Pre-workshop information for participants

• Please complete the pre-workshop survey

• Read about research statements and bring 7 printed copies of your own draft research statement for peer review on Monday evening (it's fine if these are rough)

• Read about teaching statements and bring 7 printed copies of your own draft teaching statement for peer review on Tuesday evening (it's fine if these are rough)
• Optional: If you would like feedback on your CV, cover letter, or any other part of your application portfolio, bring a copy of those materials.

Program

Monday July 15: Finding the "right" career path

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Morning

8:30-9:05: Introductions, Goals, and "Icebreaker"

• Introductions (Acrobat (PDF) 8.2MB Jul13 19)

9:05-10:05 Mapping Your Career at Different Types of Institutions

• Mapping Your Career Worksheet (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 14kB Jul15 18)

10:05-10:15: break

10:15-10:45: Post-docs and Other Trajectories

10:45-11:15: Time Management for Moving Your Career Forward (and Keeping Your Sanity)

• Career Task Planning Form (Acrobat (PDF) 50kB Jul15 18)
• Time Management Tips (Acrobat (PDF) 84kB Jul16 18)
• Time Management with SWOT (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 55kB Jul15 19)

11:15-11:30: Summary of the Day, Introduction to Lunchtime Discussion Groups, and Road Check

Afternoon

Lunchtime discussion groups:

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

Afternoon mini-workshops (1:30-4:00):

Earth Education Forum (4:30-6:00):

6:30-8:30: Evening academic cafe in Humphries 118

• Research statement reviews

Tuesday July 16: Building your portfolio

Morning - Barn Auditorium

8:30-8:35: Overview of Theme: Building Your Teaching and Research Portfolios

8:35-9:05: Moving Your Teaching Forward: course design, best practices in classroom teaching, opportunities for gaining experience

• What lesson(s) did you take away from yesterday's afternoon session that will help you become a more effective teacher?

• Getting started backward_design.pdf (Acrobat (PDF) 114kB Jul11 19)

• Online Course Design Tutorial

• Getting the most from your teaching opportunities

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

• community colleges

• research universities

• liberal arts colleges

• 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

Afternoon

Lunchtime discussion groups:

• Work-Life Balance, and others based on participant interest

Share-a-thon and Teaching Demos

Two-day workshop: Data labs: Using Ocean Observatory Initiative data to engage students in oceanography

Round table discussions

Plenary talk by Rajul Pandya

Evening academic cafe in Lawson 110 and 111

• Teaching statement reviews

Wednesday July 17: Getting an Academic Position

Morning - Barn Auditorium

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 academia

10:05-10:15: break - GROUP PHOTO!

10:15-11:00: Negotiations and Illegal Questions

• Illegal Questions (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 317kB Jul17 19)
• Some ideas for handling improper questions
• What are some things you can negotiate? (Acrobat (PDF) 37kB Jul12 19)

11:00-11:15: Resources and Next Steps

• National Association of Geoscience Teachers
• NAGT Teach the Earth Website
• InTeGrate teaching materials
• NAGT Early Career Workshop

11:15-11:30: Summary and Workshop Evaluation

Afternoon

Lunchtime discussion groups:

• Mentoring from Career Prep alumni

Two-day workshop: Data labs: Using Ocean Observatory Initiative data to engage students in oceanography

Afternoon mini-workshops

4:30-5:30: Poster Session, Humphries 118

5:30-6:30: Town Hall Discussion, Humphries 221

For those participating in the EER Thursday-Friday

Thursday/Friday morning workshops

Thursday afternoon mini-workshops

Thursday evening panel discussion: Grand challenges in Earth learning: Perspectives from historically black colleges and universities

Friday afternoon round table discussions