Career Maps Template

Academic Milestones

• Completion of degree
• Board Certification/Professional accreditation
• Application for membership/certification for graduate faculty status
• Sabbatical leave to establish collaborations or enhance career development

Teaching Record & Evaluation

• Development of Lecture materials
• Revision of Lecture materials
• Adequate performance on teaching evaluations
• Supervision of Undergraduate students
• Supervision of Honors students
• Major Professor of M.S. and/or Ph.D. students
• Receiving teaching awards at department/college/university/national levels.
• Writing and contributing to textbooks and/or other forms of archiving knowledge
• Receiving grants for teaching innovation/laboratory development/design projects

Publications/Contributions

• Manuscripts/publications/scholarly activity from previous employment or prior rank
• Submission of original contributions from work at K-State
• Submission of book Chapter/Book Section
• Submission of refereed journal papers in recognized journals in discipline
• Submission of conference/research papers
• Other significant intellectual contributions (e.g., software, patents)

Outside Scholarly Support/References

• Application and receipt of internal funding
• Application and receipt of external funding for graduate student support over acceptable timeline
• Application and receipt of external funding for research
• Engaging upon a collaborative project
• Submission of “first” or “career development” grant proposals
• Presentations at regional meetings
• Presentations at national meetings
• Presentation at international meetings
• Other professional presentations
• Nominations for particular awards at appropriate times in career
• National and/or international recognition for research contributions and scholarly endeavors
• Receiving recognition at numerous levels leading to academy status

National Fellowships

• Apply for appropriate national fellowships (e.g., Fulbright, NASA)

Service

• Contributions to Department Committees
• Leadership within Department (e.g., Graduate Program Director)
• Contributions to College Committees
• Contributions to University Committees
• Supervision of individual units (e.g., center director, unit leader)
• Contributions to professional societies
• Honors/recognition for service activities and contributions to profession
• Holding offices in professional societies
• Editorial service in professional journals
• Volunteering to contribute ad hoc grant proposal reviews
• Service on peer review grant proposal evaluation panels
• Service at funding agency as program director
• Clinical or directed service

Extension

• Teaching
• Funding
• Publishing in appropriate outlets