Mission
In order to achieve the above mentioned objectives, FCPD organizes and sponsers
various events and workshops for the Faculty Members. Following is the list
of all the workshops:
Enhancing Educational Effectiveness
Award Program
- Purpose is to provide both individual faculty members and departmental and
interdisciplinary teams with funding to develop new curriculum and to improve
instructional strategies that will enhance student learning. Types of awards
include:
Assessment Planning Grants, Full Assessment Project, Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary
Innovations, General Education Innovations Awards, Travel Awards, Workshop
Awards.
Summer Institute of Teaching & Learning
- Focus is to create learning environments for faculty and students by sharing
and learning strategies to integrate a variety of skills into course work
such as analytic reading and writing, quantitative reasoning and critical
thinking, oral communication, accessing and evaluating information (information
competency, and learning how to learn.
New Tenure Track Faculty Gatherings
- A once a month informal gathering for new tenure track faculty members.
Food is served, questions are answered, special guests and resource people
are invited to address teaching, research/creativity activities, and university
committee work.
New Faculty Orientation
- Tenure track hires are given an overview of campus personnel and resources,
services, facilities, and an opportunity to meet colleagues. Program includes
welcome, breakfast, informal table discussions and presentations by the President,
Provost, and various departments. Topics of discussions can include First
Day of Class, class roster, payroll and benefits, RTP process, grant writing,
and release time.
Reach-Out-to-Lecturers' Program & Orientation
- Supports the continuous improvement of Lecturers to deliver the finest educational
services to their students by offering a Lecturer Orientation, a "Faculty
Handbook for Lecturers" and Lecturer’s Evaluation Workshops. Learning
to Deal with Disruptions in the Classroom Workshops, and by coordinating monthly
faculty development events for Lecturers at various campus resource centers
and workshops.
Lecturer PEN Mentoring/Peer Coaching Team Project
- The project supports peer coaching teams in which lecturers work with another
lecturer and mentoring teams. Each lecturer is paired with a tenure-track
faculty member who was previously a lecturer. The focus and activities of
each team varies, depending on the interests and schedules of the participants.
Lecturers' Evaluation Workshops
- Workshop entitled "How to Represent Yourself Effectively for the Evaluation
Process." Reviews the Part-time and Full-time Lecturer Periodic Evaluation
form. Also addresses scholarship and creative activities and university/community
services, as well as general and specific strategies for effectively communicating
professional qualities, and documenting these achievements effectively within
the evaluation process.
Legacy Lecture Series
- Provides a time and place for selected faculty, nominated by their colleagues,
to address the University community as if it were their "last lecture,"
sharing personal reflections, beliefs, convictions, values, and visions as
educators.
Your Financial Health
- Educational workshops designed to help faculty and staff understand and
plan their investment strategies to achieve their financial and retirement
objectives.
Individual Faculty Counseling
- Private sessions to facilitate the resolution of issues in faculty’s
development. All sessions are initiated by the faculty member.
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