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Apply to participate in a Culturally-Informed Strengths-Based Approach to Advance Early-Career Faculty Success (NSF HRD: #1916056).

For our 2023-24 National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded program, we are recruiting:

• 32 CSU STEM* tenure-track/lecturer early-career faculty, and
• 8 tenured CSU STEM faculty coaches

The goal of this program is to enable early-career faculty to bring their authentic selves to their roles as STEM faculty by leveraging their natural talents, and the strengths embedded in their social and cultural identities to successfully navigate their institutional contexts. The intended outcomes of participation include:

• Enhanced teaching experience and effectiveness
• Increased research and grant activity
• Strong, professional networking community

For Early-Career Faculty, we are accepting applications from CSU STEM* tenure-track and full-time lecturers from AGEP populations.**

For Tenured Faculty Coaches, we are accepting applications from CSU tenured STEM* professors with a demonstrated commitment to STEM equity.

*The AGEP definition of STEM includes STEM Education and Social & Behavioral Sciences (Psychology, Sociology, Economics, etc.)

**NSF AGEP populations (for the purposes of this project) are defined as STEM faculty who are African Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Native Pacific Islanders. The NSF advises that participants should be a self-identified member of an AGEP population and a U.S. citizen, permanent resident or national.

Faculty who are selected will be supported through workshops about culturally-informed strengths-based strategies for faculty success, coaching from tenured STEM faculty strengths coaches, peer coaching and networking, and grant proposal writing workshops and support. Applications are now being accepted and application review will begin February 28th, 2023.

Early-Career Faculty commitment includes the following:

• Kickoff Weekend Retreat (July 31st - August 4, 2023)
• 6 Web-based Zoom Workshops (Sept 2023 – May 2024)
• 60-minute 1-on-1 coaching calls with tenured STEM faculty strengths coaches (every other month, Sept 2023 – May 2024)
• 60-minute 1-on-1 peer coaching calls with another participant (every other month, Sept 2023 – May 2024)
• Completion Retreat (Summer 2024)

You can access the Early-Career Faculty Application here.

Tenured Faculty Coaches commitment includes the following:

• Web-based training related to diversity, equity and inclusion in STEM (6 hours August 2023)
• Consecutive 4-5 day training, Gallup Global Strengths Coach course. (completed prior to the 2023 Kick-off Retreat)
• Kick-off Retreat (July 31st - August 4, 2023)
• 6 Web-based Zoom Workshops with early-career faculty participants (Sept 2023 – May 2024)
• Five - 60-minute 1-on-1 coaching calls with 4 early career STEM faculty (every other month, Sept 2023 – May 2024)
• Attend a completion Weekend Retreat (Summer 2024)

Coaches' Compensation: Travel Reimbursement to a related conference of your choice. Additional compensation is based on 100 hours of taxable income based on your campus hourly wage salary. Upon acceptance as a coach, you may be required to provide references as part of the employment application for hiring and paying the coach via the NSF grant.

You can access the Tenured Faculty Application here.

Please email questions to: [email protected].