This program encourages APT faculty considering promotion to any rank within the next three to five years to review expectations and learn about successful strategies for promotion in the academic professional track. While this two-day program is designed for a holistic overview of skills and dispositions for promotion success, some participants might choose to select from the component sessions based on interest and responsibilities within their title.
2025 Schedule
DAY 1
Wednesday May 7, 2025
8:30 - 11:30 a.m. | GPS (Generating Professional Success) on the Academic Professional Track
DAY 2
Thursday May 8, 2025
8:30 - 10 a.m. | Giving and Receiving Feedback: Essential Competencies for a Successful Faculty Career
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Growing in the Practice of Academic Writing
1 - 2:30 p.m. | Crafting the Impact Statement
3 - 5 p.m. | Measuring More Than Numbers: Communicating the Broader Impact of Research, Teaching, and Service
Speakers and Learning Outcomes
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Speaker:
- Clint Patterson, Assistant Director of Mentoring and Graduate Education, Center for Teaching Excellence
Learning Outcomes:
- Identify different communication styles
- Use multiple strategies for improving communication (in person, at a distance, across multiple mentors, and within proper personal boundaries)
- Develop a mentoring network map
- Develop key indicators to evaluate progress in a mentorship
- Engage in active listening while practicing giving and receiving feedback
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Speaker:
- Debra McKeown, Associate Professor of Literacy, Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture
Learning Outcomes:
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Reflect on current practices in academic writing
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Clarify benefits of academic writing to increase motivation
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Identify resistance to academic writing to increase productivity
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Develop an individualized plan for success, incorporating research-based strategies
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Envision and discuss strategies to support others in their writing practice
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Speakers:
- Marian Eide, Professor and UPTC Member
- Jennifer Griffith, Instructional Professor and UPC Member
Learning Outcomes:
- Elucidate motivations for your scholarship, creative projects, teaching and service
- Map the connections between these vocational pursuit
- Apply narrative principles to writing about your career
- Describe your area of expertise in accessible language
- Anticipate your audience to build a strong case
- Invite positive evaluation by accurate description
- Incorporate models and peer review
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Speakers:
- Bruce Herbert, Professor, Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications
- David E. Hubbard, Research & Scholarly Initiatives Librarian, Texas A&M University Libraries
Learning Outcomes:
- Develop the ability to effectively measure the impact of your research, teaching, and service using citation-based and alternative metrics
- Gain practical skills in using narrative approaches to communicate the broader significance of your contributions
- Design effective strategies to enhance the visibility and access of your contributions