What is Faculty Development

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The process of providing educational and coaching to faculty members to help them improve their work performance, particularly in the areas of teaching, grant writing, and conducting research. Learn more in: The Global Scholar: Challenges and Opportunities of Working with Transnational Faculty in Higher Education

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Faculty development is the process of providing professional development training and coaching to faculty members to help them improve their work performance, particularly in specific areas such as teaching and research. Learn more in: Traditional Versus Digital Assessment Methods: Faculty Development

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In the case of the individual faculty member, faculty development essentially means the improvement of that individual's teaching skills as well as the improvement of their course content and design. Learn more in: Supporting Sustained Faculty Engagement in Blended Learning

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resources and activities to help faculty become effective at facilitating student learning Learn more in: The MORE Model for Faculty Development

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An intentional process by which faculty members work in a systematic way to improve their skills in the following domains: educational skills; leadership skills; skills necessary to engage in scholarly activities, and personal development; and skills in designing and implementing a professional development plan. Learn more in: Supporting Learning Design as a Driver for Pedagogical Innovation Within an Integrated Model of Faculty Development

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Faculty development is the process of providing professional development training and coaching to faculty members to help them improve their work performance, particularly in specific areas such as teaching and research. Learn more in: An Urgency for Change in Roles: A Cross Analysis of Digital Teaching and Learning Environments From Students and Faculty Perspective

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Programs, seminars and workshops offered by institutions of higher learning designed to support the improvement of teaching (and learning). Learn more in: The Untapped Learning Potential of CMC in Higher Education

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The process of providing support and training to faculty members to help them improve their work performance. Learn more in: Promoting Digital Teaching and Learning: Faculty Development Options for Distance Learning Instructors

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Programs, seminars and workshops offered by institutions of higher learning designed to support the improvement of teaching (and learning). Learn more in: The Untapped Learning Potential of CMC in Higher Education

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The programming and enhancement efforts of faculty focused on pillars of academic excellence and areas of faculty success throughout the faculty lifecycle. Faculty development often includes areas of teaching, learning, scholarship or research, and professional service. Learn more in: Faculty Development in Digital Spaces: Designing and Implementing Innovative Modular Online Programming

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One of the forms of the institutional supports that universities and academic departments can provide to faculty in order to cultivate and sustain community-engaged research projects. Faculty development can help faculty develop specific competencies necessary for community-engaged scholarship. Learn more in: Designing a Course for the Development of Community-Engaged Researchers in a College of Education

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The process of professional training, guidance, and coaching that assists faculty members in enriching their teaching and research practices. Learn more in: TILTing Assignments in In-Major Undergraduate Courses

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In our context, faculty development focused on building relationships. The interactions between leaders and more importantly between faculty are the key component to creating an environment for open discussion and sustainable progress. Learn more in: A One Year Federal Mobile Learning Initiative Review

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A term similarly used for staff development and professional development, in settings that pertain to educators. May include teacher training, and is usually considered pre-service, or before beginning teaching. Learn more in: Exploring Application of the Training of Trainers (ToT) Model on Faculty Professional Development and Teaching Practices in a Summer Learning Community

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One of the forms of the institutional supports that universities and academic departments can provide to faculty in order to cultivate and sustain community-engaged research projects. Faculty development can help faculty develop specific competencies necessary for engaged scholarship. Learn more in: Community-Engaged Research: Opportunities, Challenges, and the Necessity of Institutional Support

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Programming and resources for faculty towards their professional development and advancement as educators, scholars, and leaders in academia. Learn more in: The Promise of Peace Leadership for Physician Professional Identity Formation: Charting the Need for Faculty Development

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Activities implemented to enhance the teaching knowledge and skills of course instructors. Learn more in: Reshaping Pharmacy and Allied Health Education for a Post-Pandemic World Using Kotter's Change Model

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Training and support of faculty to improve teaching in an effort to improve student success and student learning. Learn more in: Comprehensive Faculty Development: An Innovative Approach in Online Education

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Programs and activities focus on the individual faculty member. The most common focus for programs of this type is the faculty member as a teacher. Faculty development specialists provide consultation on teaching, including class organization, evaluation of students, in-class presentation skills, questioning, and all aspects of design and presentation (POD Network, 2004). Learn more in: Challenges and Issues of Teaching Online

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The process of focusing on, sustaining, facilitating, and improving student success by supporting faculty members through workshops, mentorship, and training. Learn more in: Changing Gears in the Assessment Cycle: Preparing for Gradual yet Substantial Shifts

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Also known as faculty professional development which refers to the activities that help faculty members in improving their knowledge skills, teaching effectiveness, and in improving the vitality of educational institutions. Learn more in: Artificial Intelligence Methods in E-Learning

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Professional development of the faculty members and administrators who deal directly with students specifically in higher education. Learn more in: Faculty Development Centers for Digital Teaching and Learning: Implementation of Institutional Strategy and Infrastructure

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Within a professional development school model, university and PK-12 teachers and leaders engage in professional development focused on enhancing the partnership to best prepare teachers and leaders. Learn more in: Preparing Educators for Sustainability: One Center's Journey

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Sub-field of educational development in higher education institutions focused specifically on the improvement of teaching of faculty and future faculty. While not an inclusive term, faculty development offerings can also include services for non-tenure track, adjunct and other instructor types as well. Learn more in: Structuring Personalized Faculty Development Programming With Autonomy-Support and Microcredentials

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Professional development with specific application toward “faculty and instructional development together” (Gillespie, et al., 2002, p. 5). With regard to this chapter, the term professional development was used to indicate the programs and initiatives that institutions offer internally to faculty that are intended to enhance their role in instructional practices (Smith, 1998). Professional development initiatives were defined as programs designed to promote longer-term faculty learning and are required or highly recommended to faculty by their institution in order to provide a broader and more commonly accepted set of faculty teaching practices. Learn more in: Teaching in the American Community College: Professional Development Matters