Pre-workshop information for participants

• Please complete the pre-workshop survey
• How to develop a research statement - bring 7 printed copies
• How to develop a teaching statement - bring 7 printed copies

Program

Monday July 16: Becoming a successful scholar

8:30 am - 11:30 am

• 8:30-9:05: Introductions, Goals, and "Where are you headed?" Activity
• 9:05-10:05 Mapping Your Career at Different Types of Institutions
  • Mapping Your Career Worksheet (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 14kB Jul15 18)
  • Career Task Planning Form (Acrobat (PDF) 50kB Jul15 18)

• 10:05-10:15: break
• 10:15-10:45: Post-docs, Other Trajectories
• Mapping Your Career - Brainstorming

• 10:45-11:15: Time Management and SWOT
  • Time Management Tips (Acrobat (PDF) 84kB Jul16 18)
  • Time Management & SWOT slides (Acrobat (PDF) 166kB Jul16 18)
• 11:15-11:30: Summary of the Day, Introduction to Lunchtime Discussion Groups, and Road Check

Lunchtime discussion groups:

• Professional Networks (what do you have? what might you need in the future?) and other topics based on participant interest

1:30 pm - 4:00 pm

• Afternoon mini-workshops

 

4:30 pm - 5:45 pm

• Earth Education Forum - Moving from Learning Opportunities to Learning Pathways; Guiding students toward geoscience careers

6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

• Evening academic cafe: Research statement reviews (note location: Ritchie 366)

Tuesday July 17: Building your portfolio

8:30 am - 11:30 am

• 8:30-8:35: Overview of Theme: Building Your Teaching and Research Portfolios
• 8:35-9:05: Pathways to becoming an effective teacher and elements of teaching: course design, best practices in classroom teaching (drawing on the Monday PM sessions)
  • What lesson(s) did you take away from yesterday's afternoon session that will help you become a more effective teacher?
    • Monday PM Takeaways
  • Getting started Backward design (Acrobat (PDF) 77kB Jul16 18)
    • Course Goals
    • Online Course Design Tutorial
• 9:05-9:35 and 9:35-10:05: Effective teaching: small group concurrent sessions, choose two and we'll rotate at 9:35
  • minority-serving institutions (expectations, application and interview process)
  • community colleges (expectations, application and interview process)
  • research universities (expectations, application and interview process)
  • liberal arts colleges (expectations, application and interview process)

• demonstrating inclusivity in your portfolio

 

• 10:05-10:15: break
• 10:15-10:45: Moving Your Research Forward (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 204kB Jul17 18)
  • Undergraduate Research Experiences from STEM Students: Successes, Challenges, and Opportunities
  • Service-Learning in Undergraduate Geosciences: Proceedings of a Workshop
• 10:45-11:15: How to Move Your Research Forward: small group concurrent sessions by institution type, choose one
  • community colleges
  • liberal arts colleges
  • research universities
  • minority-serving institutions
  • non tenure-track positions in academia
• 11:15-11:30: Summary, Introduction to the Elevator Pitch (Acrobat (PDF) 2.9MB Jul15 18) and Road Check

Lunchtime discussion groups:

• Masters-granting Institutions, Financing an Academic Career, Academic families, and others based on participant interest

1:30 pm - 2:45 pm

• Share-a-thon

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

• Round table discussions

4:30 pm - 5:45 pm

• Plenary talk Beverly Wright

6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

• Evening academic cafe: teaching statement reviews (note location: Ritchie 366)

Wednesday July 18: Getting an Academic Position

8:30 am - 11:30 am

• 8:30-8:35: Overview of Theme: Interviews, Negotiations, and Next Steps
• 8:35-9:05 Elevator pitches
• 9:05-9:35: The Application Process and Interviewing
  • Slide set: Applications and Interview Slides (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 4.1MB Jul12 19)
  • On the Cutting Edge: Preparing for an Academic Career
  • Other resources:
    • Secrets of 2YR college interview (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 20kB Jul17 18)
    • On the breadth of faculty job applications by Terry McGlynn (Acrobat (PDF) 27kB Jul18 18)
• 9:35-10:05: Applications and Interviewing by Position: concurrent sessions, choose one:
  • community colleges
  • liberal arts colleges
  • research universities
  • minority-serving institutions
  • non tenure-track positions in academic
• 10:05-10:15: break
• 10:15-10:45: Negotiations and Illegal Questions

• 10:45-11:15: How to Grow Your Community, Resources, and Next Steps
  • Brainstorming notes in the private workspace
  • Teach the Earth Website
• 11:15-11:30: Summary and Workshop Evaluation

Lunchtime discussion groups:

• Dual-career Negotiations, and others based on participant interest

1:30 pm - 4:00 pm

• Afternoon mini-workshops

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