2006 Minority Faculty Development Workshop

提案标题：2006年少数民族教师发展研讨会提案编号：cts -0541573首席研究员：Gilda A. barabino机构：东北大学这项拨款为2006年少数民族教师发展研讨会提供资金，该研讨会将重点关注非洲裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人和印第安人的教师职业。为了解决所有工程学科的多样性问题，增加未被充分代表的少数民族工程学院的队伍是NSF的一个关键优先事项。研讨会的总体目标是：1)为未被充分代表的少数族裔教师提供必要的发展工具，以保留和提高学术水平；2)增加科学和工程领域有色人种教师的数量；3)为制度化的少数族裔教师发展计划提供一个模型，该计划包括评估机制、相关跟进和相关活动。一般会议将举行：21世纪的工程学院，政府的观点，学术界的有色人种女性，以及理解和发展与NSF和其他联邦机构的关系。研讨会将包括：指导、研究人员写作、资助、发展谈判和领导技能、任期、将教学和研究联系起来，以及平衡工作和生活。还将组织几次关于网络和共同/确定感兴趣的主题的互动会议。工程教育界的杰出领袖将发表几篇主题演讲。将提供与NSF和其他联邦机构的项目经理、部门主管和其他管理人员互动的机会。预计研讨会的成果将是：组织少数民族教师发展研讨会的资源材料、衡量研讨会成功和影响的评估费用、向资深教师志愿者小组的初级教师提供手稿反馈和拨款建议的机制、少数民族教师发展的最佳实践指南，以及研讨会参与者的网络跟踪和网络。一个非常强大、多元化的团队将组织研讨会，来自化学工程、机械工程、土木工程和其他工程学科的教师将参加。拟议的研讨会将产生广泛的影响，特别是通过提高少数族裔教师的数量，加强他们的学术经验或成就，并加强他们与联邦资助机构的互动。这些教师将反过来成为渴望学术事业的少数民族学生的榜样。通过参加研讨会的主要教育工作者的承诺和网络，从代表性不足的群体中招收学生进入工程部门的研究生课程也可能得到加强。2006年的研讨会将寻求加强与西班牙裔工程学院的联系，并将设立一个特别工作组，以增加美洲土著教育工作者的参与。

Proposal Title: 2006 Minority Faculty Development WorkshopProposal Number: CTS-0541573Principal Investigator: Gilda A. BarabinoInstitution: Northeastern UniversityThis grant provides funding for the 2006 Minority Faculty Development Workshop that will focus on the faculty careers of African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans. Increasing the ranks of underrepresented minority engineering faculty is a critical priority for NSF in order to address diversity problems in all engineering disciplines. The overall goals of the workshop are: 1) to provide underrepresented minority faculty with the developmental tools necessary for retention and advancement in academe, 2) to increase the numbers of faculty of color in science and engineering, and 3) to provide a model for an institutionalized minority faculty development program that includes mechanisms for assessment and relevant follow up and associated activities. General sessions will be held on: engineering faculty in the 21st century, the view from the administration, women of color in academe, and understanding and developing relationships with NSF and other federal agencies. Workshop sessions will include: mentoring, writing for researchers, grantsmanship, developing negotiation and leadership skills, tenure, connecting teaching and research, and balancing work and life outside of work. Several interactive sessions on networking and topics of shared/defined interest will also be organized. Prominent leaders in engineering education will give several keynote addresses. Opportunities for interaction with program managers, division directors, and other administrators from NSF and other federal agencies will be provided. Outcomes from the workshop are anticipated to be: resource materials for organizing minority faculty development workshops, assessment tolls for measuring the success and impact of the workshops, mechanisms for providing feedback on manuscripts and grants proposals to junior faculty from a panel of senior faculty volunteers, guidelines on best practices for minority faculty development, and a web-based tracking and networking for workshop participants. A very strong, diverse team will organize the workshop, and faculty from chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, and other engineering disciplines will participate. The broader impacts of the proposed workshop will be extensive, particularly by improving the numbers of underrepresented minority faculty, strengthening their academic experiences or achievements, and enhancing their interactions with federal funding agencies. These faculty members will in turn serve as role models for minority students who aspire to academic careers. The recruitment of students from underrepresented groups into graduate programs in engineering departments will also likely be enhanced by the commitment and networking of the key educators attending the workshop. The 2006 workshop will seek stronger outreach to Hispanic engineering faculty and will also create a special task force to increase the participation of Native American educators.