Faculty Are Struggling
They're struggling to...
- 📚 Stay productive in (and excited about) their research.
- 💡 Grow and stay engaged in their teaching.
- 😣 Support stressed students while struggling to cope with their own stress.
They're burnt out and don't know what to do about it.
Faculty are experts in their fields. That does NOT make them experts at managing their productivity, stress, and engagement.
🧭 Faculty need actionable guidance that makes it easier for them to thrive in academia. And wouldn't it be great if the guidance made it easier for them to support students too?
The Solution
Faculty Need:
- 🧩 A clear framework that allows them to identify the psychological factors holding themselves and their students back.
- 🛠️ Practical techniques they can use to make the necessary changes.
- 🔥 Strategies for rekindling their excitement for academia and sharing this excitement with students – faculty and students can’t thrive without this excitement.
Our Framework:
Our framework will give faculty a clear foundation for assessing their own needs and those of their students. It identifies the 4 skillsets that allow both faculty and students to feel energized and unstoppable in their work.
Faculty and students need techniques for managing their…
- Mental pulls (i.e., eagerness, excitement)
- Mind (e.g., stress, concentration)
- Tasks (what to do)
- Time (when to do it)
Imagine faculty feeling more excited and productive in their teaching and research. Imagine this excitement and productivity spreading to students.
Our group faculty workshops give faculty the knowledge and resources to get there.
Group Faculty Workshops
We offer workshops to any groups of teaching and/or research faculty.
All of our workshops are rooted in our 4-factor productivity framework. Faculty learn how to use this framework to help themselves and their students through a wide range of struggles.
Workshop topics can include:
- ✅ Productivity: The 4 skillsets (managing tasks, time, mind, & mental pulls)
- 🌪️ Stress: Harmful & helpful types
- 🧠 ADHD: Faculty struggle with ADHD too!
- 🔥 Engagement: ↑ excitement, ↑ performance
- 📚 Procrastination: Sources & solutions
- 💤 Boredom: Turn it into excitement (even in meetings)
- 🏋🏽♂️ Burnout: Escape it with excitement
- 🤖 AI in Academia: How, when, & why
Workshops can also include teaching-focused topics such as:
- 💡 Enabling student engagement: There's more to it than just making content interesting.
- ✅ Enabling student productivity: Structure class activities/assignments to encourage productivity.
- 🤖 Incorporating AI in teaching: Leverage the ultimate tool for student engagement and learning.
We can also customize the workshop topics based on your needs.
Get Expert Training
Academia puts a high value on the content expertise that comes from rigorous academic training. Our students are taught by experts in the field. Shouldn’t your faculty also be taught by an expert?
Dr. Matt Jarman is an organizational psychologist, former psychology professor, and has been teaching productivity for almost 20 years. He has expertise in productivity, engagement, leadership, and ADHD. Matt was mentored by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (considered a father of Positive Psychology and author of Flow).
🧭 Your Path to Better Student Support
- Schedule a FREE 30-minute call to determine your group's needs
- We design and deliver a custom workshop or workshop series
- Faculty use their new framework and tools to help themselves and their students.
In the call, I'll get a better sense for your needs and if it seems like a good fit, we can begin brainstorming what format and topics would be of most value to your group of faculty.
Other Partnership Options
Matt is also available to partner with schools to create or improve their own in-house academic support programs.
These services could include:
- 🔍 Needs assessment
- 🧭 Guidance in content development (e.g., time management, stress management, thriving with ADHD)
- 🛠️ Staff training
- 📈 Design of a program evaluation process (e.g., processes for collecting data, analyzing, and reporting program outcomes)
- 🔗 Integration with existing student-support services
- 📢 Development of a faculty outreach plan to make more faculty aware of these services
- 🎯 Plus anything else needed to make the program a success