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Professional Development for Junior Faculty

Professional Development for Junior Faculty. Kenneth L. Roberts, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Mechanical & Chemical Engineering North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University Greensboro, NC Minority Faculty Development Forum National Science Foundation August 1, 2006.

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Professional Development for Junior Faculty

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  1. Professional Development for Junior Faculty Kenneth L. Roberts, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Mechanical & Chemical Engineering North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University Greensboro, NC Minority Faculty Development Forum National Science Foundation August 1, 2006

  2. Junior Faculty General Development Tips • Learn the unwritten standards for RTP • Grants, Papers, Graduate Students, etc. • Course load taught • Service completed • Find senior faculty mentors • Departmental • Academic Unit • External Universities/Organizations • Keep yourself marketable

  3. Typical Faculty Work Assignments • Teaching • 25-50% • 1-2 courses per term • Research • 45-70% • Summer salary, Release Time, Student support, Research expenses • Service • 5-15% • Departmental or Academic Unit Service

  4. Teaching Objectives (General) – Junior Faculty • Excel at course preparation and organization. • Improves student/peer evaluations • Makes grading time more efficient • Teach same/similar courses until tenure. • Teach courses more closely aligned with research interests. • Enroll in at least one teacher training workshop (ASEE Summer Workshop).

  5. Teaching Objectives (Target Skills) – Junior Faculty • Avoid student grading extremes. • Create a student-centered classroom: • Start on-time and avoid excessive lecture absences. • Consider using an objectives-based teaching style. • Be professional and respectful of students. • Provide intellectually challenging and stimulating learning opportunities.

  6. Proposal Development: Marketing • Know your Division (Office) of Research and Sponsored Programs personnel. • Develop white papers and draft proposal ideas beforehand. • Prepare intricate technical slides on your research projects for agency visits and visitors. Update as needed!

  7. Proposal Development: Research Topics • Be creative but realistic regarding the application of your research specialties to proposals. • If possible, plan proposed projects which have similar/related technical objectives and methods.

  8. Research Group Management: Student Training and Advisement • Be directly involved in the planning and implementation of research activities of all students. • “Critical Thinking = Independent Researchers” • Know your advising load limitations.

  9. Research Group Management: Team Building • Collaborating interdepartmentally may be easier than intradepartmental collaborations. • Geography and personal relationships can play a big role in successful interinstitutional collaborations. • Work to develop a diverse research team with Other Research Schools, National Labs, and Companies.

  10. Service Objectives – Junior Faculty • Assist with service activities with short time duration. • Annual Recruitment Day • Freshman Orientation Day • Focus on serving on 1-2 faculty committees within the department / academic unit per year. • Avoid advising student organizations until after tenure.

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