A joint faculty development program of the Office of the Provost and the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women, To Tenure and Beyond: Building an Intentional Career in STEM is a regional career development workshop series for pre-tenure women professors in STEM from the six research universities (BGSU, CWRU, CSU, KSU, UA and UT) that collaborated on the NSF-PAID grant Institutions Developing Excellence in Academic Leadership (IDEAL).

Funded in 2011 by A Pay it FORWARD grant, and renewed 2012, the To Tenure and Beyond objectives are focused on developing strategic skills, building confidence and enhancing participants' understanding of academe while advancing the creation of a professional development plan that incorporates achieving career objectives post-tenure.

The Northwest Ohio workshops (BG & UT) will be held 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday, August 15th at the University of Toledo
Monday, October 8th at Bowling Green State University
Wednesday, November 14th at the University of Toledo medical campus Lunch and parking will be provided.

The Northeast Ohio workshops (CSU, CWRU, KSU, UA) will be held from 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. on the Case Western Reserve Univeristy campus
Friday, September 14th at Mandel Center for Nonprofit Building, room 115
Thursday, October 18th at Thwing Center, 1914 Lounge
Tuesday, December 11th at Mandel Center for Nonprofit Building, room 115 Lunch, parking and mileage reimbursement will be available

The workshop content will include:

1) Two one-hour executive coaching sessions for each particpant (with a third optional coaching session)
2) Three skill-building workshops (9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.) using case studies of situations that could impact tenure
3) Opportunities to interact with peer/near peer faculty from Northeast Ohio universities.

For additional information contact workshop director Amanda Shaffer at 216.368.8874 or amanda.shaffer@case.edu

2012 Workshop Documents

To Tenure and Beyond was offered in two locations in 2012; In Northwest Ohio for BGSU and UT faculty and in Northeast Ohio for CWRU, CSU, KSU and UA faculty. The content for workshops at each location was customized for participants based on the aggregate results of the faculty participant surveys. Please complete the post-assessment survey for your worshop series linked below.

Link to Northwest Ohio post-survey: Bowling Green and University of Toledo survey
Link to Northeast Ohio post-survey: CSU, CWRU, KSU and UA survey

Handouts and presentations from each workshop will be posted after each session

Workshop One

Handouts

Travel Form for mileage (PDF)
ESSPR form must be completed to submit travel
W9 for CWRU must be completed to submit travel
Service Point Worksheet (Blank)
Work Life Integration Worksheet.doc
Learn to say No
Service Point Worksheet (Blank)

Resource Articles:

Email Etiquette: A Primer on Electronic Communication
Junior Professors: Juggling Teaching, Research, and Advice, Ben Gose, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 2011
A Tool to Guide Junior Faculty in Their Progression Toward Promotion and Tenure, Linda Garand et al., 2010, Journal of Professional Nursing.
An overview of intentional change from a complexity perspective, Richard E. Boyatzis, Journal of Management Development, 2006
Target practice , Boyatzis, Howard, Lapisarda, Taylor, Arkin. Journal of People Management, 11 Mar 2004
The ideal self as the driver of intentional change, Richard E. Boyatzis and Kleio Akrivou, Journal of Management Development, 2006

Workshop Two

Handouts

The Academic Network: A Social Capital Exercise
Faculty Work Plan Template
Faculty Research in Progress Template

Resource Articles:

"Why Men Still Get More Promotions Than Women: Your high-potential females need more than just well-meaning mentors", by Herminia Ibarra, Nancy M. Carter, and Christine Silva, Harvard Business Review, September 2010
Top Ten Questions to Think about before Your Tenure Review, American Economic Association Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession
Top Ten List: Developing and Maintaining Networking, American Economic Association Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession
Development and Validation of the Political Skill Inventory, Gerald R. Ferris et al, Journal of Management, Vol. 31 No. 1, February 2005 126-152

Workshop Three

Handouts:

Tips for Managing Students
Student Roadmap Template (project management type)
PhD or MS Student Roadmap Template
Individual Development Plan (IDP) part 1, by Nicole Steinmetz, PhD, for EBME 570 Professional Development course.
Individual Development Plan (IDP) part 2, by Nicole Steinmetz, PhD, for EBME 570 Professional Development course.
CWRU Mentoring Guidebook for Faculty, helping graduate students grow into respected professionals and trusted colleagues (2007/2008). A Gradutae Student Guidebook and additional resources are also available at this website.

Resource Articles:

Mapping the Terrain of Mid-Career Faculty at a Research University: Implications for Faculty and Academic Leaders, Roger Baldwin, Deborah DeZure, Allyn Shaw and Kristin Moretto. Change, September/October 2008

2011 Pilot & Final Report

Download the original FORWARD proposal
Download the Final Report of the 2011 pilot
2011 Participant Pre-Survey(Link )
2011 Participant Pre-SurveyPost Survey (Link )

A joint program of the Office of the Provost and the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women

To Tenure and Beyond: Building an Intentional Career in STEM was a regional career development workshop series piloted in 2011 for pre-tenure women professors in STEM from the six research universities (BGSU, CWRU, CSU, KSU, UA and UT) collaborating on the NSF-PAID grant Institutions Developing Excellence in Academic Leadership (IDEAL). Each IDEAL University was invited to nominate 3 - 4 pre-tenure women STEM faculty to participate.

IDEAL had three overall objectives:
1) create a regional learning community,
2) leadership development for senior faculty, and
3) institutional commitment to the advancement and participation of women faculty at the partner universities.

These objectives were accomplished through leadership development workshops, an annual plenary conference and the design and launching of an annual change projects by Change Leader Teams at each university. The change projects progressed a university-specific institutional theme around the participation and advancement of women faculty. For the six IDEAL universities To Tenure and Beyond complemented the transformative activities of the Change Leader Teams by engaging the pre-tenure women faculty.

The To Tenure and Beyond objectives were focused on developing strategic skills, building confidence and enhancing participants' understanding of academe while advancing the creation of a professional development plan that incorporated achieving tenure and beyond.

The workshops were held over an academic year: September 26th, 2011, November 17th, 2011 and February 20th 2012
from 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. on the CWRU campus.
Parking costs, working lunch and mileage costs for participants were supplied by the grant.

The workshop content included:

1) Two one-hour executive coaching sessions for each particpant
2) Three six-hour skill-building workshops using case studies, panel discussions, and "homework", and
3) Opportunities to interact with peer/near peer faculty from geographically close research universities.

The activities and format for the workshops were based upon focus group data from CWRU women faculty and climate survey data from several of the IDEAL institutions, which all indicated a desire and need for mentoring among STEM women faculty. The preliminary list of workshop topics, which were subsequently influenced by participant survey results, are below:

- Intentional Change
- Goal setting
- Increasing Positive Visibility
- Power, Politics and Influence
- Mentoring and Being Mentored
- Managing Others
- Negotiation Skills
- Dealing with Difficult People
- Time Management
- Work Life Integration

About FORWARD

Focus on Reaching Women for Academics, Research and Development in Science, Engineering and Mathematics (FORWARD), is a joint program of Washington and Gallaudet Universities funded by two National Science Foundation ADVANCE leadership awards and one NIH award.
The goal of FORWARD to advance women, the Deaf and other underrepresented minorities in STEM disciplines.

PAY IT FORWARD is a Train the Trainer project, funding teams to develop new workshops to advance women and other underrepresented minorities in STEM. CWRU was a recipient of the PAY IT FORWARD grant.

For additional information contact Amanda Shaffer at 216.368.8874 or amanda.shaffer@case.edu