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ROADMAP WORKSHOP FOR A SUCCESSFUL ACADEMIC CAREER
ROADMAP WORKSHOP FOR A SUCCESSFUL ACADEMIC CAREER
DAY 1: Monday, May 11, 2020
8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
REGISTER HERE
Please note, each day has a separate registration and a different zoom link
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Know the terrain-Promotion basics and planning your strategy
Blanca Lupiani & Heather Wilkinson
- Contemplate your timeline
- Consider your approach to networking
- Recognize the importance of colleagues and mentors who will tell you the truth
- Consider the questions you should ask at your annual review
- Envision your impact on your field
- Plan your service to serve your plans
- Be intentional with your teaching
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
BREAK
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Plan your trip-Roadmap Activity
Heather Wilkinson
- Identify goals for teaching, research, and service
- Set milestones needed to meet goals for midterm review
- Set milestones needed to meet goals for tenure dossier submission
- Estimate the resources and skills you need to meet your milestones and accomplish your goals
- Map your network and mentors
DAY 2: Tuesday, May 12, 2020
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
REGISTER HERE
Please note, each day has a separate registration and a different zoom link
8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Set and keep your pace-Becoming an academic writer
Patricia Goodson
- Recognize the role deep and deliberative practice plays in becoming an academic writer
- Consider the behaviors that can get in the way of becoming a productive academic writer
- Explore exercises that can strengthen your practice of academic writing
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Find the fuel-Funding your scholarship
James Izat
- Recognize the faculty development available via the VPR's office
- Review the most common issues new faculty face in pursuit of funding
- Identify the ways you can influence proposal success
- Appreciate the resources available to support proposal success
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Plan, but remember to enjoy the journey-Teaching strategies used by faculty who thrive
Jean Layne
- Recognize the amount of preparation time is influenced by your approach
- Value the role student-centered approaches play in teaching success
- Comprehend the evidence-based strategies that enhance learning
- Appreciate the importance of pursuing and documenting incremental continuous improvement of your teaching
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Make a scrapbook-Alimetrics and scholars@tamu
Bruce Herbert
- Create at Scholars@TAMU profile
- Identify authentic quantitative and qualitative indicators of impact
- Vision about the 3 page impact statement for your promotion dossier