Trainee annual evaluation forms and instructions
Procedures for
Beginning-of-Year meeting (August-September)
Procedures for Beginning-of-Year meeting (August-September)
An initial goal-setting meeting, of the whole mentoring committee, should take place in the Fall of each year. At the meeting, students should present to the committee their proposed goal statement (worked out in advance with the primary mentor), as well as their most recent c.v. The mentoring committee will discuss the goal statement with the trainee, and suggest revisions.
The goal statement should
address the following issues:
- Metagoal: Where do you want to go? What are your proximal and distal career aspirations that you expect this training experience to prepare you for? For example, which postdoc experiences might you be seeking before starting an academic job? Any sense of where?
- Research: Quantifiable goals about your research: How many publications do you plan to submit during the period, and where? How many presentations? (Give titles if you can)? What is the status of your dissertation and other research (e.g., how many subjects do you plan to accrue)? What funding initiatives do you plan to apply for?
- Education: What are your educational course goals for this period? Which courses will you take, and what are your grade aspirations? Any teaching? Progress toward academic goals? (e.g., quals, dissertation proposal).
- Service: What UF- and (esp. at your level) national service and citizenship opportunities are you seeking. Again, be as concrete and specific as you can.
At the conclusion of the
meeting, the mentor and the trainee will revise the goal statement to
reflect discussion, and then follow these instructions: (Deadline for electronic
submission of materials to Michael Marsiske marsiske@ufl.edu is September
30, 5 pm EST)
- Trainees should take responsibility for collecting and
sending all materials.
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Procedures for Mid-year meeting (December-January)
The mid-year meeting is simply a progress check. It chiefly exists to evaluate whether any goals appear to have been over- or under-ambitious, to revise goals based on new information, or to help identify and eliminate any barriers to productivity. Often, this meeting can be held "virtually" (e.g., e-mail consultation, or telephone conference). Deadline for electronic submission of materials to Michael Marsiske marsiske@ufl.edu is January 31, 5 pm EST
At the conclusion of the meeting, the mentor and the trainee will revise the goal statement to reflect discussion, and then follow these instructions:
- Trainees should take responsibility for collecting and sending all materials.
A summary of the training meeting should be entered in our new online form, available at this link:
link to come
Procedures for End-of-Year meeting (April-May)
The end-of-year meeting is designed to make decisions about a student's continued fit with the training program. For funded students, it is used to make decisions about continued funding. For unfunded students, it provides important data for future fundability. It is also the place to begin planning for the next year. Again, a key purpose is to evaluate whether any goals appear to have been over- or under-ambitious, to revise goals based on new information, or to help identify and eliminate any barriers to productivity. The deadline for submission of materials is usually mid-May.
At the conclusion of the meeting, the mentor and the trainee will revise the goal statement to reflect discussion, and then follow these instructions:
- Trainees should take responsibility for collecting and sending all materials.
- Trainees should bundle all required materials in a single e-mail, rather than multiple e-mails. This includes mentor's materials.
- Please pay careful attention to the following point: Use
a standardized subject header in your e-mail, which you should send to marsiske@ufl.edu: "Training (insert
year) End-of-Year Materials: (your name)".
At the conclusion of the meeting, the mentor and the trainee will revise the goal statement to reflect discussion, and then follow these instructions:
- Trainees should take responsibility for collecting and sending all materials.
A summary of the training meeting should be entered in our new online form, available at this link:
link to come
