Zippy News: Introducing NCFR's Teaching Tuesdays

NCFR Weekly Zippy News

Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023

Introducing NCFR's Teaching Tuesdays
Forming and Implementing a Needs Assessment (Jan. 17)
Call for Authors: Parenting Education
JFTR Seeks Theories from Emerging Voices
Submit Nominations for NCFR Leadership Positions
CFLE Leaders Needed for Immediate Openings
Volunteers Needed to Review CVs and Résumés
NCFR Recognizes Bryant and Proulx for Outstanding Mentorship
Special Journal Issues on Transformative Family Scholarship
Call for Webinar Presenters: Quantitative Methods Experts
2022 Conference Recordings Available
Zippy's Video of the Week: The Key to Happiness
Employment Opportunities

Featured Event
Introducing NCFR's Teaching Tuesdays
Free for NCFR Members!

First event scheduled for Tuesday, February 7, 2023, 11 a.m. CT

Teaching Tuesdays is a new quarterly, interactive opportunity for NCFR members who teach in an academic setting to learn more about academic teaching. Presenter(s) will talk briefly about a topic related to teaching followed by a discussion with the presenter(s) and audience members. The discussion will focus on applying the information presented to enhance classroom pedagogy.

The first Teaching Tuesday will be led by Debra Berke, Ph.D., CFLE on the topic of Creating Healthy Learning Environments it will be held on Tuesday, February 7, 2023, 11 a.m. CT.

This Teaching Tuesday will address ways in which we can create strong, healthy learning environments for educators and students. Read more >>

REGISTER FOR FEB. 7 EVENT

Upcoming Webinars
Forming and Implementing a Needs Assessment

Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023 / 11 a.m. to noon CT
Presented by Celeste H. Hill, Ph.D., CFLE

A needs assessment is a valuable tool that helps identify the strengths and needs of a family or community. Specifically, implementing this tool enables a program, curriculum, or approach to be more effective and better meet the needs, interests, and goals of the target audience.

By the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to:

Develop a needs assessment to identify the characteristics and needs of individuals and families
Conduct a needs assessment to determine the differences between current conditions and desired outcomes
Employ a needs assessment in community settings

Approved for 1 hour of CFLE continuing education credit.

REGISTER TO ATTEND

More upcoming webinars include:

Building a Nonprofit Family Life Education Business

Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023 / 11 a.m. to noon CT

Strategies to Connect and Work with Community Partners
Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023 / 11 a.m. to noon CT

Call for Authors
Family Focus on Parenting Education

Decades of research have informed and documented the efficacy of evidence-based parenting education. Still, how is parenting education meeting the emerging needs and challenges that parents and other primary caregivers (e.g., foster parents, grandparents, adoptive parents) are confronting today?

The purpose of the winter 2023 issue of Family Focus, a section of NCFR Report member magazine, is to share with readers what advances have been made, and what gaps exist, in research, practice, and policies related to parenting education.

Authors are encouraged to critically assess how parenting education needs and services vary in age, ability, gender expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, national origin, or immigration status.

Submit your proposals by March 15, 2023, by completing the online proposal form. Final articles are due Jan. 15, 2023.

READ FULL CALL

Call for Submissions
JFTR Seeks Theoretical Commentaries from Students and New Professionals

Toward the mission of nurturing the contributions of emerging family scholars, NCFR's Journal of Family Theory & Review (JFTR) introduces a new genre of submissions titled Emerging Voices.

This new feature will offer brief and timely theoretical commentaries (10-15 manuscript pages) from students and new professionals about current topics and ideas that they would like to bring to the Family Science discipline. The editors invite submissions that demonstrate innovative theoretical thinking on topics that resonate with the new generations of scholars.

Those who are interested in submitting to Emerging Voices should reach out to Deputy Editor Caroline Sanner (csanner@vt.edu).

READ FULL CALL

NCFR Leadership Opportunities
Submit Nominations for NCFR Leadership Positions

2024 Elections Slate — Nominations due Jan. 31

Nominate yourself or a colleague for the following NCFR leadership roles to begin in November 2024, following the annual conference:

Conference Students and New Professionals Representative
Elections Council Members
Inclusion and Diversity Committee Members
Fellows Committee Members
Conference Program Chair-Elect

You can read selection criteria to help you decide or to identify potential candidates for the upcoming elections, or make your nominations right away!

SUBMIT NOMINATIONS

Family Life Education

CFLE Leaders Needed for Immediate Openings

NCFR currently has six openings for Certified Family Life Educators (CFLEs) on CFLE-related boards and committees for terms beginning in 2023. Please consider applying by Jan. 13, 2023 for a position and help to lead CFLE programming!

CFLE Advisory Board: One practitioner representative and two academic representatives are sought for this overarching leadership body of the CFLE program. The available positions are three-year terms.

CFLE Exam Committee: Three subject matter experts with experience working and teaching in the field of Family Life Education are sought to review and continually update the CFLE Exam. Term lengths run from two to five-years.

Applications are due by Jan. 13, 2023.

NCFR Member Benefits
Volunteers Needed to Review CVs and Résumés

NCFR members have an exclusive benefit to ensure their CV or résumé will stand out from the crowd. Three times a year, any NCFR member can submit either of these documents for a free review from seasoned NCFR members.

The winter submission period is Jan. 1-16, 2023. Over 75 people received a review of their résumé or CV in 2022. Submit your documents for review today.

VOLUNTEER REVIEWER OPPORTUNITY: Applications are also being accepted for résumé/CV reviewers now until January 16. Please see our reviewer application form to learn more and apply.

LEARN MORE

NCFR Award Spotlight
NCFR Recognizes Bryant and Proulx for Outstanding Mentorship

NCFR is proud to recognize Chalandra Bryant, Ph.D., CFLE, (above right) and Christine M. Proulx, Ph.D., (left) as the 2022 recipients of the of the Felix Berardo Scholarship Award, which is given to NCFR members for excellence in mentoring junior colleagues or students. The recipients are pictured above with Scott Tobias, Award Selection Committee Chair.

Dr. Bryant is currently a full professor and director of research in the Department of Family Social Science at the University of Minnesota.

Dr. Proulx is an associate professor in human development and Family Science at the University of Vermont.

CONTINUE READING

And congratulations to all of NCFR's 2022 Award Recipients

NCFR Journals

Read the NCFR Journals' Special Issues on Transformative Family Scholarship

NCFR's three scholarly journals have all published special issues on the theme Transformative Family Scholarship: Theory, Practice, and Research at the Intersection of Families, Race, and Social Justice.

These special issues showcase cutting edge theory, research, and practices that engage the Family Science community with scholarship that promotes anti-racist and social justice efforts.

Links to each special issue can be found below:

Journal of Marriage and Family (Vol. 84, Issue 5)
Journal of Family Theory & Review (Vol. 14, Issue 3)
Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Science (Vol. 71, Issue 5)

Call for Presenters: NCFR's Quantitative Methods Webinar Series

Apply by Tuesday, Jan. 31

Calling all quantitative research experts! NCFR seeks webinar presenters to teach basic and advanced techniques in quantitative methods.

This multi-year webinar series—organized by Dr. Isaac Washburn at Oklahoma State University—focuses on teaching and applying quantitative methods to support the work of current and future Family Science researchers.

Submit your credentials, topics for presenting, and resume/CV by Tuesday, Jan. 31.

LEARN MORE & APPLY

New to NCFR's Webinars? Check out our past webinars on quantitative methods — all available to watch on demand.

Classroom licenses are available for all webinars.

2022 Conference Recordings Available

All registered NCFR conference attendees (in person or NCFR Bridge) may access the 2022 conference recordings for free through the Whova app. This is a benefit of your registration. View the list of recordings

If you missed NCFR 2022, access to video recordings is available for purchase. This package includes all 4 plenary sessions, 5 special sessions, and 6 invited presenter sessions. Learn more and purchase

Purchase classroom licenses for specific conference sessions for use in your classroom or department. Request a classroom license

GET STARTED HERE

Zippy's Video of the Week
Relationships Are the Key to Happiness

The Harvard Study of Adult Development, which began in 1938*, is one of the longest-running studies of adult life ever conducted. Eight decades later, and studying the third generations of its original participants, the researchers have arrived at one simple conclusion to what makes people happy.

"Good relationships keep us happier, healthier, and help us live longer," writes Dr. Robert Waldinger, director of the study, in the new book The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness. "This is true across the lifespan, and across cultures and contexts, which means it is almost certainly true for you, and for nearly every human being who has ever lived."

In this week's video, Dr. Waldinger chats with CBS reporter Susan Spencer about his research, the new book, and how to strengthen your relationships.

WATCH THIS VIDEO

*1938 is also the year NCFR was founded!

New Employment Opportunities

Employers: Get your job opening included in Zippy News by posting it in NCFR's online Jobs Center! Get started here.

Researcher / Sr. Researcher
Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago

Established in 1985, Chapin Hall's areas of research include child welfare systems, community capacity to support children and families, and youth homelessness. Chapin Hall seeks a highly committed, creative researcher to collaborate on design and implementation of rigorous research, support implementation and adaptation, and contribute integrated approaches to analysis and co-interpretation. This position entails a primary focus on quantitative research methods with a commitment to working within a team to bring a range of data sources and types to inform understanding and action.

Location: Chicago, Illinois
Required Education: Doctorate
Application Deadline: Open until filled

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Home and Community Extension Assistant/Associate Professor (Wayne County)
Utah State University Extension - Wayne County

Utah State University Extension seeks a faculty position in the Home and Community Department. This is a 12-month, tenure-track, fiscal-year appointment at the rank of extension assistant or associate professor. Extension faculty develop, provide, evaluate, and coordinate research-based educational programs for youth and adults. Extension faculty also recruit, train and supervise volunteer leaders and serve as a liaison between local clientele, other resource agencies, and Utah State University administrators, faculty, and programs. Extension faculty have Wayne County, departmental, and University responsibilities.

Location: Loa, Utah
Required Education: Master's
Application Deadline: Jan. 19, 2023

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