HR: 1340h
AN: ED23B-0097    [Abstracts]
TI: Preparing for an Academic Career Workshops: Resources for Graduate Students and Post-Doctoral Fellows
AU: * Dunbar, R W
EM: robyn.dunbar@stanford.edu
AF: Stanford University, Center for Teaching and Learning, MC 3087, Stanford, CA 94305-3087 United States
AU: Macdonald, R
EM: rhmacd@wm.edu
AF: College of William and Mary, Department of Geology, PO Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795 United States
AB: The professional development program, "On the Cutting Edge", offers annual multi-day workshops for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows interested in pursuing academic careers. Goals are to prepare participants to become more effective teachers, stronger candidates for academic positions, and more aware of the realities of academic jobs. Insights that participants especially hope to gain from these workshops include feedback on the application process, especially an understanding of how search committees work; the different realities of balancing teaching, research, and personal life in a range of academic institutions; and expectations for tenure. The ten-person leadership team represents, by design, a wide range of academic career paths and institutions, and provides approximately 1:6 leader: participant ratio. Specific sessions include research on learning, an introduction to course and lab design, effective teaching and assessment strategies, developing a teaching statement, time management and early career faculty success, and moving research forward into new settings. Optional workshop sessions and discussions include the following topics: dual-career couples; families and careers; teaching portfolios; effective negotiation strategies; tenure and promotion; effective field trips; getting started in undergraduate research; opportunities in K-12 education; career options beyond faculty positions. Highlights of the workshop are faculty panel discussions about career paths and the academic job search. By workshop end, participants complete a goal setting and action planning activity. Two years of evaluation data suggest our goals are being met. Participants particularly appreciate the practical ideas and the opportunity to interact with, and learn from, a diverse leadership team and other participants.
UR: http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/
DE: 6630 Workforce
DE: 0800 EDUCATION
DE: 0810 Post-secondary education
SC: Education and Human Resourcese [ED]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting