Managing your academic career : a guide to re-envision mid-career / Vicki L. Baker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baker, Vicki L., 1978- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College administrators.

College teachers.

College teachers--Employment--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY ; Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, [2022]

Summary:

The definitive resource for mid-career professionals in the academy, this book provides a step-by-step guide to re-imagining the mid-career stage, regardless of career goals, whether aiming for full professorship or an administrative path, drawing on higher education, organizational studies, and human resource fields. Essential guidance for scholars of faculty work, faculty developers, mid-career faculty members, and institutional leaders to build a strong foundation to design a diversified portfolio of mid-career stage programming is assured. The stories, examples, literature, and resources shared throughout this comprehensive work will provide inspiration, and reality checks, to mid-career faculty and the individuals charged with better supporting them. Readers will be able to: Identify their career (or departmental/institutional) goals and next steps Determine the gaps in needed skills, tools, and experiences to support goal achievement as next steps are pursued Manage the process of taking newfound skills, tools, strategies, and resources to arrive at the intended destination. Higher education faculty, administrators, and other academic leaders will be empowered to take control of the mid-career stage by using the resources, strategies, and tools offered throughout the book to build, implement, and assess a robust mid-career faculty development program.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Endorsement

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

Figure

Tables

Foreword

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Introduction

Strength in Numbers

Mid-Career: Then and Now

Positionality

Purpose of the Book

Who Should Read This Book?

How to Use It

Chapter Overview/Organization of Book

Part 1 The Individual Faculty Perspective

Chapter 1 Reimagining the Next Phase of Your Career

Lack of Clearly Defined Hurdles and Developmental Milestones-Why Should We Care?

Job Burnout

Faculty Disengagement

Stalled Career Progression

Returning to Sam's Experience

Relevant Facts

Key Stakeholders

Needed Information

Case Summary

Tools, Strategies, and Resources

"Fly On the Wall" and Modified 360-Degree Assessment

Fly On the Wall

Modified 360-Degree Assessment

Key Contribution(s)

Chapter Summary and Next Steps

References

Chapter 2 Planning, Goal-Setting, and Problem Solving

Why Are There So Few Dedicated Resources Or Programming Geared at Mid-Career?

Evolving Nature of Higher Education

Lack of Diversity in the Professoriate

Increased Reliance of Contingent Faculty

Returning to Sarah's Experience

Post Hoc Year in Review

Professional Strategic Planning

Opportunities

Needed Results

Deadlines and Interim Deliverables

Problem Solving

Chapter 3 Turning Promotion Guidelines and Strategic Imperatives Into an Organizing Framework

What Do You Need to Know?

Lack of Clarity On Evaluation Criteria

Lack of Clarity On Process

What Does Earning Full Professorship Get Me?

Barriers Toward Advancement

Returning to Ashley's Experience.

Relevant Facts

Career Progression Framework

What to Include

Career Progression Example

Strategic Priorities

Chapter 4 Executing Your Plans

Redefining Work in the Academy

Perception Vs. Reality

Women Faculty and Academic Mothers

Faculty of Color

Returning to Brad's Experience

Executing Your Strategy

Scenario Planning Strategy Framework

Critical Scenario Planning Considerations

Scenario Planning Visual

Dimension 2

Part 2 Departmental and Institutional Perspectives

Chapter 5 Becoming an Effective MCF Mentor as Department Chair

It Is Not Just About Teaching and Scholarship Anymore

Challenges

Gender, Race, and Leadership

Returning to Natalie's Experience

Knowledge Acquisition and Strategies to Acquire It

Skill Development

Leadership Development

Management Development

Personnel Development

Chapter 6 Advancing Your Career Goals as a Department Chair Through Mentorship

Why Leaders Need Mentoring Too?

What Mentoring Is (And Is Not)

Critical Elements of Mentoring at Mid-Career

Returning to Adam's Experience

Needed Info

Mentoring Needs Inventory

Building Your Team of Supporters-But First…

Other Strategies: Delegation

References.

Chapter 7 Assessing and Investing in Your Faculty Development Portfolio

What Do Mid-Career Faculty Need and Want?

Context

Returning to Francis' Experience

Faculty Development Portfolio Assessment

Pulse-Taking Survey

Chapter 8 Organizing and Communicating: Getting Mid-Career Faculty Engaged

Communication and Access: Critical Considerations to Support Faculty Development

Organizational Communication

Access

Returning to Matt's Experience

Communication

Needed Infrastructure and Communication Strategies

Part 3 Thriving at Mid-Career

Chapter 9 Moving Forward: A Mid-Career Agenda

Chapter Summaries

Part 1-Individual Faculty Perspective

Part 2-Departmental and Institutional Perspectives

Re-writing the Mid-Career Narrative: Advancing an Institutional and Faculty-Focused Agenda

Equity Mindedness

Strategic Partnerships

Re-defining Success

Support Non-Standard Career Advancement

Concluding Thoughts

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Baker, Vicki L. Managing Your Academic Career

ISBN:

1-00-320131-8

1-003-20131-8

1-000-58398-8

9781003201311

OCLC:

1302309269