Day 9: Tracking workload (Im)balance
Plain text for personal life. BOLD for teaching (which also includes advising and class prep). ITALICS for scholarship. UNDERLINE for service. STRIKE THROUGH for university-afiliated things.
breakfast; short walk with the dog; dress; meeting with colleague to plan TL1 class; emailed Liminal about the upcoming book project and call; confirmed my teaching observation by the dean today; emailed a student; posted an assignment update for my Literacy class (some students were doing extra writing); cancelled a reservation (that I already cancelled) for a company to help with group travel for Kenya; printed the pages for a scroll project (this weekend's project); walk with the dog; drove to campus; reviewed my agenda for Literacy; made sure I had materials; went to KSOE faculty meeting; checked in with a colleague who wants me to take over a course of hers when she retires; made an appointment to discuss the course; made copies for Radical Publishing workshop; reviewed the Literacy agenda again; emailed a job candidate to apply through the system; emailed Radical Publishing participants; worked on my CV; taught the class; had observation from dean; drove home; sushi with partner; work on this list.
Ongoing list:
Give feedback on a student's capstone project (Part 1); work on book examples; send an email to the Cleave readers for the October 14 and 15 readings; Set up a call for the Cleave readers for a small book project; create the video responses using Swivl; create and email Paul a workshop idea for the reading I'm doing in Ireland; craft my agenda for that trip; email my friend on sabbatical; review my proposed teaching schedule for the next few years (because I planned something like 5 years in advance, because we want to have kids and there is no consistent maternity policy practice); send the search committee more articles on diversity hiring; reach out to R&T potential letter writers; email the provost about a certificate program and funding for a program that would allow people to report out on the work in a community reading and action group on campus; craft the Community Group reading list; work on reviewing Lauren's, Siavash's, and La'Vonnda's different manuscripts; set up a time to meet with a colleague who will be teaching the Foundations class this January under our new proposed schedule; submit my professional development proposal to David this year; submit all of my receipts for the PD I've already done and is upcoming (I'm owed around $2000 from the conferences this summer for university support, because I haven't had a moment to fill out paperwork in weeks); consider submitting a course proposal to the MAIT (though doubtful since I have a lot of other things I'm taking on); create a “challenge” protocol for students in the SSTE program; craft the part-time faculty syllabus and guidelines on our program; confirm Hedgebrook participation with Joanne; respond to Mami’s letter; submit poems; go back to my submissions list; look for fellowships; work on my Better Together speech from the summer to send out; work on processing my research on Kenyan teachers; do a P&W pitch on the work of Tara Betts; Send proposals to three universities for readings and lectures in Spring and Fall of 2017; start working on 10th anniversary anthology for Acentos Review; apply for a Fulbright; look into Semester at Sea professorship; apply for book fairs; try to set up Faculty of Color social events again; set up Cleave book list