A Guide To Faculty Development: Practical Advice, Examples, And Resources (Jb - Anker)

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Prepared under the auspices of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD), this book is a fundamental resource for faculty developers, as well as for faculty and administrators interested in promoting and sustaining faculty development within their institutions. Based on POD’s classic volume, A Handbook for New Practitioners, this new book offers up-to-date and relevant information on a range of faculty development topics. Topics include: • Setting up a faculty development program, including discussions of options, program types, and ten principles of good practice in creating and sustaining centers • Assessing teaching practices: The evaluation process, individual consultation, classroom observation, and small group instructional diagnosis • Offering a range of programs and services with focuses on promoting your program, staging successful workshops, producing newsletters, using technology, and creating a positive classroom climate • Reaching specific audiences such as department chairs and poor teachers • Using problem-based learning • Addressing diversity issues, including multicultural faculty development activities and diversity in the classroom • Establishing a successful faculty development committee Chapters contributed by: • Laura Border, University of Colorado–Boulder • Nancy A. Diamond, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign • Robert M. Diamond, National Academy for Academic Leadership • L. Dee Fink, University of Oklahoma • Linc. Fisch, independent consultant and writer • Madelyn Meier Healy, Kean University • Linda R. Hilsen, University of Minnesota–Duluth • Susan A Holton, Bridgewater State College • Christine Imbra, University of Minnesota–Duluth • Jill D. Jenson, University of Minnesota–Duluth • Karron G. Lewis, University of Texas–Austin • Ann F. Lucas, Fairleigh Dickinson University • Joyce Povlacs Lunde, University of Nebraska–Lincoln • Helen Rallis, University of Minnesota–Duluth • LeAne H. Rutherford, University of Minnesota–Duluth • Mary Deane Sorcinelli, University of Massachusetts Amherst • Christine A. Stanley, Texas A&M University • Richard G. Tiberius, University of Toronto • Emily C. (Rusty) Wadsworth, McHenry County College • Lee Warren, Harvard University • Maryellen Weimer, Berks Leigh Valley College of Penn State • LuAnn Wilkerson, University of California–Los Angeles • Delivee L. Wright, University of Nebraska–Lincoln