a question for the teachers out there

[cornerofmadness]

So I'm looking at a job back home and ran across this
provide brief statements describing teaching philosophy and plans for a scholarship program . Okay I have the teaching philosophy but that's the first time i've seen anyone put it in those terms about 'scholarship program.' Anyone have thoughts as to what they're looking for.

Also saw: a new medical school opening...in Miami...no, thanks. Shoot me first.

and a job in Hazard County Community College in KY and just had to smile.


oh and my brother's Physical therapy program is non-network for me...the out of network deducitble is four grand. WTF? i'll just private pay him and screw them.

Comments

[makd.livejournal.com]

I got nothin'.

I've never heard of "plans for a scholarship program". I mean - what's their definition: is it YOUR plans to develop such a program for THEIR students? (in which case: WTF?) Or is it your plans to seek a fellowship?

[scratches head.]

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

oh thank goodness. I thought I was the only confused one. I'm wondering if they don't mean 'how will i make the program even stronger than it is now' and if that's the case I COULD answer it (might want to mention i'm trying to get a capstone course for the major started here at my school).

thanks for chiming in. I was hoping you'd see this

[marenfic.livejournal.com]

Scholarship program is your research program.

[makd.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, so.

Why is it called a "scholarship program"? Is that a terminology that's used outside of the Northeast? 'Cause, we call a research program a research program. [still scratching head.]

[marenfic.livejournal.com]

We (well, in midwest) typically call it a research program too, but I sometimes hear it called a scholarship program. Kind of along the lines of the scholarship requirements for tenure generally referring to your research productivity.

[makd.livejournal.com]

Okay! Now I've got it!

This is from Boyer's book, written in the 1980s. He used Scholarship to refer to teaching, research and service as the three ways to promote academic excellence among faculty and universities.

At SUNY - regardless of the branch, we talk about the scholarships of teaching, research, and service, and in order to be granted tenure, one has to demonstrate excellence in all of these. In the smaller colleges (as opposed to the university centers), we have to excel in at least one of these.

However, we don't talk about this in our classified ads, that's what threw me. We refer to this once someone's been hired and put along the tenure track.

In hiring, we're interested in teaching experience and research - both past, present, future.

[makd.livejournal.com]

Okay - just found what I was looking for:

first - Boyer's book came out in 1990, not the 80s. (at my age, that's close enough in time. :-) )

second - here's a link to Boyer's book about the Carnegie report: http://www.amazon.com/Faculty-Priorities-Reconsidered-Rewarding-Scholarship/dp/0787979201/ref=sr_1_5/104-9507082-6349511?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180158467&sr=1-5

It's become such a classic, that I forget that not everyone in academia has read it.

It's fairly common sense, but when it came out a lot of folks in academia went spoogeyeish!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

cool thanks. I appreciate it

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

i think science is slightly different. If you're talking our research you're often talking drug research in my subspecialty which means you're talking big bucks (it's the thing that guarantees I'll never work for a big school since I'm not a researcher)

What really makes me laugh is they're looking for 'teaching' faculty and wants to know our 'research' um in science you're one or the other really. Researchers tend to have those classes taught by TA's and grad students...

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

this program is in the northeast...but I was thinking that might be what it is. Sigh. I'm still trying for it, researcher or no. I'm pretty adaptable and I do have an interest in wound healing research

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

that's what I was afraid of, not being a research ph.d. Well here's where i'l have to be creative

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

You KNOW you wanna work in Hazard County, KY. Come on.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

no, no i don't but it did amuse me

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

...and get a '68 Dodge Charger an' paint it orange....

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

have you seen the price of them lately? I think not

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

bwahahhaa...there's a beat up one down the street I ogle but I wouldn't go higher than $1000 for it in the condition it's in.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Dad is pretty ticked about it. One of of those car-themed shows he watches he sees the muscle car auctions but now because of shows like that and celebritys all hankering for those cars, the price is trebled. That stupid charger is averaging about 80 grand.

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Sorry, Dad. They want to make sure no one can afford anything cool nowadays (house, fun old car, food, gasoline....)

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

exactly