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Cultivating Your Professional Identity: Supporting Faculty Professional Development across Rank and Discipline
Peer Review
  • Rowanna L. Carpenter, Portland State University
  • Annie Knepler, Portland State University
  • Vicki Reitenauer, Portland State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2019
Subjects
  • College teaching -- Psychological aspects,
  • College teaching -- Ethical aspects,
  • Scholarship of teaching and learning
Abstract

Portland State University’s signature general education program, University Studies (UNST), piloted a faculty support series titled “Cultivating Your Professional Identity” (CYPI) during the 2017–18 academic year. The series intended to provide space and collegial support for faculty across institutional ranks and departmental affiliations to hone their professional aspirations, intentionally pursue formative professional development opportunities, and curate and communicate their professional identities through the creation of an ePortfolio. Faculty applied to participate in the yearlong program; engaged in large-group, small-group, and one-on-one meetings with other participants and with program cofacilitators; and reflected throughout the year on their experience. The program emerged from the rearticulation of UNST’s vision and mission statement, created through a collaborative process during the preceding academic year....

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https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/33260
Citation Information
Carpenter, Rowanna L.; Knepler, Annie; and Reitenauer, Vicki, "Cultivating Your Professional Identity: Supporting Faculty Professional Development across Rank and Discipline" Peer Review (2019).