[Counselor_Educ] FW: New faculty Interest Network: NFIN

[Leinbaugh, Tracy]

Tracy Leinbaugh, PhD, NCC, PCC-S
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Counseling and Higher Education
Ohio University
The Gladys W. and David H. Patton College of Education and Human Services
205 McCracken Hall
Athens, OH 45701

Phone: 740-593-0846
E-mail: leinbaug at ohio.edu<mailto:leinbaug at ohio.edu>

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From: CESNET-L is a unmoderated listserv concerning counselor ed. & supervision [mailto:CESNET-L at LISTSERV.KENT.EDU] On Behalf Of Melissa M Luke
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2011 6:21 PM
To: CESNET-L at LISTSERV.KENT.EDU
Subject: New faculty Interest Network: NFIN


An ACES interest network was developed in 2005 titled the "New Faculty Interest Network" (NFIN). Since this time we have several hundred doctoral candidates and new counselor educators (pre-tenured) on the NFIN listserv. This network is designed to provide support, mentoring, networking, and other connections to new counselor educators (untenured and/or not promoted) and doctoral candidates thinking about becoming counselor educators. NFIN has a listserv. To join the listserv please send an email message to mmluke at syr.edu and in the body of the email message, please provide your name, email address, and current rank (e.g., doctoral candidate, new faculty member). If you have any questions about the interest network, please feel free to contact the co- chairs of the interest network: Kerry Sebera kerry.sebera at uc.edu<mailto:kerry.sebera at uc.edu> and Melissa Luke mmluke at syr.edu<mailto:mmluke at syr.edu>. Moreover, if you are attending ACES, please look for the NFIN meeting and consider joining us!


Below you will find a rationale and current objectives of NFIN to provide you a better idea of the interest network. We look forward to hearing from those of you that are interested, and looking forward to meeting you at future conferences! Please pass this email and information along to individuals who might be eligible and interested!

Rationale: Pre-tenured faculty members and doctoral candidates encounter unique challenges as they matriculate into academia. These challenges can include multiple demands, time constraints, balancing one's personal and professional life, isolation, unrealistic expectations, lack of mentorship, and insufficient feedback or recognition. A new counselor educator is expected to "hit the ground running" regardless if the adjustment is as a first year faculty member fresh out of graduate school or relocating to a new university. "Hitting the ground running" is combined with the challenge of adjusting to organizational climate, culture, and expectations. A new counselor educator needs to define their new role, and navigate through the politics of academia, along with a full course load to prepare for, research agenda to embark on, and become involved with organizations and committees.  With the variety of significant tasks and responsibilities, along with adjusting and identifying one's role, a pre-tenured faculty member needs to learn to prioritize and manage time effectively while balancing multiple demands. Support systems, networks, and mentoring can be helpful ways to smooth the navigation, role transition, and balancing of multiple demands for pre-tenured faculty.

Eligible members: Pre-tenured counselor educators; doctoral candidates

Objectives:

 1.  Provide a forum for mentoring, networking, and social support for pre-tenured faculty in the following areas:
    *   Teaching
    *   Research
    *   Service
    *   Adjusting to organizational climate and role expectations
 2.  Provide support for pre-tenured faculty as they acclimate into academia, and doctoral candidates as they begin to think about the process of becoming an academician, in terms of:
    *   Role expectations
    *   Navigation through systems in academia
    *   Time management
    *   Balancing multiple demands
 3.  Provide a proactive forum to discuss and generate creative solutions to the difficulties that may arise for pre-tenured faculty in the adjustment and role definitions
 4.  Educate and solidify pre-tenured counselor educators professional identity
 5.  Recruitment and retention of capable counselor educators in the counseling profession through support, networking, and mentoring.


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