Supervision Day

Thursday 26 Sept 2024, 09:00 → 16:00 Europe/Berlin

Seminar Rooms 1-3 (House H)

Johannes Petereit (Geoforschungszentrum Potsdam), Matthias Zach (KaBeAk)

To our current and future supervisors!

The aim of the Supervision Day is to create a forum for to rethink and further develop your supervision concepts. 

What you can expect

Keynote "Effective Supervision of Doctoral Candidates"

The interactive keynote provides an overview of central topics that contribute to an effective supervision. It covers the relevant phases and steps of the supervision process from onboarding to thesis completion. It also addresses vital aspects such as questions of effective communication, feedback and conflict resolution. Lastly, the keynote will also provide advice on how to provide the much needed extra motivation for a timely thesis termination, the last push.

Group Coaching 

During the group coaching sequence, we will develop actionable solutions together using examples for classical challenges and your personal experiences. The session allows us to dive deeper into topics covered in the keynote and focus more concretely on challenging aspects of your individual supervision situation.

Interactive workshops "Recruiting and Onbaording of doctoral candidates" 

The afternoon workshop will address the challenges and pitfalls when it comes to recruiting doctoral candidates. Also, it will address how organize crucial onboarding phase to clarify mutual expectations and obligations, and to create positive dynamics from the start. The first phase of the doctoral project lays the foundation for the success of following months and years until project completion. 

Take advantage of this opportunity to improve your skills, exchange ideas with colleagues and gain valuable inspiration for your daily work.

 

10:00 → 10:30 Welcome and Check-in

Conveners: Dr Johannes Petereit (Geoforschungszentrum Potsdam), Dr Matthias Zach (KaBeAk)

10:30 → 11:30 Keynote - Effective Doctoral Supervision

The interactive keynote provides an overview of central topics that contribute to an effective supervision. It covers the relevant phases and steps in of the supervision process from onboarding to thesis completion. It also addresses vital aspects such as questions of effective communication, feedback and conflict resolution. Lastly, the keynote will also provide advice on how to provide the much needed extra motivation for a timely thesis termination, the last push.

Speaker: Dr Matthias Zach (KaBeAk)

11:30 → 11:45 Break

11:45 → 13:15 Group Coaching - Deep Dive into effective Doctoral Supervision

During the group coaching sequence we will develop actionable solutions together using practical examples. The session allows us to dive deeper into topics covered in the keynote and focus more concretely on challenging aspects and situations in supervision.

Speaker: Dr Matthias Zach (KaBeAk)

13:15 → 14:15 Lunch

14:15 → 15:45 Workshop - Recruiting and Onboarding Doctoral Candidates

The first phase of the doctoral project lays the foundation for the success of following months and years until project completion. The afternoon workshop will address how to hire suitable doctoral candidates and how to act in the crucial onboarding phase to clarify mutual expectations and obligations, and to create a positive dynamic.

Speaker: Dr Matthias Zach (KaBeAk)

15:45 → 15:55 Conclusion and Farewell

Speakers: Dr Johannes Petereit (Geoforschungszentrum Potsdam), Matthias Zach (KaBeAk)