Faculty Development

Faculty development:

The arena of faculty development actually consists of three major areas: faculty development, instructional development, and organizational development, or combinations of all three. This section provides definitions of each of these terms.

Faculty Development refers to those programs which focus on the individual faculty member. The most common focus for programs of this type is the faculty member as a teacher.

A second frequent focus of such programs is the faculty member as a scholar and professional. These programs offer assistance in career planning, professional development in scholarly skills such as grant writing, publishing, committee work, administrative work, supervisory skills, and a wide range of other activities expected of faculty.

A third area on which faculty development programs focus is the faculty member as a person. This includes wellness management, interpersonal skills, stress and time management, assertiveness development and a host of other programs which address the individual's well-being.


o What are the different names used for faculty development?
o What division is it under?
o What services does it offer?
o How often are programs given and what specifically are they?

Texas Woman’s University:

-Faculty development
-At TWU faculty development is under the Academic Affairs division
-I couldn’t find any specific services offered
-Faculty development grants are awarded twice/year for faculty to pursue professional development as teachers, scholars and leaders. The intended outcomes are that faculty will have developed new skills/expertise that will advance them, primarily as teachers and mentors, but also as scholars and leaders.

San Jose State University:
-Center for Faculty Development
-Academic Technology
-The Center for Faculty Development offers services for state-funded faculty, staff and student peer mentors.
• Events
• Consultation
• Accessibility
• Programs
• Teaching Resources
• Tutorials
-The Center for Faculty Development maintains programs that support faculty teaching, scholarship and service throughout their career lifespan.
Programs offered:
• Carnegie Academy of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Program
• Course Design Program
• Educated Person Dialogue
• Faculty-in-Residence
• New Faculty Orientation

DePauw University:

Faculty development
I couldn't locate a division that it fell under
Programs:Short and long-term internal funding for conferences and research travel; stipends for course development and for scholarly and creative projects; new faculty orientation, and other teaching workshops; mentoring; sabbaticals and other leaves; opportunities for a reduced teaching load to undertake research or teaching improvement; and groups that meet to read, write, and discuss topics of mutual interest.