Planning your Academic Career
| When: |
Friday, 07 June 2019 - Friday, 07 June 2019 |
| Where: |
Braamfontein Campus West
Centre for Learning, Teaching and Development |
| Start time: | 9:00 |
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Do you know what you need to do today in order to achieve your career goals in six years’ time?
A successful academic career requires a considerable amount of juggling. Research, teaching, supervision, community engagement, funding, sabbaticals, conferences, promotion, NRF ratings — they all need to be factored into your plan. Dr Robin Drennan, the Director for Research Developmentin the University Research Office, will help you develop a five to seven-year macro plan that willensure you are well placed to make the best of your career. An emphasis is placed on research throughout this workshop.
Facilitator: Dr Robin Drennan
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Planning your Sabbatical
A sabbatical comes once every six years - so it is vital to make the most of it!
Dr Robin Drennan, the Director for Research Development in the University Research Office, will share some pointers on how, when and what to plan for a successful sabbatical. This workshop will help you develop a plan and so make the most of the opportunity. Your sabbatical plan should maximise the impact of the time on your research. Various funding options will also be discussed.
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Developing a Teaching Portfolio
An opportunity to fully engage with teaching portfolios!
Teaching portfolios are an opportunity to engage these critical questions and also provide space for documenting practice to demonstrate growth, pedagogical competence and excellence in teaching. A teaching portfolio is not only a requirement of the institution, but it is a crucial space for reflective practice and continuous engagement with practice. The workshop on developing a teaching portfolio is fully online and hands-on; it starts with exploring literature on reflective practice and professional learning then moves on to take participants through various processes on developing a teaching portfolio. Participants will draft their teaching philosophies and demonstrate how these philosophies translate into practice focused on student success.
There will be guidance offered by facilitators and peers. There is, however, an assumption that academics participating in this workshop have the basic scholarly understanding of curriculum, learning and teaching and assessment principles. The end-product of this workshop for each participant is a complete draft of a teaching portfolio.
This is a fully online course over 4 weeks.
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