Faculty Development

Michigan State University

What are the different names used for faculty development?

Michigan State refers to their training division as the Office of Faculty and Organizational Development (F&OD).

What division is it under?

Michigan State’s F&OD is part of the Academic Human Resources in the Office of the Provost.

What services does it offer?

From the site...”supports MSU faculty, academic staff and administrators in their ongoing quest for excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and leadership.”

How often are programs given and what specifically are they?

Faculty and Instructional Development for Fall 2010

Organizational and Leadership Development

The hyperlinks take you to brochures that detail all the training going on at Michigan State in Fall, 2010. Training specified in these documents seem to be explicit and extensive training.

Fayetteville State University

What are the different names used for faculty development?

Fayetteville State, located in Fayetteville, North Carolina refers to their training division as the Office of Faculty Development. Formerly this division was known as the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning.

What division is it under?

The Office is under the Continuing Education division.

What services does it offer?

The website state this office provides service in five (5) areas: Faculty Development, Curriculum Development, Instructional Development, Instructional Technology and Research and Assessment.

How often are programs given and what specifically are they?

Resources allow one to search by month and event types. Two (2) training sessions were on the calendar for December 2010, November 2010 listed zero (0) sessions, October 2010 noted four (4) meetings and September 2010 mentioned zero (0) events.

California State-East Bay

What are the different names used for faculty development?

Cal State East Bay refers to their division as the Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching (OFD/FaCET).

What division is it under?

Faculty Development is part of Faculty Support Services (FSS) at Cal State East Bay.

What services does it offer?

In addition to training sessions, FaCET has a nice cache of general resources ranging from copyright information to WWW resources.

How often are programs given and what specifically are they?

Monthly programs are listed.

Western Michigan University

What are the different names used for faculty development?

WMU’s division is simply called the WMU Office of Faculty Development.

What division is it under?

WMU’s office falls under the division of Faculty Development in Academic Technology and Instructional Services (ATIS).

What services does it offer?

In addition to the programs specifically stated, the site http://www.wmich.edu/facdev/Programs/index.html

states they are available to give training on specific topics to groups. They also offer individual teaching consultations which include topics such as syllabus construction and end of course student evaluation.

How often are programs given and what specifically are they?

Programs for the 10-11 year are listed. Some dates and times are specific; others are more general (i.e., Spring 2011).