Program

Sunday

• 7:00pm-8:30pm Earth Educator Rendezvous opening reception

Monday

• 8:30am-8:40am Welcome, Introduction to Theme: Types of Academic Careers
• 8:40am-9:10am Introductions and Getting to Know You
  
  

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• 9:10am-10:10am Mapping your career at different types of institutions
• Academic Career Profiles
• Faculty Positions: exploring the range of possibilities
• Faculty Careers at Two-Year Colleges
• 10:10am-10:20am COFFEE BREAK
• 10:20am-11:20am Career planning and time management
• Career SWOT analysis or task planning
• Career planning SWOT analysis form (Acrobat (PDF) 40kB Jun12 17)
• Task planning form (Acrobat (PDF) 50kB Jun12 17)
• Group discussion and questions
• Time management tips handout (Acrobat (PDF) 84kB Jul16 16)
• 11:20am-11:30am Summary of the Day and Roadcheck
• 11:30am-1:00pm Optional lunch time discussions
• Finding and making the most of the post-doctoral positions
• Obtaining a Post-doc
• Finding and Writing Fellowship Proposals
• CareerPrep Guide to Postdoc
• Teaching Experiences for Graduate Students
• Getting Teaching Experience
• Mistaken Beliefs About Learning to Teach by Rick Reis ( This site may be offline. ) from his Tomorrow's Professor Postings
• 1:00pm-4:15pm Choose among Earth Educator Rendezvous Mini-Workshops
• 4:30pm-5:45pm Geoscience Education Research and Practice Forum

Tuesday

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• 8:30am-8:35am Introduction to Theme: The Application Process
• Job Search This is a pretty comprehensive listing of materials that help with the job search, application, and interview process.
• Average Faculty Salaries for almost every institution. Beware that these numbers include other compensation, including health care and retirement contributions.
• 8:35am-9:05am Panel Discussion: Application Processes at varying Institution Types
• Job application hints (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 89kB Jun23 17)
• 9:05am-10:05am Teaching Statement Reviews
• Developing Your Teaching Statement
• Writing a Statement of Teaching Philosophy for the Academic Job Search - University of Michigan
• 10:05am-10:15am COFFEE BREAK

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• 10:15am-10:30am Elements of a strong teaching statement discussion
• Elements of effective teaching and research statements, CVs, and elevator pitches (Acrobat (PDF) 48kB Jul19 17)
• 10:30am-11:00am Research Statement/CV Reviews
• Developing Your Research Statement
• 11:00am-11:20am Elevator Pitch
• Guide to Elevator Pitches
• 11:am-11:30am Summary of the Day and Roadcheck
• 11:30am-1:00pm Lunch discussion groups (optional) and view posters
• 1:00pm-4:15pm Choose among Earth Educator Rendezvous round-table discussions
• 4:30pm-5:45pm Earth Educator Rendezvous Plenary

Wednesday

• 8:30am-8:35am Introduction to Theme: Interviews and Negotiations
• 8:35am-9:15am Academic jobs search, interviews, and illegal questions
• Presentation on the academic job interview and negotiations process (Acrobat (PDF) 217kB Jul19 17)
• Additional resources
• Secrets of the 2YC interview (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 20kB Jul19 16)
• Academic Job Interview Resources
• 9:15am-10:15am Practice the elevator pitch

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• 10:15am-10:25am COFFEE BREAK
• 10:25am-10:45am Where to look for job opportunities

• 10:45am-11:05am Negotiations: What can you ask for and when?
• 11:05am-11:20am Final thoughts on academic careers
• 11:20am-11:30am Summary of the Day and Written evaluations -- End of Workshop Evaluation
• 11:30am-1:00pm Lunch discussion groups (optional)
• 1:00pm-4:15pm Choose among Earth Educator Rendezvous Mini-Workshops
• 4:30pm-5:30pm Rendezvous poster session