Thanks for your question, George.  The LEVERAGE content being developed will be available virtually in both synchronous and asynchronous formats.  The content is designed to contribute to the success of early-career engineering faculty in earning promotion and tenure, and the organizations provide the opportunity to do this in cultural context -- adding a richness to discussions and interactions.  More specifically, content focuses on the following learning objectives for the early-career faculty:

• Development as a scholar
• Gaining a better understanding of promotion and tenure processes
• Gaining a better understanding of the research process
• Gaining a better understanding of the publishing process
• Improving their effectiveness in the classroom
• Understanding university culture
• Understanding national resources and opportunities

lol... Agreed.  I definitely don't miss the parking issues faculty face!

Hi Rachel,  Thanks for much for the follow-up questions.  Yes, they are important topics for anyone at this career stage, but often the diverse faculty served by LEVERAGE do not have ready access to these resources on their campuses.  The diversity serving professional organizations are able to provide cultural context for the PD/mentoring, particularly for the face-to-face events offered at their conferences.  The cultural context also comes out in the rich nature of the questions asked of speakers at webinars and workshops, and in the the candid nature of the discussions.  For many participants, they are "the only..." on their campus, in their college, and/or in their department.  They continually express how powerful it is to receive this PD and mentoring in a context where they are the majority.  They also often express appreciate having a safe place to ask questions that they would worry about asking on their campus or of their department heads or colleagues.  

Makes sense, thank you. Your project is a good reminder that STEM for All is a lifelong process.

The intention with LEVERAGE is to build and test the infrastructure to focus on early-career faculty and then to expand up and down the pathway to other career stages.  

Sarah, thanks for your comment and for watching the video.  Agreed!  ... and we are looking forward to realizing those voices in those conversations.

Thanks for your comment and for the work you are doing in the K-12 space to address engineering issues.   I agree with you that we need to engage a diverse group of engineers to make a difference, and that LEVERAGE likely has a unique community to help do so.  The challenge is developing ways to make it efficient for the diverse faculty to do so.  Engineering desperately needs them to successfully earn tenure and outreach work often doesn't "count" in the tenure process.  It would be interesting to think about what types of processes we could create to "automate" the process so that they could contribute in ways that are impactful without impacting their performance in other more tenure relevant areas.