Working Together to Succeed How Can Connect @RIT Project Transform RIT?

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1209115

Working Together to SucceedHow Can Connect@RIT Project Transform RIT?

Faculty Institute on Teaching and Learning (FITL), RIT, 22 May 2013

Understand. Enhance. Transform.

NSF Grant Leadership Team Margaret Bailey - PI (KGCOE), Maureen Valentine – co PI (CAST), Sharon Mason – co PI (GCCIS), Carol Marchetti – co PI (COS), John-Paul Hatala – co PI (CAST), Kerry Ivers – SP (NSF ADVANCE Connect@RIT), Stefi Baum – SP (COS), Kijana Crawford – SP (COLA), Sue Foster – SP (NTID), Other SP: Bill Destler, Jeremy Haefner, Lynn Wild, Renée

Baker, Kevin McDonald, Hector Flores, Kit Mayberry


Today’s Panel• Margaret Bailey (KGCOE)• Maureen Valentine (CAST) • Carol Marchetti (COS)• John-Paul Hatala (CAST)• Kijana Crawford (COLA)• Sue Foster (NTID)• Wendy Dannels (NTID)• Kerry Ivers (NSF ADVANCE Connect@RIT)


Objectives of Today’s Session

• Answer the question: What is the NSF ADVANCE Connect@RIT project?

• Learn more about key program elements

• Identify faculty participants’ future interests and needs

• Help us understand people’s willingness to talk about RIT’s culture


Clicker Exercise #1:What is the NSF ADVANCE

Connect@RIT project all about?1. Advancing faculty scholarship and research2. Pushing semester conversion3. Promoting on-line course development4. Creating intersession courses5. Transforming RIT to a university that attracts,

retains, and advances more women faculty


NSF ADVANCE Connect@RIT

• 5-year, $3.2 million NSF ADVANCE grant funded project to encourage institutional transformation.

• Key objective: enhance the recruitment, retention and advancement of women faculty in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and social and behavioral sciences (SBS).


Defining Project Success• Outcomes are self-defined and used to evaluate

transformation progress Increase representation of women within STEM faculty

candidate pools (from 20% to 30%) Achieve higher retention rate for T/TT female faculty

(closely match those for male peers) Increase the representation of women faculty in

targeted departments with less than 20% (reduce current % of such departments by 50%)

Increase the % of women in academic tenure track leadership positions (match representation)

• Supported by a series of initiatives and activities


How Will These Goals Be Achieved?

• Support the Institute in strengthening and refining targeted institutional structures.

• Improve the quality of the work-life balance at RIT.

• Enhance the working environment and support faculty career advancement, with a focus on female faculty.

• Establish sustainable, inclusive and accessible RIT networks that support career goals for all RIT faculty.


Connect@RIT Programming

• Leverage grant to support faculty in their TEACHING, SCHOLARSHIP, and SERVICE activities.

Support the recruitment, retention, advancement, and mentoring of outstanding female faculty members for their continued success

• Incorporates a multi-frame approach with four strategic areas:o Structural; Political; Human Resources; and

SymbolicConnectivity

Series

Director/Department Head/Chair

(Education & Grants Program)

Leadership/Career Development

(Education & Grants Program)

Eminent Scholar (Grants Program)

Refine Faculty Recruitment Process

COACHE Survey

Dual Career Hire Initiatives

Refine Faculty Mentoring Program

Faculty Exit Interview Process

Automatic Tenure Clock Extension for

Birth/Adoption

Revise Women’s Commission


What’s the Basic Approach?

Research & Best Practices

Programs &Policies

Connect@RIT


Connect@RIT Research Elements• Based on social resources theory.

o Goals accomplished through effective use of social networks

• Social Networking Behavior Studyo Understand faculty’s perceptions and experiences

• Research includes a focus on “lived experiences” of two key faculty sub-populations:o AALANA Womeno Deaf and Hard of Hearing Women


Clicker Exercise #2:What Do Women Faculty Need to Succeed and Thrive at RIT?

1. Mentoring2. Assistance with research and publications3. Improved networking skills4. Strong self-agency5. Keen self awareness6. Negotiation skills7. All of the above8. None of the above - others


Break-out Session:What else do women faculty need to succeed and thrive at RIT?

1. At your table discuss the above question.2. Record thoughts from group members on easel.3. Select table representative to summarize above to

share with everyone in the session.


Wrap-up:What’s next?

• How can you become more involved?• Visit EXPO NSF ADVANCE Connect@RIT booth to

learn more and “sign-up”• Consider supporting Allies and Advocates• Giveaway• Comment card

oWhat else do you wish that we had talked about today?

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1209115

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Working Together to Succeed How Can Connect @RIT Project Transform RIT?

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