Bridging Mentoring and Professional Development for African American Doctoral Student Success

2020 ◽  
pp. 21-41
Author(s):  
Terrance McNeil ◽  
Sheila D. Moore
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
African American ◽  
Student Success ◽  
Doctoral Student

scholarly journals The AGESW Pre-Dissertation Fellows Program: Participants’ Perceptions of Mentorship and Training for Academia

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 549-549
Author(s):  
Noelle Fields ◽  
Allison Gibson ◽  
Stephanie Wladkowski ◽  
Cara Wallace ◽  
Abigail Latimer
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Student Success ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Doctoral Education ◽  
Doctoral Student ◽  
Doctoral Training ◽  
And Training

Abstract Good mentoring is key for doctoral student success. In 2010, AGESW began offering the Pre-Dissertation Fellows Program (PDFP) to enhance social work doctoral students’ professional development and skillset for academia. The purpose of this study was to examine student participants’ perceptions of the PDFP in its role to providing mentorship and training for an academic position. This qualitative study examined eight cohorts (2010-2018) of the AGESW PDFP (N=85). Using thematic analysis, responses identified a number of aspects of professional development gained, gratitude for the training, an appreciation for candid advice received, and areas of professional development they felt they were lacking within their doctoral training. Findings bolster support for structured programs and professional development that supplement doctoral education in a student’s first two years. Implications for doctoral education, mentorship training, and avenues to enhance the AGESW pre-dissertation program will be discussed

scholarly journals Insider Experiences of The Qualitative Report’s Reviewing Process

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela Felder ◽  
Tom Strong ◽  
Jennifer Ronald
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Student Success ◽  
Student Development ◽  
Doctoral Student ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Manuscript Submission ◽  
Faculty Mentoring

We (Pamela, Tom, and Jenn) wanted to give you our insiders’ experiences of the manuscript submission and reviewing process at The Qualitative Report (TQR). Respectively, we are a researcher-author, an instructor-reviewer, and a student-reviewer who were involved in the reviewing process that resulted in the publication of Pamela’s TQR article: On Doctoral Student Development: Exploring Faculty Mentoring in the Shaping of African American Doctoral Student Success (Felder, in press). In this brief article, we will adopt a somewhat conversational approach to relating our individual and collective experiences. How we came to work together, what that work entailed, and our experiences of that collaborative work will be our focus. In short, we offer our insiders’ sense of (and reflections on) what happens to a manuscript from the time of its submission to the time of its publication at TQR.

scholarly journals On Doctoral Student Development: Exploring Faculty Mentoring in the Shaping of African American Doctoral Student Success

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela Felder
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Student Success ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Degree Completion ◽  
Student Development ◽  
Belief Systems ◽  
Doctoral Student ◽  
Doctoral Degree ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Doctoral Degree Completion

This study examines the influence of faculty mentorship in the shaping of African American doctoral student success. A case analysis framework is used to investigate the belief systems that doctoral students held about their doctoral experience. Data collection involved a one-phase semi-structured interview protocol used to gather information about these experiences from a post-degree perspective. African American doctoral degree completion is addressed as a critical function of student success within an elite educational context. Results of the study demonstrate that the African American doctoral degree completion is complicated by students' perceptions of faculty advising, faculty behavior and the lack of diverse faculty leadership.

Towards Excellent Teaching Engagement

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siew Fun Tang ◽  
Gee Gee Liew
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Student Success ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Feedback System ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Effective Professional Development ◽  
Excellent Teaching ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Approach To Teaching

The teaching engagement scale (TES) is a 360° evaluation and feedback system designed to identify areas for professional development towards improving the student learning experience. It incorporates two unique approaches: (1) it measures engagement instead of module content satisfaction, and (2) it incorporates the feedback from students, the self (reflection), peer and superior. This innovative approach to teaching feedback produces a balanced, specific, and data-driven identification of strengths and areas of improvement that the teacher can use for effective professional development. When professional development is effective, it leads to higher quality teaching, which is vital for student success. As a result of the use of the TES, Taylor's University has seen an improvement in the quality of engagement over a short period of time.

Using Mid-Semester Assessment Programs (MAPs) as a Catalyst for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)

2020 ◽  
pp. 181-200
Author(s):  
Alisa Hutchinson ◽  
Anabel Stoeckle
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Development ◽  
Student Success ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Student Feedback ◽  
Scholarship Of Teaching ◽  
Development Tool ◽  
Improve Student Learning ◽  
Innate Interest

Mid-Semester Assessment Programs (MAPs) have been successfully utilized as a professional development tool for faculty interested in improving their teaching in the context of higher education by assessing voluntary formative student feedback that guides changes instructors make in the classroom. Faculty centers and educational developers have the unique opportunity to recruit instructors via MAPs who have participated in these programs to promote and support the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) among faculty who already display an innate interest in best teaching practices and are open to advancing their own teaching in order to improve student learning and to propel student success. This chapter provides a guide for educational developers who seek to become active partners for faculty to become interested and engaged in the scholarship of teaching and learning through a unique recruitment mechanism that serves as a natural steppingstone for faculty not having engaged with SoTL yet.

scholarly journals The Human Student

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Development ◽  
Student Success ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Teaching Quality ◽  
Student Experiences ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Quality In Higher Education ◽  
Significant Effort

Higher education institutions are investing significant effort into the improvement of student success, retention and satisfaction. Some effort is being expended in research seeking to understand influencing factors, but the majority of effort is directed towards improving teaching quality. Effort to improve teaching quality is characterised by professional development initiatives, the general aim being to facilitate the shift away from traditional teacher-centred approaches, towards student-centred approaches. Though these initiatives are useful there exists an omission (or at the very least an area of severe-under-emphasis) within the discourse surrounding teaching quality in higher education – explicit attention to the teacher-student connection. The premise of the present article is that to make greater inroads into bettering student experiences and outcomes, the teacher-student connection, along with the humanist perspective in which it is embedded, is integral to the quality teaching practice in higher education.

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