Chairs
2:30-3:30 Forging Industry/Academia Partnerships (Acrobat (PDF) 4.8MB Dec14 14) - J. Foster Sawyer, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
3:30-3:45 Break
3:45-4:15 Undergraduate Geoscience Education Summit Outcomes - Sharon Mosher, University of Texas, Austin
Summit on the Future of Undergraduate Geoscience Education website , with a link to the summary report
4:15-4:45 InTeGrate opportunities for 2015 (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 5MB Dec14 14) - Cathy Manduca, SERC
Related resources: Current opportunities in InTeGrate website
4:45-5:00 Wrap up: Closing remarks and workshop evaluation
5:00-6:00 Reception