BUx: The Postdoc Academy: Building Skills for a Successful Career

Join other postdocs preparing to transition into their next career step and broaden your skills toward your desired career context.

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Course Insight

Designed for advanced/expert practitioners. Designed for experienced practitioners. We recommend having a solid grasp of Education & Teacher Training fundamentals before starting this specialization.

Advanced LevelSelf-Paced LearningProject-BasedCareer Transition Oriented

SKILLS TO
MASTER

Education & Teacher Training Basics
Fundamental principles and concepts
Practical ApplicationTrending
Real-world project implementation
Best Practices
Industry standard workflows and guidelines
Problem Solving
Core Concepts
Implementation
Workflow Integration
Optimization
Careers:Relevant for professionals pursuing roles within Education & Teacher Training.

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What You’ll Learn

  • Describe the key attributes of leadership frameworks and apply to a current or future role. .
  • Reflect on and practice supervision strategies you could use to build and manage an effective team. .
  • Apply concepts of project management to your own project or position. .
  • Describe effective teaching skills that are applicable in multiple workplace environments and apply them to several professional scenarios. .
  • Apply your assets and strengths to create engaging and strategic responses to common interview questions. .
  • Reflect on how to communicate your strengths to potential employers in the job application process. .
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Description

The Postdoc Academy provides skill development for postdocs as they prepare to transition into their next career step. Using inclusive, active-learning approaches, participants will build skills to (1) inform your approach to leadership, (2) build and supervise a team, (3) manage projects, (4) apply teaching skills beyond the classroom, (5) develop strategic communication skills and (6) prepare successful job application materials. Connect with other postdocs nationally and share your experiences within a second professional development MOOC built specifically for postdocs and created with postdocs. This course was created with funding from the National Institutes of Health grant number R25GM121257.

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