LIFE ON THE TENURE TRACK:
A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERIES
Life on the Tenure Track : A Professional Development Series is designed to help tenure-track faculty at Vanderbilt develop and thrive as researchers, scholars, teachers, and citizens of the university.
Hosted by the Office of the Provost, the Center for Teaching, and the Program in Career Development (Arts & Science), the series is open to all tenure-track faculty in university central, and will feature workshops on a range of issues pertinent to professional growth.
Sessions will draw on the expertise and wisdom of senior faculty, as well as other university resources, and will be focused, practical, and relatively brief, providing a high return on the investment of participants’ time.
Registration is strongly encouraged, as each session will be limited to 25 participants. To reserve a spot at one or more sessions, click on the title links below. Questions? Contact Allison Pingree.
Tuesdays - 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Light Refreshments and informal networking to follow
Center for Teaching
1114 19th Avenue South
Spring 2009 OfferingsJanuary 13 – Interpreting and Making Use of Student Evaluations
February 3 – Grants 101 (part I)
February 10 – Grants 101 (part II)
March 10 – Course (Re)Design
March 31 – Managing Your Professional Persona On-line
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Interpreting and Making Use of Student Evaluations
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.; light refreshments and informal networking to follow
Center for Teaching (1114 19th Avenue South)
Co-Facilitated by Kathleen Hoover Dempsey, Associate Professor of Psychology, and Derek Bruff, Assistant Director, CFT
At the end of each course, student evaluations provide a potentially useful source of feedback on our teaching. In this session, we’ll discuss when and how to read student evaluations, how to identify themes and patterns in student feedback, and how to make productive use of student feedback in subsequent courses. We’ll also discuss ways to encourage students to provide more useful and constructive feedback on evaluation forms, as well as a former department chair’s perspective on the various roles that student evaluations play.
Resources from this session:
Tuesday,
February 3, 2009
Grants 101 – Part I
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.; light refreshments and informal networking to follow
Center for Teaching (1114 19th Avenue South)
Moderator: Elizabeth Rapisarda, Assistant Provost - Research & Graduate Education
Panelists: John Childress, Director, Division of Sponsored Research; Shellie Richards, Grants Administrator, Chemistry Department; Michelle Vazin, Associate Director, Contract & Grant Accounting (tentative); Dennis Hall, Associate Provost for Research & Dean of the Graduate School
This pair of sessions will explore the basic stages of the “life cycle” of a grant, as well as grant- and research-related university resources available to support junior faculty. Topics will include: identifying sources for internal and external funding, creating successful grant proposals, complying with grant-related policies and regulations, managing a grant effectively and efficiently, and disseminating research results.
Part 1 will give a broad overview.
Resources from this session:
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Grants 101 – Part 2
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.; light refreshments and informal networking to follow
Center for Teaching (1114 19th Avenue South)
Moderator: Elizabeth Rapisarda, Assistant Provost - Research & Graduate Education
Panelists: Tracy Miller, Associate Professor of the History of Art; Clare McCabe, Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Susan Kuyper, Grants Resource Office, College of Arts & Science Dean's Office
This pair of sessions will explore the basic stages of the “life cycle” of a grant, as well as grant- and research-related university resources available to support junior faculty. Topics will include: identifying sources for internal and external funding, creating successful grant proposals, complying with grant-related policies and regulations, managing a grant effectively and efficiently, and disseminating research results.
Part 2 will allow participants to pursue more specific, discipline-based issues and questions.
Resources from this session:
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Course (Re)Design
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.; light refreshments and informal networking to follow
Center for Teaching (1114 19th Avenue South)
Co-Facilitated by Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and Derek Bruff, Assistant Director, CFT
Interested in designing a new course, or refining one you’ve taught before?
This workshop will provide an overview of the course design process: setting learning goals for your students, identifying strategies and activities to move students towards those goals, and assessing what and how your students have learned. We’ll also hear about a senior faculty member’s experience in designing effective courses through focusing on student learning.
Resources from this session:
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Managing Your Professional Persona On-line
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.; light refreshments and informal networking to follow
Center for Teaching (1114 19th Avenue South)
Panelists: Mark M. Johnson, Chief Information Security Officer, Vanderbilt University, and John M. Sloop, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Academic Affairs, College of Arts and Science; Professor, Department of Communication Studies
Facilitator: Vanessa Beasley, Associate Professor of Communication Studies
When students or other scholars search for you on the web, what do they find? What do you want them to find?
This session will cover basic "do's" and "don'ts" of managing your professional persona on-line. We will discuss questions of information security and privacy, especially those concerning student privacy as it relates to faculty use of social networking sites, blogs, and e-mail communication. We also will explore how to use your own website to present your professional persona and research in proactive ways.
This session will NOT be a workshop in webpage design; instead, we will focus on some of the larger challenges and opportunities related to communicating your professional identity on the internet.