{"70036":{"#nid":"70036","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Academic Careers in the Two-Year (Community) Colleges","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERob Jenkins, a 25-year community-college veteran and The Chronicle of Higher Education\u0027s \u0022Two-Year Track\u0022 columnist, will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of teaching at a community college. He\u0027ll offer practical advice on how to tailor your application and CV for two-year college jobs, how to ace the interview, and what to expect once you land an offer. He\u0027ll also talk candidly about issues like earning tenure, moving up into administration, and using a community-college job as a \u0022stepping stone\u0022 to a university position. The presentation will be highly interactive, with questions and discussion greatly encouraged.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003EBest known for his monthly \u0022Two-Year Track\u0022 column in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Rob Jenkins is also the author of Building a Career in America\u0027s Community Colleges and an active blogger at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.chronicle.com\u0022 title=\u0022www.chronicle.com\u0022\u003Ewww.chronicle.com\u003C\/a\u003E and other sites. He has spent 25 years at five different two-year colleges, as a part-time instructor, a full-time instructor, a department chair, a program director, and an academic dean. Currently, he serves as associate professor at Georgia Perimeter College.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo register, please go to:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cetl.gatech.edu\/civicrm\/event\/info?reset=1\u0026amp;id=3\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.cetl.gatech.edu\/civicrm\/event\/info?reset=1\u0026amp;id=3\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERob Jenkins, a 25-year community-college veteran and The Chronicle of \nHigher Education\u0027s \u0022Two-Year Track\u0022 columnist, will discuss the \nadvantages and disadvantages of teaching at a community college.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27251","created_gmt":"2011-09-16 10:45:31","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:55:46","author":"Chaohua Ou","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2011-11-03T12:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2011-11-03T13:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2011-11-03T13:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2011-11-03 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2011-11-03 17:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2011-11-03 17:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1268","name":"Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1601","name":"CETL"},{"id":"14301","name":"Graduate Student Workshop"},{"id":"14302","name":"Teaching and Learning"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"10377","name":"Career\/Professional development"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDamon P. Williams\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EPostDoc \u003Cbr \/\u003ECETL \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPhone:\u003C\/strong\u003E 404.385.8590 \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:damon.williams@cetl.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edamon.williams@cetl.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}