Welcome to GSTEPNFTEP

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Welcome to GSTEP/NFTEP!
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Program purposes

• Provides opportunities to engage in a
  one-semester series of seminars, workshops, and
  activities about teaching and learning and
  academic careers
• designed to enhance teaching interest, knowledge,
  practice, and effectiveness.
• intended to create interdisciplinary connections
  and community

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Program format

• Seminars every two or three weeks for you to
  select from. Presentation times vary.
• Some sessions targeted to GSTEP/NFTEP members.
  You are particularly encouraged to attend these,
  because this is an opportunity to network with
  other grad students/new faculty.

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Your responsibilities

• NFTEP and Core GSTEP members 8 sessions, plus a
  project
• GSTEP Affiliate members 4 sessions
• What counts? You can mix and match from sessions
  offered by CELT, Liberal Education, Center for
  Writing Excellence. Up to half can come from
  Miami's national Lilly Conference on College
  Teaching.
• Everyone does a program reflections journal, due
  at the end of the term.

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Your rewards

• Core GSTEP 1 course credit, 200 professional
  expenses, a book about teaching, certificate of
  recognition
• Affiliate GSTEP Certificate of recognition

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Introduction to Blackboard (Blackboard Basics)
Podcasting Blackboard Course Design Online
Quizzes Tests Introduction to the Blackboard
Content System Respondus Easing Quiz Test
Creation Respondus Easing Quiz Test Creation
Using Blackboard's Assignments Tool Effectively
Communicating Effectively with Blackboard Using
Blackboard Gradebook Effectively Online Groups
Strategies for Success Wikis Blogs in
Blackboard WebQuests Introduction to TurnItIn
Applications Blogging as an Instructional Tool
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Planning ahead for an academic job

• Special thanks to Mike Brudzinski, MU Geology
• DeNeef (2002) What colleges want in new faculty

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Overview

• Varieties of academic institutions and their
  expectations for faculty activities
• What can you do now to prepare?
• Steps in the job hunt focus on the application
  packet
• Career placement preparation

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Kinds of academic institutions
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Teaching expectations
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Research expectations
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Service expectations
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Teaching preparation

• Seek successively more independent teaching
  experiences. If relevant, seek opportunities to
  teach at a different institution, to teach
  different types of classes.
• Seek seminars in teaching, supervision/
  mentoring by experienced teachers, and/or regular
  discussions of classroom problems with peers.
• Learn about new pedagogies (e.g., active
  learning), and curricular goals such as
  service-learning, multiculturalism, information
  literacy.
• Learn to address the learning needs of students
  from diverse backgrounds.
• Observe/learn from outstanding teachers.
• Articulate your philosophy of teaching, assess
  your effectiveness develop a professional
  portfolio.
• Seek resources to support your development as
  teachers, e.g., campus teaching-learning center.

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Research preparation

• Seek experience in conducting publishable
  research, presenting it at conferences and
  writing it for refereed journals, and writing
  grant proposals.
• Gain experience in lab management issues such as
  hiring, ordering supplies, scheduling, etc.
• Gain experience in involving undergraduates in
  your research and mentoring student projects.
• Talk to your research mentor about professional
  standards concerning authorships, refereeing of
  manuscripts, use of human subjects, etc.
• Seek relevant networking opportunities, e.g., top
  researchers in the field vs. collaborators in
  other disciplines.
• Discuss with your mentor how to adapt to
  potential limitations on research time support
  at hiring institutions.

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Service preparation

• Discuss with your mentor issues such as academic
  politics, the impact of a visiting/term position
  on ones career, problems experienced by token
  faculty.
• Seek opportunities to be involved in governance
  and application of expertise to the community. If
  relevant, attend faculty meetings at a
  non-doctoral institution.
• Learn about advising and career paths for
  undergraduate majors in your discipline.
• Learn about different institutions service
  expectations, evaluation, reward tenure
  systems. Shadow a faculty member through a day.

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Steps in the job hunt

• Application packet
• Interviews
• Negotiations

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Your Application packet

• Cover Letter
• CV / Resume
• Research Statement
• Teaching Statement
• Letters of Reference
• Publications

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Cover Letter

• Try to keep it one page or less
• Describe your identity clearly
• Illustrate your abilities with examples
• Suggest how you would fit in
• Department
• School
• Surroundings

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CV / Resume

• Contact info
• List all career related activities
• Research, Teaching, Service, Work Experience
• Things you might not think of
• Funding, Mentoring, Outreach
• Warning Some will only look at publications

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Research Statement

• Approximately 2 pages
• Well organized use bullets, numbers, bold
• Will need to have some timeline aspect
• Previous work, Current work, Next step, Five-year
  plan
• Topical organization is better

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Teaching Statement

• Approximately 2 pages
• Decide on Philosophy or Logistics/Courses
• Illustrate with examples
• Include training and/or experience
• Consider department needs

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Letters of Reference

• At least 3, quality better than quantity
• Tell them what your aim is
• Provide them with full application materials
• Big names mean a lot, but know the climate

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Publications

• If feasible, it is good to provide copies
• Probably only need one copy for your file
• Could use internet links in CV, but limited

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Career placement preparation

• Practice your job talks, both research
  presentations and teaching a sample class.
• Seek examples of cover letters, vitas, teaching
  and research statements geared to different types
  of institutions.
• Seek opportunities to discuss hiring practices
  with faculty/chairs from the type of institution
  youre interested in.
• Become aware of multiple types/pathways of
  academic careers, e.g., part-time work, community
  colleges, virtual universities, corporate
  universities, and continuing education programs.

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Climb the steps to success!