GRADUATE STUDENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

SUMMER 2013 – EARLY SPRING 2014

Professional Development * Life Skills * Academic Development *

Networking

2013-2014 Highlights•Academies

•Workshops

•Mentoring

•Support & Accountability Groups

•Resources

•Special Events

•CSGS Grant

GTA Academy Highlights

GTA Academy • Designing Activities, Assignments, and Projects to Stimulate Critical Thinking

• Strategies for Using Rubrics as a Form of Assessment

• Creating a Learning-Centered Syllabus

• Classroom Management Techniques

• Formative Assessment and Classroom Assessment Techniques

• Micro-Teaching Peer Feedback

• Constructing Your Philosophy of Teaching Statement

• Collaborative Student Learning

• Active Learning and Productive Discussions

GTA AcademyCollege of Arts and Sciences 19

College of Education and Human Development 3

School of Medicine 3

Kent School of Social Work 2

Speed School of Engineering 2

College of Business 1

School of Music 1

School of Nursing 1

Total 32

2012-2013 GTA Academy

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4.16 4.483.76 3.8

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5.07 4.93 4.71

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Pre-Academy Post-Academy

GTA Academy

2013-2014 Highlights• 31 Students

• Better faculty integration

• Team-Based Learning

• Instructional Technology Micro-Teaching

• Increase in Retention

Grant Writing Academy Highlights

Grant Writing Academy• Getting Started: Developing Your Idea and Finding Funding

• The Details: Developing Your Budget and Thinking About Compliance Issues

• Making the Argument: Writing the Proposal and Budget Narratives

• Workshopping Your Grant: Mock Peer Review

• Post-Award Grant Management

Grant Writing Academy   Fall 2013 Spring 2014School of Medicine 3 5College of Education and Human Development 3 4College of Arts and Sciences 10 7Speed School of Engineering 5 5Kent School of Social Work 1 3School of Public Health and Information Sciences 2 2School of Business 0 1School of Nursing 1 1     Total 25 28

Fall 2013 Grant Writing Academy

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3.12 3.042.56

2.28 2.441.88

2.52 2.52 2.48 2.28 2.16

5.45.1 4.9

4.2 4.4 4.2

5 5.1 4.94.6 4.6

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Pre-Test Post-Test

Grant Writing Academy

2013-2014 Highlights• First year• Highly selective• Improvements for the future• Great feedback• Next session: Spring 2015

Entrepreneurship Academy Highlights

Entrepreneurship AcademySpring 2014

• Pilot Workshop this semester

• Introduction to Entrepreneurial Thinking

• Tuesday, April 15, 2pm-3pm

Fall 2014

• Four Sessions

• Advertising will begin in June

• Deadline late August

Workshop Highlights

Sampling of 2013-2014 PLAN Workshops

   

Fall Teaching Toolbox

  Managing Grad School: Life as a Grad Student

  Conflict Management

  International Student Social

  The CV and the Resume: What’s the Difference?

  Fellowship & Grant Applications

  Power Literature Searching

  Academic Mock Interview

  Endnote

   

Spring Time Management for Graduate Students

  More About Post-Docs

  Your Teaching Philosophy Statement

  IRB From the Inside

  Writing a Literature Review

  Diversity in the Classroom: How to Notice and Navigate Subtle Discrimination

  Women in Leadership Panel

  Peer Mentoring for Recruitment

PLAN Workshops By the Numbers2010-2011 422011-2012 642012-2013 692013-2014 ~47

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Yearly Comparison of Registration to At-tendance

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Yearly PLAN Event Attendance by Semester

Fall Spring

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16%

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2013-2014 Attendance by Degree Status

DoctoralMastersNon-DegreeUnknown or Other

61%

36%

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The content of the session was useful

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37%

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The materials used by the presenter(s) were effective

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62%

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The session was well-organized and presented

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29%

The presenter(s) was/were knowledgeable

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70%

25%

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There was sufficient opportunity to share ideas and ask questions

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I will recommend this event to other students

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Students with High Attendance•16 students have attended 5 or more workshops

•39 students have attended 3 or more workshops

Feedback• “Great idea to create a [career] series! This should be

considered with all PLAN programs.”

• “I learned both the how and the why of creating the CV and the resume.”

• “Great perspective on graduate writing and tools offered.”

• “I really liked learning more about writing goals and obstacles to time management [and] the advice to make a backwards timeline.”

• “Great discussion of the benefits of peer mentoring and tools to start a program.”

• “I saw an excellent interview and great discussion afterward.”

MentoringHighlights

Mentoring HighlightsCEHD

• Mentor Orientation

• CEHD Orientation

Urban Planning Masters

Other Student Interest from:

• Public Health and Information Sciences

• Chemistry

Support & Accountability Groups

Resources

Special Events

Special Events• Dr. Leonard Cassuto

• Social Events

• DGS Reading Group

• Alt-Ac Career Panel

• Career Colloquium

• Women in Leadership Panel Discussion

Next Steps• Grant

• Entrepreneurship Academy

• Masters-Level Workshops

• Departmental Connections

• Expanding Peer Mentoring Programs

• Website and Resources

• Sciences Summer GTA Academy

So What?• Efforts are based in research, experience, and expressed

need, but we need YOUR expertise: What events would best benefit your students? How could you contribute to graduate student

professional development?

We need your continued support and promotion of the PLAN program.

Thank you!

Please feel free to contact me.michelle.rodems@louisville.edu or 502.852.3110