{"title":"A Framework for Navigating Post-Doctoral Career Opportunities for PK-12 Educators Post-COVID-19 Pandemic","authors":"V. Nelson, Noran L. Moffett, Linda Wilson-Jones","doi":"10.4018/978-1-7998-5065-6.CH013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5065-6.CH013","url":null,"abstract":"The field of education is constantly changing, and with the current COVID-19 pandemic, it will undoubtedly change the way education systems operate in the future. This chapter covers several key topics related to navigating post-doctoral career opportunities for PK-12 educators. Educators are in a unique position to contribute to research in the field in which they have a plethora of experiences. With a major focus on student outcomes, there is a critical need to understand factors that directly impact learning such as parent involvement, socio-economic status, technology, and student behavior. Using an ethnographic approach, the authors provide insight into challenges post-doctoral professionals may face in attempts to enhance their professional identity. These narrative accounts shed light on not only the role of mentors but the desire to contribute to the body of research through the development of research agendas.","PeriodicalId":445756,"journal":{"name":"Navigating Post-Doctoral Career Placement, Research, and Professionalism","volume":"151 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116659328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Voices From the Field","authors":"Wendy Kubasko, Rhonda A. Brunner, Alan Vandrew","doi":"10.7709/jnegroeducation.86.3.0381","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7709/jnegroeducation.86.3.0381","url":null,"abstract":"The chapter will center on exploring the perspectives of higher education faculty around the challenges and opportunities that develop while navigating a successful career transition from PK12 to higher education. The authors will survey and conduct focus groups with colleagues from universities across the United States to capture their voices and authentic experiences. Emphasis will be placed on unpacking the personal, professional journeys of faculty in the areas of teaching, service, and scholarship. Potential lenses and themes that may emerge from the data collected include teaching (andragogy, managing the workload and time, academic freedom, course schedule, accountability, accreditation, evaluation), service (leadership responsibilities, defining service [campus and community, committees, partnerships, professional organizations]), scholarship (publishing, presenting, time for your own research, grant writing, guiding student research).","PeriodicalId":445756,"journal":{"name":"Navigating Post-Doctoral Career Placement, Research, and Professionalism","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126072862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"After the Storm","authors":"Nakiesha M. Sprull, Cristy B. Starling","doi":"10.4018/978-1-7998-5065-6.CH003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5065-6.CH003","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter describes the experiences of two Black women that have earned doctoral degrees from predominately white institutions, through their narratives. The authors described their experiences using the metaphorical backdrop of a storm. The beginning of their doctoral program represents the calm before the storm. Their experiences within their doctoral program symbolize the authors' movement through the eye of the storm. Finally, the description of the aftermath of the storm symbolizes their post-doctoral journey. They use Tinto's student integrations model as the lens to view their narratives. They describe their institutional experiences by elaborating on their goal and institutional commitments, and their academic and social systems. One of the social aspects of the institutional experience that helped them successfully navigate their doctoral program was inclusion in the Brown Gurlz. The Brown Gurlz is a group of Black women who need a space and place to collaborate and share experiences to benefit all that are in the group.","PeriodicalId":445756,"journal":{"name":"Navigating Post-Doctoral Career Placement, Research, and Professionalism","volume":"2013 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128094110","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}