Aligning Your Work with Your Goals as Career Faculty

Last updated April 10, 2023

Aligning Your Work with Your Goals as Career Faculty

Last updated April 10, 2023

Strategically choose career opportunities that match your goals as non-tenure-track faculty.

Overview

Faculty not on the tenure track are seeking career development and leadership opportunities relevant to their unique career paths. While they share similar responsibilities as tenure-track faculty, they also face being overburdened with undervalued academic work, such as administrative and service work, that may not advance their careers and professional goals.

In our video course, Becoming Part of the Great Aspiration: A Career Development Workshop for Alt-ac Faculty, Dr. Gypsy Denzine introduces the idea of “professional equity,” which includes your knowledge and expertise as well as your professional network and reputation. In this live addendum to the course, Dr. Denzine will walk you through how you can build your professional equity as a non-tenure-track faculty member by being strategic about the tasks you choose, so that they align with your values and career goals.

Who should attend?

Whether you have taken the asynchronous course or not, this workshop is ideal for career faculty who are interested in career development and advancement. This course will also be useful to department chairs, associate deans, and faculty affairs leaders who create opportunities for career faculty and want to contribute to their success and well-being.

 

Agenda

During this event, we will show selected lessons from the Academic Impressions’ video course, Becoming Part of the Great Aspiration: A Career Development Workshop for Alt-ac Faculty, alongside live activities and discussion for an enhanced experience.

Part 1: Defining Professional Equity
During the first part of this training, we will give an overview of what professional equity is and what it specifically means for non-tenure-track faculty.

Part 2: Identifying Your Needs and Network
With professional equity in mind, we will turn to identifying your needs and how to strategically take on tasks that align with them.

Part 3: Preparing for Career Curveballs
Finally, we will conclude with how you can leverage your professional equity to prepare for career curveballs in the ever-changing landscape of higher education as a non-tenuretrack faculty member.

Zoom link:

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88131332324?pwd=MVhGNTBWakFZWTIvbVd5bXMwUHNCdz09

Meeting ID: 881 3133 2324
Passcode: 730936 

 

 

Learning Outcome

Align your career goals as non-tenure-track faculty with the tasks you choose to take on in your role.