Scope and Scale Strategies for Faculty Advancement

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Scope and ScaleStrategies for Faculty Advancement

• Mary Jean Harrold
• ADVANCE Professor of Computing

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Routes/Pathways to Professional Maturity

• To Associate Professor

To Associate Professor

• Evidence of effective teaching
• Evidence of creativity
• Evidence of contributions to GTservice to
  Institute, public, profession, etc.

• Evidence of effective teaching
• Evidence of creativity
• Evidence of contributions to GTservice to
  Institute, public, profession, etc.

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Routes/Pathways to Professional Maturity

• To Professor

• To Associate Professor

• Significant contributions as an educator
• Significant creativity demonstrated
• Substantial contributions to GTservice to
  Institute, public, profession

• Evidence of effective teaching
• Evidence of creativity
• Evidence of contributions to GTservice to
  Institute, public, profession, etc.

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Routes/Pathways to Professional Maturity

• To Professor

• To Associate Professor

• Significant contributions as an educator
• Significant creativity demonstrated
• Substantial contributions to GTservice to
  Institute, public, profession
• Broad research leadership, recognitionvisiting
  professorships, invited talks and papers,
  (inter)national committees, etc.

• Evidence of effective teaching
• Evidence of creativity
• Evidence of contributions to GTservice to
  Institute, public, profession, etc.

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Routes/Pathways to Professional Maturity

• To Professor

• To Professor

• Significant contributions as an educator
• Significant creativity demonstrated
• Substantial contributions to GTservice to
  Institute, public, profession
• Broad research leadership, recognitionvisiting
  professorships, invited talks and papers,
  (inter)national committees, etc.

• Significant contributions as an educator
• Significant creativity demonstrated
• Substantial contributions to GTservice to
  Institute, public, profession
• Broad research leadership, recognitionvisiting
  professorships, invited talks and papers,
  (inter)national committees, etc.

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Routes/Pathways to Professional Maturity

• To Professor

• To Distinguished, Chaired, Admin, Fellow, etc.

• Significant contributions as an educator
• Significant creativity demonstrated
• Substantial contributions to GTservice to
  Institute, public, profession
• Broad research leadership, recognitionvisiting
  professorships, invited talks and papers,
  (inter)national committees, etc.

• Outstanding contributions and leadership to GT
  and research communityservice to Institute,
  public, profession
• Outstanding research leadership,
  recognitionvisiting professorships, invited
  talks and papers, (inter)national committees,
  etc.

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Strategies and Consequences

• Take charge of your research career
• Work on important problems ? to make important
  discoveries and have impact
• Work on problems that excite you ? to remain
  interested and passionate
• Create, continually update your strategy (your
  goals, topics, collaborators) ? to keep on track
• Assume leadership role in your research community
  ? gain recognition internationally
• Consider taking a sabbatical (LOA) ? to learn,
  revive, avoid boredom, etc.
• Document all you do ? to help others understand
  your research and impact
• Recognize opportunities that come along ? to
  achieve more than planned and find new,
  interesting roles

 
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Strategies and Consequences

• Take charge of your service activities
• Many service activities available at all levels ?
  your choices impact your career so
• choose those that matter to you (give you
  visibility, connections, are important to you)
• avoid service activities because you think you
  should do them
• find research-oriented service (program
  committees, journal editorships, NSF panels,
  etc.)
• make professional service enhance your visibility
  in the community

 
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Strategies and Consequences

• General
• Balance research and service demands (no one gets
  promoted for service only)
• Manage expanding administrative responsibilities
  (you are expected to do more now)
• Teach courses that enhance research
• Get yearly feedback, communicate with chair,
  mentors, take active role in promotion
• Dont seek promotion without support of
  professors in your unit
• Resource
• http//www.cra.org/Activities/craw/capp