Site Guide: Career Development
Resources for New Geoscience Faculty and for Course Design
Early Career - Geoscience - If you're just beginning (or about to begin) a career as a geoscience faculty member, you're probably wondering how to balance teaching, research, and other demands on your time, so that you can succeed without having to sacrifice your sanity. In fact, finding that balance may be the most important skill for you to master, to be successful in academia. Fortunately, you do not need to reinvent the wheel. This page is a gateway to
resources you can use
to maximize your efficiency with a
minimum of stress.
National Institute for Faculty Equity - Drawing on resources from the Minority Faculty Development workshops, the Cross-Disciplinary Initiative for Minority Women Faculty conference, and selected web resources, these pages offer
professional development materials for for underrepresented early to mid-career faculty in engineering and STEM disciplines and include topics such as
teaching for learning,
becoming tenured faculty,
innovation, patents, and entrepreneurship,
work-life balance, and much more.
Career Development - We have annual events, including workshops and webinars as well as an associated set of
web resources for early career faculty, graduate students, and post docs interested in pursuing an academic career.
Resources for Graduate Students and Postdocs
Preparing for an Academic Career - We have an annual workshop and an associated set of web resources for graduate students and post-docs who are preparing for an academic career in the geosciences. These resources focus on key topics of interest, including the
academic job search process,
preparing to teach, and
moving your research forward.
Career Development 2011 Webinar Series - From
On the Cutting Edge, this webinar series features
webinar recordings and associated web resources for graduate students and post-docs who are preparing for an academic career in the geosciences. The series continued in 2012, and
an additional set of recordings and associated resources are available from the
2012 webinar site.
Preparing Students for Their Careers
Professional Preparation - To prepare your students for their future careers, you'll want to know what those careers are most likely to be and what knowledge, skills, and attributes those careers will require. These pages present information on
geoscience workforce trends along with
strategies for preparing your students for their future careers, including building networks, and knowledge, skills, and abilities that are desirable.
Preparing Teachers to Teach Earth Science - This site examines the role of geoscience departments and faculty in
preparing preservice teachers and
supporting practicing teachers who teach Earth science at all
pre-college levels. Information is drawn from the participants and outcomes of the 2003 On the Cutting Edge workshop, Developing the Earth Science Teacher Workforce: The Role of Geoscience Departments and Introductory Courses.
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