Know Your Institution Characterizing a teaching-oriented
institution Culture within the institution: Scholarship
takes a number of forms Undergraduate research drives faculty
research to an extent Typical teaching load 3-3 or more Emphasis on excellent teaching Non-teaching resources are more limited
Commonality: many seem to be moving in the direction of research with continued emphasis on excellent teaching
Know your Institution's Priorities
• Where to find documentation:– Mission Statement– Strategic Plan– Role models and mentors
• How to use them:– Tie any request for resources to
institutional priorities – Prioritize your needs (especially time)
in light of institutional priorities
Outline
• Scholarship and professional development
• Teaching• Funding • Collaborations and networking• Time• Recognition opportunities• Discussion
Professional Development• Conferences in your discipline• Conferences that address computing
education– SIGCSE www.sigcse.org– CCSC www.ccsc.org– FIE fie-conference.org– ITiCSE www.sigcse.org/events/itisce– Educational workshops co-located with
research conferences
Professional Development• Workshops
– Some education related– Funded by NSF or other agencies– Co-located with research conferences– A way to fund your participation at the
conference• Council on Undergraduate Research
http://www.cur.org– Institutes for faculty development, including
grant-writing
Professional Development
• Online courses and tutorials (ACM, IEEE, free)
• Workshops at SIGCSE (relatively inexpensive)– Other conferences also run workshops but at
a smaller scale
• Mailing lists– SIGCSE (http://sigcse.org/membership/
mailingLists) and CCSC– Local seminar announcements, e.g. at
research institutions
• Courses through HW and SW vendors• Local consortia
– Seminars, grant writing, workshops
Teaching
• Become familiar with your institution's Center for Teaching and Learning (if any)
• Attend workshops and talks on effective teaching techniques
• Attend educational conferences• Invite a colleague to observe your
teaching• Sit in on a colleague’s class• Ask for a colleague’s course
material• Many web resources, some are
good
Sources of Funding
• Internal, state and local funding sources
• External funding• Alumni • Collaboration with someone
who has funding
Funding: Internal Sources• Get to know your development officer(s)
– May help find a trustee who is making a gift• Know what is available
– Hidden funds not publicized• Specialized internal funds
– Faculty research and teaching funds– Department, college, and university funds– Restricted to a theme - match your needs to
the theme– Share what you get with someone else
Funding: External Sources
• Federal agencies– http://www.usa.gov
/Citizen/Topics/Science/Agencies.shtml– NSF relevant divisions: CISE, DUE, HER
• Volunteer to serve on panels to learn more
• Corporate Research & Development Labs – Often initiated by contact at the lab
• Consulting– If you do this, it should further your own
goals (not only the company’s)– Be careful about patent and copyright issues
• Professional organizations such as SIGCSE
Funding: Companies• Equipment and curriculum development
examples– HP (equipment grants for education):
www.hp.com/hpinfo/grants/us/programs/tech_teaching/higher_ed_main.html
– Microsoft (research and curriculum development projects)http://research.microsoft.com/erp/
Funding: Companies• Software and training examples
– IBM (Academic initiative - software & training) http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/university/academic/pub/page/academic_initiative
– Microsoft (Academic Alliance)www.dreamspark.com
– Oracle Academy https://academy.oracle.com/oa-web-advancedcs-description.html
Funding: Collaborations
• Bring in different strengths and perspectives
• NSF’s website provides a list of funded projects and PIs
• Attachment to another grant– Serve as an evaluator or a beta tester– Participate in dissemination efforts– Serve as an affiliate faculty to the funded
project
Travel Funding
• Encourage student participation at conferences (e.g. ACM research competition)– Colleges tend to fund student participation– Results in partial funding to faculty– Can build your internal visibility if students
do well
• Sabbatical (along with external resource to make it more productive and/or pay)
• Conference grants
Travel : Conserving Resources
• Combine trips– Can you visit a nearby institution and give a
talk?– Combine conference with recruiting or
alumni contact
• The “two-body advantage”• Recruiting and alumni development
– Check with your admissions and development organizations to see if they'll pay any expenses if you'll meet with prospective students and/or alumni
Collaborators/Networking
• Existing networking programs at your institutions
• Interdisciplinary opportunities– Mainly within institution but there may be
consortia or local opportunities
• Conferences and Workshops– Meet people and be visible
• Local consortia • Volunteerism
– Rewarding and a learning opportunity as well
Collaborators/Networking
• Research institutions in your area– Get on their announcement mailing lists– Find out about visiting speakers in advance– Direct contacts at those institutions
• Invite speakers to your institution, preferably a recognized authority in your field– Consortia/research institutions/alum in
graduate school/research group/industry• Go through someone who knows the two of you• Perhaps funding through a consortium grant for
speakers
– Connect with them and get them to know your work
Time for Research• Don’t overload
– Learn to say ‘no’; it’s OK to do so– Most likely the opportunities will present
themselves again– Most importantly be selective in selecting
service duties with an eye on service that provides visibility
• Administrative responsibilities– Make sure appropriate release time is given
• Include release time in grant proposals– Based on the source of funding, some
institutions may not be eligible• Avoid teaching in the summer
Time: Alternatives to Summer Teaching
• Consulting• Summer faculty fellowships: NASA, Air
Force, National Labs, Microsoft, and others
• NSF panel reviews– Allows you to keep with the main trends– Will know what the most important issues
are– Good contacts and networking– Provides you with tips on how to write a
successful proposal
• AP Exam grading– Worth doing especially if you are teaching
introductory CS courses
Time: “Research Time” from Teaching Activities
• Undergraduate TAs• Try to teach courses that support your
research• Build into your class something that
benefits your research• Include readings of research papers• A student project that will benefit your
research– Good for all students– Could also generate undergraduate student
research
Time: Undergraduate Research Assistants
• Recruit work study students who have federal funding
• Consider giving students course credits if money is not available or not sufficient.
• If you have an NSF grant, you can get funds (relatively easily) through an REU supplement for undergraduate researchers
Recognition Opportunities Be proactive, seek recognition and look
for opportunities Look for opportunities local to your
institution Internal awards Press releases
Nominating others helps your visibility Seek Leadership roles with visibility Opportunities through professional
societies ACM and IEEE Senior Member
http://awards.acm.org/html/amg_call.cfm http://www.ieee.org/membership_services
/membership/senior/app_guide.html
In Summary
• Invest in yourself and in your future• Be proactive and don’t wait for it to
happen• Take advantage of all available resources• Don’t be afraid to ask for what you need• Take full advantage of the experience that
mentors and role models have to offer• Good luck! And when you make it, be sure
to pay back and help others.