Beyond your PhD: Looking forward and looking back
Early Childhood Lecturer
Susanne GarvisSchool of Education and Professional StudiesGriffith University (Gold Coast campus)[email protected]
Teaching/Research
• Research assistant?• Post doc?• Another degree?• Sessional work?• Contract lecturer?
Continuous Appointment Interview
• Need to gather evidence for teaching, research and service
• Scary process! (read university policies and know something about the context)
• My CV• Questions
Work: Good days
Bad day
Find others for support!
• Similar experiences• Same stage in career• Research projects
Every week is different!- You need to be flexible!
Last Week This Week Coming
Submitted 2 external grants 9-5 teaching for masters gifted program
Submitted 2 journal articles School students coming in for enrichment activities
10 hours of face to face teaching
1 higher education class (student)
2 teleconference calls with tender clients
Marked 30 assignments
Managed to return 240 assignments in one lecture
Write a draft paper