1. Meaningful Faculty Engagement: Making Connections to Instructional and Institutional Priorities
Ghazala Hashmi, PhD
Coordinator
Center for Faculty Engagement
Reynolds Community College
Richmond, Virginia
Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
February 14 – 17, 2017

2. Goals & Objectives of the Session
To introduce you to Reynolds Community College’s center for teaching and learning
To demonstrate how the key faculty development areas emerged directly from instructional and institutional priorities
To provide some samples of professional development courses (workshops) that can be replicated within other institutions
To highlight database applications that assist in structuring and assessing faculty development
To demonstrate strategies for identifying key procedures for the creation of meaningful faculty development programming
Goals & Objectives of the Session

3. The Necessary Fourth Leg
TEACHING
RESEARCH
SERVICE
DEVELOPMENT

4. Faculty development is both challenging and immensely rewarding.
Why we named our unit The Center for Faculty Engagement (CFE)
Faculty development is both challenging and immensely rewarding.

5. Why should faculty care about professional development?
Faculty value development opportunities when they locate value in their outcomes
Why should faculty care about professional development?
Self-
actualization
Esteem
Social
Safety
Physiological
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

6. Locating the value of development for both faculty and the institution
Faculty Development
Goals of the Faculty
Professional
Personal
Goals of the Institution
Improved Student Success Outcomes
Graduation Rates / Credentials
Attraction & Retention of Faculty
Accreditation Factors
Locating the value of development for both faculty and the institution

7. The Reciprocal Benefits of Embedding the Pursuit of Excellence in
Teaching & Learning
in the Hands of Faculty
Reinforcing institutional values: > life-long learning > teaching and learning at the heart of the college

8. A Strong Faculty Development Program Involves
The infrastructure of the CFE is built directly on the participation, leadership, and insights of the college faculty:
Faculty Learning Communities
Faculty Lunch & Learn
Curricular Workshops
Faculty Resource Bureau
New Faculty Induction
CFE Advisory Committee
A Strong
Faculty
Development
Program
Involves

9. Intentionality: Aligning focus with institutional priorities
The core focal points of Reynolds’
CFE align closely with the
college’s strategic priorities:
Academic Advising
Honors at Reynolds
Open Educational Resources
Teaching & Learning
Active Calendar of Workshops
Intentionality:
Aligning focus
with
institutional
priorities

10. Sample Curriculum: 2 to 3 hour-long workshops in Advising Training
Faculty Development in Advising
Foundational Courses
Advising 101: Advising is Teaching
Advising 102: Advising in Practice
Master Advisor Certification
Advising 201: Advising the At-Risk Learner
Advising 202: Value-Added Advising – Fostering Success Skills
Sample Curriculum: 2 to 3 hour-long workshops in Advising Training

11. Modeling Best Practices in Teaching and Learning
At the heart of Reynolds’ CFE is the focus on teaching and learning and on best practices grounded in scholarship and research. Workshops are developed with and delivered by faculty leaders.
Modeling
Best
Practices in
Teaching
and
Learning
“. . . [S]hort-term interventions, such as an afternoon faculty development workshop, don’t have much of an impact when it comes to sustained behavior change. On the other hand, data suggest that well-designed, on-going faculty development programs are worth the time and effort.”
--Faculty Focus, Magna Publications
Handbook for
Facilitators
Handbook for New
Faculty Mentors

12. Avoiding Mission Creep
Clearly define the Center’s focus
All faculty training has to connect to teaching and learning
Technology Training
Information Sessions
Administrivia
Avoiding Mission Creep

13. Management & Administrative concerns
Database for Tracking Faculty Workshop Completion & Submissions
Honors Program Course Proposal Form

14. Review the current strategic plan of the institution and select one primary area of focus.
Identify the faculty development necessary to support the achievement of that strategic goal.
Define the objectives of such faculty development.
Define the desired outcomes of the training in terms of its impact on teaching and learning.
Plan the best ways to develop and deliver such training.
Developing faculty development programming in alignment with your institutional priorities

15. Ghazala Hashmi
Center for Faculty Engagement
Reynolds Community College
Contact information