Entering the Academy: Entering the Academy: The Art & Science of The Art & Science of

Being a Faculty MemberBeing a Faculty Member   

Entering the Academy: Entering the Academy: The Art & Science of The Art & Science of

Being a Faculty MemberBeing a Faculty Member   

Edwin D. Bell

Department of Educational Leadership, Counseling, and Professional Services

Edwin D. Bell

Department of Educational Leadership, Counseling, and Professional Services

The Big ThreeThe Big Three

• Teaching

• Research

• Service

• Teaching

• Research

• Service

TeachingTeaching

• Many of you have not had formal training in Malcolm Knowles’ concept of andragogy, i.e., the art and science of educating adult learners.

• Many of you have not had formal training in Malcolm Knowles’ concept of andragogy, i.e., the art and science of educating adult learners.

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• However, each profession has journals and conferences that discuss the best practices of teaching in the field. For Example, see the Teaching Professor

• However, each profession has journals and conferences that discuss the best practices of teaching in the field. For Example, see the Teaching Professor

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• Join a community of learners to reflect and discuss effective teaching.

• Contact the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) at WSSU

• Join a community of learners to reflect and discuss effective teaching.

• Contact the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) at WSSU

ResearchResearch

• Research can be an area of contention at institutions that are in transition

• The faculty are expected to not only be effective teachers, but also scholars, and service providers.

• Research can be an area of contention at institutions that are in transition

• The faculty are expected to not only be effective teachers, but also scholars, and service providers.

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• In 1990 Ernest Boyer published a book through the Carnegie Foundation called Scholarship Reconsidered.

• The concepts of the book are still being debated today. See this article

• In 1990 Ernest Boyer published a book through the Carnegie Foundation called Scholarship Reconsidered.

• The concepts of the book are still being debated today. See this article

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• The central issue for many is that if the department/school faculty develop appropriate guidelines and rubrics, individuals can conduct theory-based, peer-reviewed research on their teaching and their service.

• The central issue for many is that if the department/school faculty develop appropriate guidelines and rubrics, individuals can conduct theory-based, peer-reviewed research on their teaching and their service.

ServiceService

• UNC Tomorrow – has indentified important roles for the university system in service to the citizens of the state of North Carolina.

• Read the report, read the WSSU’s response.

• UNC Tomorrow – has indentified important roles for the university system in service to the citizens of the state of North Carolina.

• Read the report, read the WSSU’s response.

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• Read WSSU’s Strategic Plan• Read WSSU’s Strategic Plan

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• Let them influence your plans for service.

• Read the relevant literature to guide your service

• Evaluate the impact of your service and write about it.

• Let them influence your plans for service.

• Read the relevant literature to guide your service

• Evaluate the impact of your service and write about it.

BalanceBalance

• Develop a 3-year plan for your teaching, scholarship, and service.

• Get advice and feedback, from administrators, senior faculty, and professional peers outside of WSSU on your progress.

• Develop a 3-year plan for your teaching, scholarship, and service.

• Get advice and feedback, from administrators, senior faculty, and professional peers outside of WSSU on your progress.

BalanceBalance

BalanceBalance

• How are you supposed to balance all of this and still have a life?

• Collaborate with your colleagues locally, state-wide, nationally, and internationally.

• How are you supposed to balance all of this and still have a life?

• Collaborate with your colleagues locally, state-wide, nationally, and internationally.

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• Make a continual commitment to your professional growth and development (there is always something new to learn)

• Make a continual commitment to have fun

• Make a continual commitment to your professional growth and development (there is always something new to learn)

• Make a continual commitment to have fun

QuestionsQuestions

• What can you do next?• What can you do next?