1. Who wants to be a professor? Cesar D. Guerrero Computer Science and Engineering

2. Question? As a graduate student, what could you do to get ready for an academic position? What is expected from junior faculty? What could I do to be prepared in advance?

3. Challenges for junior faculty Teaching and mentoring: focusing on the learner rather than the teacher, active learning, technology-mediated education, distance learning, etc. Research: raising research money, exploring new well funded areas, and publishing papers Administrative and service tasks: curriculum, accreditation, committees, community service, budgets, conferences, marketing, etc.

4. What is the risk? Pictures copied from ASEE PRISM Vol. 16. Num. 5 January 2007

5. What can a graduate student do? Teaching Do not limit your TA to grading. Ask your professor for a teaching opportunity. Document your experience. Prepare your teaching portfolio. Do not refuse to mentor undergraduates. Instead, be proactive participating in REU programs or joining to MentorNet (www.mentornet.net)www.mentornet.net Join email lists and education-related organizations in your field: Tomorrow’s professor ( https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/tomorrows-professor ) https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/tomorrows-professor Engineering: ASEE(www.asee.org)www.asee.org Computer science: SIGCSE(www.sigcse.org)www.sigcse.org Keep your website updated Attend to workshops for teaching excellence Read books related to teaching: Adviser, Teacher, Role model, Friend ( http://books.nap.edu/readingroom/books/mentor/) Adviser, Teacher, Role model, Friend

6. What can a graduate student do? Research Establish scientific networks with other institutions Help your advisor to write proposals. Get familiar with the NSF web site (www.nsf.gov)www.nsf.gov Document your research experience as RA or any other you may have. Your web site is an excellent place to do it. Join email lists and academic organizations in your specific area of research. Get familiar with well known tools used in research: Latex (http://www.latex-project.org/)http://www.latex-project.org/ Endnote (http://www.endnote.com/)http://www.endnote.com/ Matlab or any other in your area Publish, publish, publish …

7. What can a graduate student do? Administrative and service tasks Join student organizations boards. Learn about accreditation in the program you might want to become Faculty. Do not refuse to evaluate conference papers. Get familiar with the activities performed by faculty in your department. Ask your advisor about them: Procedures (travel, budget, start up packages) Meetings Tenure

8. USF Workshops and seminars Graduate instruction methods (school of engineering) Teaching Portfolio Assessment of Student Learning Active Learning Real-Time Online Interactions Blackboard Learning-centered Syllabus Blackboard's Communication Tools Creating Web Pages Clickers Dealing with Challenging Student Behaviors Student Learning Outcomes: Identifying, Articulating, and Achieving Them Writing Case Studies Developing Students' Critical Thinking Skills What is Inquiry-based Learning? Managing a Career as an Academic Researcher and Scholar Writing Successful Grants for NSF Educational Funding Opportunities Promoting Active Learning in Large Classes Copyright Issues and Teaching Fostering a Positive Learning Environment for all Students Leading Online Discussions Creating an Online Teaching Portfolio in Blackboard

9. http://www.csee.usf.edu/~guerrerc