1 / 9

Academic Career Paths: Teaching at a Teaching College

Academic Career Paths: Teaching at a Teaching College. Sheila Castañeda Computer Science Department Clarke College Dubuque, IA cast@clarke.edu. Short Bio . Undergrad in Spanish and CS Worked in “Real World” for 5 years Masters in CS from UW – Madison

kamali
Download Presentation

Academic Career Paths: Teaching at a Teaching College

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Academic Career Paths: Teaching at a Teaching College Sheila Castañeda Computer Science Department Clarke College Dubuque, IA cast@clarke.edu

  2. Short Bio • Undergrad in Spanish and CS • Worked in “Real World” for 5 years • Masters in CS from UW – Madison • Teaching at Clarke College for 25 years • Member of CRA-W (CREU, CMW) • Serve on governor’s IOWAccess committee Career Mentoring Workshop

  3. Professional Expectations • 50 - 80% Teaching • 10 - 30% Professional Development • 10 - 20% Service Career Mentoring Workshop

  4. Teaching is Different • More classes • More preps • Teach what needs to be taught • Sub-area may be too specialized • Smaller class size • Teaching assistants may not exist • Classes aren’t offered every semester • May have other responsibilities associated with classes Career Mentoring Workshop

  5. Professional Development • Research • Teaching skills development • Professional conferences, workshops • Publishing • Work with professional organizations Career Mentoring Workshop

  6. Research • Time is the biggest problem • Release time/travel is through grants • Probably only one with your interest • Collaboration is important • Interdisciplinary • Among other institutions • Through organizations Career Mentoring Workshop

  7. Research (cont.) • Fewer institutional resources • RAs don’t exist • Can get undergraduates involved • Distributed Mentor Project • Collaborative Research Environment for Undergraduates • REU through NSF • National Laboratories • Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Career Mentoring Workshop

  8. Service • College • Committee work • Grant writing, participation • Special needs: woman, computing – learn to say NO • Department • Administration – chair • Advising – formal and informal • Recruiting • Grant writing • Labs, work study, library acquisitions, clubs, … • Community • Consulting / Speaking • Organizations / Committees Career Mentoring Workshop

  9. Best Parts • Get to teach! • Close relationship with undergrads • You can make a big difference • Colleagues • Chance for leadership and influence • Flexible schedule • Especially nice for families Career Mentoring Workshop

More Related