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Professional Development Training Program equipping early career scientists with skills and experiences to maximize their potential. Michele Guannel, PhD Program Manager mguannel@hawaii.edu. C-MORE Education Goals. Increase scientific literacy in microbial oceanography.
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Professional Development Training Programequipping early career scientists with skills and experiences tomaximize their potential Michele Guannel, PhD Program Manager mguannel@hawaii.edu
C-MORE Education Goals Increase scientific literacy in microbial oceanography. Produce leaders in the next generation of microbial oceanographers by providing state-of-the-art training. Increase the number of underrepresented minorities pursuing careers in the ocean and earth sciences, and related disciplines.
C-MORE Education Goals Increase scientific literacy in microbial oceanography. Produce leaders in the next generation of microbial oceanographers by providing state-of-the-art training. Increase the number of underrepresented minorities pursuing careers in the ocean and earth sciences, and related disciplines.
C-MORE guides students through career exploration Adapted fromPeters (1997) and Bolles (2014) Guannel et al. (in review at L&O Bulletin)
Professional Development Training Program (PDTP) • Outreach • Leadership • Proposal Writing • Mentoring • Diversity • Teaching • Research Exchange • Science Communication To date: 150 participated; 61 completed at least one module Year 8: 90 participated; 22 completed at least one module • Sustainability • UH graduate seminar
Workshops provide training to young scientists • videoconferencedacross • partner institutions • videotapes posted on website
Student leaders gain additional trainingthrough workshop organization and evaluation • Team of nine graduate students & post-docs: • 1) Wrote NSF-style proposal (EDventures) • 2) Organized workshop • Professional facilitator • Panel of speakers, featuring C-MORE faculty • 3) Constructed evaluation materials • 4) Executed workshop! • 5) Analyzed feedback • 6) Publication • 3 papers published to date; 1 in review • Student/post-doc authors • e.g. Böttjer, Jungbluth, et al. 2014 “I have the skills needed to resolve conflicts in the workplace.” Pre-workshop: 18% Post-workshop: 73%
Mentoring Module: Structure and Benefits Read mentoring booklet; C-MORE Mentoring Workshop; Mentor a student; Submit a short reflection. • “As a mentor, I reinforce critical thinking, communication and transparency, as key characteristics for a successful and effective learning experience.” • MónicaRouco-Molina, • postdoc (Dyhrman Lab)
Diversity Module: Structure and Benefits UH Center for Disability Studies certificate; Interview with someone at your institution; C-MORE Diversity Workshop; Event/committee: broadening participation. Christine Shulse (postdoc, Church Lab) interviewed Maile Goo McNair & C-MORE Scholars (Hall, Mura) Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs (McLeod, 2007)
PDTP Participation, 2010 - present Graduate students Post-docs Other non-tenure track Participants
C-MORE develops experts in broader impacts Participants Outreach Events
C-MORE guides students through career exploration Produce leaders in the next generation of microbial oceanography Adapted fromPeters (1997) and Bolles (2014) Guannel et al. (in review at L&O Bulletin)