Subject: Preparing Future Faculty course
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Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 03:05:42 +0000

Preparing Future Faculty
To register
Doctoral students and postdocs are eligible to register for Preparing Future Faculty - GRAD 59000 (CRN 37260). Register through myPurdue.

Description
PFF explores faculty roles and responsibilities as they relate to the missions of an institution of higher education, and the type of institution including community colleges, liberal arts colleges, research universities, and minority-serving institutions.
*       Tuesdays, 1:30 to 3:20 p.m.
*       2 credit hour course
*       Pass/No Pass grading system.

Student Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to do the following after the completion of the course:
*       Explore and reflect on your assumptions about academic roles, positions, practices, missions, and institutions.
*       Construct an institutional profile and relate your career goals and faculty skill sets with institutional missions and departmental goals.
*       Construct a career strategic plan for enhancing and maintaining faculty skill sets and competencies.
*       Develop your portfolio including the following elements: curriculum vita, cover letter, research statement, and teaching philosophy.

Program Components
A tentative schedule for Spring 2013, including speaker list and activities, is attached. Three basic elements compose the course:
*       discussion with administrators, faculty members, and colleagues
*       reflection through portfolio construction
*       development and articulation of skills and competencies

Cyndi Lynch
Director of Fellowships and Professional Development
Instructor, Preparing Future Professionals & Preparing Future Faculty
Graduate School, Purdue University
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p:(765) 494-2598
f: (765) 494-0136
155 South Grant Street | West Lafayette, IN | 47907-2108
http://www.gradschool.purdue.edu/profdev/
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