Courses

Course Instructor: Elizabeth A. Wells, author of The Organized Academic.

Textbook: The Organized Academic. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2022.

Available as e-book, Kindle, and paper from publisher or on Amazon.

Course Description:

This course aims to help academics at any career stage to refine, define and align their working lives, get organized and on track with projects, learn best practices for working in the academy, and be more effective and productive while maintaining work/life balance. Completely private and confidential, the course gives professors a space to think about their academic practice and careers with a trusted, experienced instructor and coach.

Course Outline:

Week 1: Course Introduction, self assessment, expectations for the course, identifying pressing problems

Week 2: Mission Statements and Core Value Exploration

Week 3: Defining Your Work: Roles, Responsibilities, Focus Areas

Week 4: Academic Projects and Next Actions

Week 5: Know Thyself: Assessment of one-time and ongoing activities and tasks

One on One Coaching scheduled individually (optional)

Week 6: Working with Lists and Checklists

Week 7: Prioritizing activities and scheduling

Week 8: Goals and Career Itineraries

Week 9: Eisenhower Matrix and Streamlining Work

Week 10: Email Management and Communication Strategies

Week 11: Syllabus Design, Creating a Research Program

Week 12: Putting it all together: Best practices, work/life balance, unanswered questions and next steps