Faculty Development

Faculty development is a process through which faculty can enhance their teaching and research base to an effective teacher, scholar, and contributor to academic and professional communities. Faculty development programs provide opportunities for interested faculty members to engage in activities focused on professional development (interpreted broadly as teaching scholarship and service) and to interact with others with similar goals. The primary goal of faculty development is to help faculty learn new ways to achieve excellence and to grow as faculty members. It is an ongoing process of understanding, learning, and growth. Faculty development includes education, collaboration, resources, and support. 

In addition to faculty and instructional development, faculty development concerns itself with culture change. Through educational programs and workshops faculty can learn the skills necessary to reach excellence in a changing academic environment.

Philosophy
To inspire, stimulate, and motivate faculty to go beyond usual routines, to help them understand student perspectives, to introduce varied approaches to teaching and learning and to integrate these in to their repertoire of knowledge and skills.

The Center for Faculty Excellence
The Center for Faculty Excellence Website (www.ithaca.edu/cfe) is the repository for faculty development announcements and resources.

Janice Elich Monroe, Faculty Development Coordinator
monroej@ithaca.edu
607-274-3172

Michael Buck, Associate Faculty Development Coordinator
buck@ithaca.edu
607-274-1936

Carol G. Henderson, Associate Provost
cghenderson@ithaca.edu
607-274-3837

 

Related Web sites:
Members of the Faculty Development Committee, /provost/standingcommittees/facultydevcomm/
Faculty Commons, https://myhome.ithaca.edu/