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Finding the Elusive Pathway to Promotion as an Educator
Author(s) -
Lambert H. Wayne,
Zdilla Matthew J.,
Klinkhachorn Penprapa S.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.30.1_supplement.6.1
Subject(s) - scholarship , promotion (chess) , public relations , passion , professional development , publishing , institution , medical education , service (business) , political science , sociology , psychology , pedagogy , medicine , business , marketing , politics , law , psychotherapist
Most faculty members are required to meet specific benchmarks in their yearly academic assignment in the areas of research/scholarship, teaching, and service. Teaching faculty are charged with providing the majority of the student instruction and support within an academic department, and these educators often struggle to find the time and a venue to produce the required scholarship to achieve promotion to the next academic rank. Therefore, this career development talk will highlight important steps an educator can take to achieve career success both personally and professionally. Teaching faculty can follow varied pathways while progressing through the Promotion and Tenure Process. Most often, designing impactful scholarly projects around the teacher's personal passion is the best place to start. Activities, such as publishing in scholarly peer‐reviewed journals, developing effective teaching and assessments tools to be published in peer‐reviewed educational repositories like MedEdPortal, becoming involved with textbook projects, taking on administrative positions pertinent to the success of your department or school, and/or becoming a leader in national and international professional organizations, are a great place to carve out your own niche to derive satisfaction and enjoyment from your career. General themes of this talk will include: 1) identifying mentors that can provides tools to ensure your career success; 2) attending professional meetings to share your scholarly endeavors; 3) building collaborative relationships with fellow faculty members; and 4) recognizing your career goals may change as you adapt to internal and external pressures that exist both within and outside your institution. The goal of this talk is to help teaching faculty advance their academic careers by unlocking their potential and seizing opportunities that will arise in teaching, scholarship, research, and service, while avoiding obstacles (or pitfalls) that are often present.