A Toolkit for Mid-Career Academics (eBook, ePUB)

Cultivating Career Advancement
Redaktion: Baker, Vicki L.; Lunsford, Laura Gail; Terosky, Aimee Lapointe

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Mid-career faculty are the backbone of the college and university workforce and represent the largest population of faculty in the academy, yet they face myriad challenges that hinder career satisfaction and advancement.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. April 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040008898
• Artikelnr.: 69981435

Autorenporträt

Dr. Vicki L. Baker, a Fulbright Scholar, is the E. Maynard Aris Endowed Professor in Economics and Management and department chair at Albion College. She is co-founder of Lead Mentor Develop, LLC. Vicki was recognized as a Top 100 Visionary 2021 in Education (GFEL) and a Top 10 Visionary in Education in 2023 by CioLook Magazine. Dr. Aimee LaPointe Terosky is Associate Dean of the School of Education and Human Development and Professor of Educational Leadership at Saint Joseph's University. Dr. Terosky's expertise is school leader/faculty careers in K-12 and higher education. She has received her university's Teaching, Research, and Justice Merit Awards, including the Tengelmann Award for Distinguished Research and Teaching. Dr. Laura Gail Lunsford is Professor of Psychology and Assistant Dean at Campbell University. She was an associate professor at the University of Arizona and has held academic leadership roles at NC State, Duke University, and UNC Wilmington. A Fulbright Scholar, she publishes on mentoring and leadership in the academy.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: What's Next? and How to Navigate? Facilitating Mid-Career
Advancement. Section 1: Faculty Skill Development. Chapter 1: Demystifying
Grants: Strategies to Take Your Research to the Next Level and Get Funded
Through Collaborative Networking. Chapter 2: Faculty Re-Engagement: A
Sabbatical Planning Guide to Support Productivity and Well-Being. Chapter
3: Critical Considerations at Mid-Career: How Mentoring Can Help You at
This Stage. Chapter 4: Effective Mentoring Conversations with Faculty: A
Guide for Department Chairs, Directors, and Deans. Chapter 5: Safeguarding
Space: A Job-Crafting Action Plan That Elevates Mid-Career Priorities.
Section 2: Institutional Programming. Chapter 6: What's Next? Charting Your
Path: A Personal Career Goal Development Program for Mid-Career Faculty.
Chapter 7: Supporting Faculty at Small Liberal Arts Colleges Across the
Career Span. Chapter 8: Assessing and Supporting the Needs of Mid-Career
Faculty: A Networked Mentoring Approach. Chapter 9: Supporting
Teaching-Track Faculty at Mid-Career. Chapter 10: Meeting Them Where They
Are: Supporting the Professional Learning Needs of Community College
Educators. Section 3: Consortial and Professional Association Programming.
Chapter 11: Leveraging a Consortial Approach for Mid-Career Faculty
Learning Communities. Chapter 12: YÖMEGA: Empowering Faculty Members in
Türkiye Through a Collaborative and Sustainable Professional Development
Voluntary Initiative. Chapter 13: Data-Informed Community College Teaching
and Learning Hubs in North Carolina. Chapter 14: Fostering a Mid-Career
Community: A Workshop for Personal Focus and Academic Advancement. Section
4: Grant-Funded Initiatives. Chapter 15: Building Community, Confidence,
and Capacity for Advancement and Leadership through Regional
Inter-Institutional Peer Alliances. Chapter 16: Building an Infrastructure
for Mid-Career Faculty Advancement: Lessons Learned from Faculty Peer
Networks in the UMD ADVANCE Program. Chapter 17: Mid-Career, but New to the
Academy: A Federal Investment in ROTC Educators and Cadets. Chapter 18:
Using Humanities-Based Grants to Leverage Resources, Acquire New Skills,
and Expand Networks. Section 5: Conclusion. Chapter 19: From Reactive to
Sustainable: Advancing the Practice of Mid-Career Faculty Development