Graduate Student Professional Development Summer 2013 – Early Spring 2014

1. Graduate Student Professional DevelopmentSummer 2013 – Early Spring 2014 Professional Development * Life Skills * Academic Development * Networking

2. 2013-2014 Highlights • Academies • Workshops • Mentoring • Support & Accountability Groups • Resources • Special Events • CSGS Grant

3. GTA Academy Highlights

4. 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

5. GTA Academy

6. 2012-2013 GTA Academy

7. GTA Academy 2013-2014 Highlights • 31 Students • Better faculty integration • Team-Based Learning • Instructional Technology Micro-Teaching • Increase in Retention

8. Grant Writing Academy Highlights

9. 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

10. Grant Writing Academy

11. Fall 2013 Grant Writing Academy

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

13. Entrepreneurship Academy Highlights

14. Entrepreneurship Academy Spring 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

15. Workshop Highlights

17. PLAN Workshops By the Numbers

28. Students with High Attendance • 16 students have attended 5 or more workshops • 39 students have attended 3 or more workshops

29. 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.”

30. MentoringHighlights

31. Mentoring Highlights CEHD • Mentor Orientation • CEHD Orientation Urban Planning Masters Other Student Interest from: • Public Health and Information Sciences • Chemistry

32. Support & Accountability Groups

33. Resources

35. Special Events

36. Special Events • Dr. Leonard Cassuto • Social Events • DGS Reading Group • Alt-Ac Career Panel • Career Colloquium • Women in Leadership Panel Discussion

37. Next Steps • Grant • Entrepreneurship Academy • Masters-Level Workshops • Departmental Connections • Expanding Peer Mentoring Programs • Website and Resources • Sciences Summer GTA Academy

38. 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