Launch your path to a thriving engineering faculty career.
This course prepares graduate students and industry professionals successfully to navigate the faculty application process and confidently launch their careers as engineering educators.
The DELTA Future Faculty Institute is a foundational, instructor-led, online course designed to prepare current graduate-level students and individuals in industry who are considering a career as an engineering faculty member for a successful launch of their career. By the end of this course, participants will have the tools and knowledge to positively launch their faculty careers.
This course is intended for current graduate-level students, doctoral students, postdocs, and individuals in industry who are considering launching a career as an engineering faculty member at a two-year or four-year institution.
This course is delivered in two two-hour sessions, totaling 4 hours of instruction. Participants will engage with facilitators and peers through interactive breakout activities and guided discussions.
How You Will Benefit
• You will receive clarifying information on types of engineering faculty positions.
• You will learn tools and techniques to help you successfully navigate the faculty application process.
• You will engage with a network of professionals for input, guidance and feedback.
Learning Outcomes
Graduates of the DELTA Future Faculty Institute will be able to:
- Categorize types of faculty positions
- Categorize different types of institutions of higher education
- Prepare documentation materials and prioritize current activities
- Prepare for the application, interview and start-up process
- Practice an interview experience with a network of peer colleagues
Course Topics
• Categorizing faculty positions
• Categorizing institutions
• Tenure-track basics: teaching, research and service
• Alternative paths before transitioning to academia
• Preparing documentation materials
• Preparing application materials for a faculty position, including CV, teaching, and research statement
• Negotiating salary, benefits and start-up packages
• Contrasting a faculty position with an industrial position
• Dual career considerations
• Online faculty positions
• Types of interview questions to expect
• Employment start-up and negotiation (e.g., teaching expectations; research funding, publishing, and scholarship; balancing service expectations)
About the DELTA (∆) Institutes
The DELTA (∆) Institutes are designed to develop engineering and engineering technology faculty and administrators as change agents for 1) the ongoing transformation of higher education and 2) the transformation in engineering education, research, and community engagement necessary to address the NAE Grand Challenges and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Through the inclusion of leading-edge knowledge and best practices in professional development for faculty and administrators, the DELTA (∆) Institutes will improve efficiency and effectiveness for each participant and thus also do so broadly across the universities they serve.
Requirements and Resources
Pre-Work: You will provide information on the current status of completing your degree.
Inter-session Work: You will be asked to gather materials that will become part of your faculty application package and assist you during interview for faculty positions.
Supplemental Resources: You will be provided with (1) a participant guide, (2) presentation slides, and (3) workshop recordings.
Attendance and Completion
Full and active participation will enhance the learning experience for all participants. At the end of the program, you will receive a certificate of completion via email. Professional development hours (PDH) will be provided upon request.
Terms and Policies
• Cancellation Policy
• Recording and Privacy Policy
If you have questions, please contact learning@asee.org.