Upcoming Blog Series - Support for Faculty Milestone

 

I've been teaching in higher education for over 2 decades! 😲 My  work as an educator started even earlier by hosting mini-workshops for my local Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf group (Mid-SCRID). That's what led me to pursue a Master's in linguistics - because I wanted to teach interpreting in a college setting. 

I started my faculty career as a part-time English composition instructor and as a part-time interpreting instructor at two different community colleges, while working on my Master's degree. 

To listen to the audio of this video, you'll find it in the Faculty Resource Center.

From there, I began my hunt for a full-time faculty position. After multiple interviews, I landed at Eastern Kentucky University - in a grant funded, non-tenure track faculty position.

Eventually a tenure-track position opened up, and I applied and was hired into that position. I'm now a tenured, associate professor.

Over the years, I've realized that what I needed to know to feel successful differed by the stage I was currently in or the stage I was moving toward. 

I bet that's true for most people.  

Upcoming Blog Series

Although I'm not an expert on everything "faculty," I have walked my own journey, helped colleagues through their journeys, and conducted research in this area.

Over the next several posts, I'll be taking a look at some major milestones along a "typical" faculty path....with the caveat that everyone has their own path.

I want to address your specific questions, struggles, and successes!

Where are you in your journey?

Are you considering work in higher education? Do you want a position, but you're not sure how to go about landing one?

Are you already in a part-time or full-time position and wanting to be your most successful self there?

Are you in a position and considering a move to a different type of position?

What bit of information do you need to know right now?  What's your biggest struggle in your current position?

Share your responses here (or click on the image below), and guide the direction of the blog series. 

 

 

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