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Applying For A Faculty Development Position: What Can Our Colleagues Tell Us?, Erin Porter, Karron Lewis, Eric W. Kristensen, Christine A. Stanley, Carol A. Weiss

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Faculty Development is an emerging field for institutions of higher education; therefore, the procedure for recruiting center directors and faculty developers has not been carefully examined or published. Constructing or reviewing resumes, curriculum vitae, or application portfolios is still an uncharted area in our profession. Information about these procedures is currently available only in the experiences of employers and potential employees for positions in faculty development. The objective of this article is to begin the process of accumulating useful criteria for employees and employers to find the right match of needs and qualifications. As a unique field in the academic …

Section I: Working With Faculty Communities

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

This volume of To Improve the Academy begins with essays examining different groups of faculty within our institutions. We clustered these together because each spotlights a special group of faculty. One danger in institutions of higher learning is that the term "community" may be misused. It could be restricted to an academic department that must get along by reason of budgets, proximity of offices, or shared parking lots. Or the term could be a convenient designation for a group of people sharing a category-such as the "research faculty." Or it could be used to disguise problems within or between campus …

Section Ii: Practicing Inclusive Behavior

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

The editors have chosen to offer the two essays in this section by themselves because we want to underline the importance of a vital task calling us as change agents and community builders. 0. Scott Peck (1987) in The Different Drum writes that the "great enemy of community is exclusivity" (p. 61). We can point to egregious examples of exclusion in our society; but can we clearly see how we ourselves practice exclusivity, even with the best of intentions? If we do recognize the problem, how can we not only change our own behaviors but also promote inclusion across our …

Section Iii: Teachers And Students In The Classroom

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

The first category of faculty development in the POD publication, "An Informational Brochure about Faculty, Instructional and Organization Development," is "the faculty member as teacher." To Improve the Academy is one place where faculty developers and teachers can turn to find out what is happening in the realm of teaching and learning.

Section Iv: Addressing Change In Programs Of Faculty Development

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

In recent years, the membership of POD has grown considerably, and each year new programs on campuses are newly established or renewed. This section is devoted to descriptions of a variety of campus-based programs making using of a variety of strategies promoting improvement in the climate for scholarship and learning on our campuses.

Section V: The Roles Faculty Developers Play

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

This last section combines perspectives of both organizational development and personal development. Those of us who have been in faculty development a long time remember when we were defining the role faculty developers "should" play on our campuses. At the same time the subject of the "career" of a faculty developer was also discussed, often with some puzzling overtones. The passage of time has helped faculty development clarify both the role-or many roles-faculty developers play and the career paths each might follow.

Teaching The Technology Of Teaching: A Faculty Development Program For New Faculty, Ray Shackelford

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

The primary function of institutions of higher education is to facilitate learning. New faculty are hired yearly with the expectation that they will match student needs with effective learning experiences. But many incoming faculty, although knowledgeable in their fields, enter higher education with limited preparation or experience in teaching. This can reduce the effectiveness of the teaching/learning process. The question is: "How can faculty with limited teaching experience be helped to strengthen their teaching effectiveness?" To examine this question, this article will describe the development, implementation, and qualitative and quantitative assessment of an innovative faculty development program entitled "Teaching the …

Helping Faculty Integrate Technology In Research And Teaching: Cart At Bridgewater State College, Terry Anne Vigil, Gail Price, Uma Shama, Karen Stonely

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

This article describes Bridgewater State College's Center for the Advancement of Research and Teaching (CART). CART's role is to prepare all faculty and librarians to take advantage of the opportunities that the new Center for Tecyhnological Applications will make available for the teaching and learning process, not only for students but for faculty. The challenge for CART is to integrate traditional faculty development with technological training as one more tool for the practitioner to enhance teaching and learning. Bridgewater's program has successfully attracted faculty to educational technology, encouraged teaching and research projects through a summer small grants program, and built …

Taking The Lead: Faculty Development As Institutional Change Agent, Kenneth J. Zahorski

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

This article looks at the nature, role, and functions of faculty development from a particular philosophical perspective, exploring ways in which faculty development professionals might step beyond their traditional institutional role as facilitators to become even more powerful change agents. More specifically, the author (1) identifies areas where change agent strategies may be used, (2) provides some concrete examples of faculty development serving as an effective institutional change agent, and (3) identifies the conditions needed for faculty developers to become successful change agents.

From Faculty Developer To Faculty Development Director: Shifting Perspectives And Strategies, Marie A. Wunsch

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Very often faculty development staff, instructional development specialists, or faculty members on development committees are called upon to assume administrative duties as the director of a faculty development program or office. This article suggests strategies for addressing the perspectives and skills that successful faculty developers have that can be adapted, shifted, and enlarged to serve them well in a new role.

Pod Network News: Newsletter November 1992, Daniel Wheeler

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: POD Network News

Annual Conference at Saddlebrook Resort, Wesley Chapel, Florida

Spirit of POD Award

Program Descriptions

Bright Idea Award

CORE Election

To Improve the Academy

Special Projects

CORE Deliberations

Standing Committees

Our New Look

Among Us

Conferences

Positions

Subscribing to the POD Network Electronic List Service

Contacting POD's Manager of Administrative Services

Things to do ...

POD Core Committee 1993-1996 Self-Nomination Form

Pod Network News, August 1992, Daniel W. Wheeler

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: POD Network News

POD ANNUAL CONFERENCE

CORE COMMITTEE (October 21-22, 1992)

SPECIAL POD PROJECTS

HESBERGH FACULTY DEVELOPMENT AWARD

PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS

AMONG POD MEMBERS

MEETINGS OF INTEREST

CYCLE OF POD ACTIVITIES TO ANCITIPATE

Pod Network News, May 1992, Daniel W. Wheeler

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: POD Network News

1992 POD CONFERENCE

NOTES ABOUT THE CORE COMMITTEE

THOUGHTS FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

AAHE/RECEPTION/POD SAMPLER

SPECIAL PROJECTS

TO IMPROVE THE ACADEMY

POD MEMBERS KUDOS

BRIGHT IDEAS

PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

MEETINGS OF INTEREST

NEW PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST

TIAA-CREF ANNOUNCES FACULTY DEVELOPMENT AWARD

CHECKLIST: THINGS TO DO

UPDATE OF 1988 COLLECTION OF PROGRAMS

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION GUIDELINES

Teaching and Learning Committee, Wabash College

Instructional Development Program, University of Rhode Island

Pod Network News, January 15, 1992, Ronald Smith

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: POD Network News

No abstract provided.

1992-93 Unopa General Meeting Minutes

UNOPA: Minutes

No abstract provided.

Index

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

No abstract provided.

Conference Discussion, Sharing And Recreation Options

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

Saddlebrook Recreational Options

Pre-Conference Workshops

Conference Program

Interest Groups

Materials Fair

Bright Ideas

Call For Papers For The 1992 Edition Of To Improve The Academy

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

Deadline for submission: February 1st, 1992.

POD invites submissions for the 1992 edition of To Improve the Academy.

Pod Registrants, 1991-92

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

No abstract provided.

1992 Bright Idea Award Entry Form And Friday Lunch Ticket

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

No abstract provided.

Building Community Within A Changing Academy: Preliminary Program 17th Annual Conference

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

Featured Speakers

Pre-conference Workshops, Entertainment, Networking

Concurrent Sessions

Conference Photos 1992 Saddlebrook, Tampa, Fl

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

No abstract provided.

Editorial Matter 1992

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Ordering Information

Permission to Copy

Instructions to Contributors for the 1993 Volume

Foreword, by Donald H. Wulff and Jody D. Nyquist, Editors

In Memory of Jack Lindquist (1945-1991)

Mission Statement

Membership

Conference and Programs

Contents

List of Contributors

Faculty Development In Out-Of-The-Way Places, Sally S. Atkins, Marilla D. Svinicki

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Beyond Needs Assessment: Institutional Research as Faculty Development

Instructional Research: A Sneaky Way into the Classroom

Faculty Committees: Purgatory or Possibility?

Assisting Others Helps the Helper

Team-Teaching

Freshman Seminar

Writing Support

Faculty as Persons

Empowering Others to Assist in Faculty Development

Rituals, Myths, and Magic

Conclusion

References

Faculty Development And The New American Scholar, William B. Bondeson

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Scholars and Professing

The Varieties of Scholarship

The Varieties of Scholarship: A Case Study

The Diversity of Teaching and Scholarship

Building a Teaching Community

Conclusion

References

Reflections On Teaching Courses In Faculty Development: Three Case Studies, Kathleen T. Brinko, Richard G. Tiberius, Sally S. Atkins, Judy A. Greene

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Richard Tiberius: Reflections on a Graduate Course at the University of Toronto

Sally Atkins: Reflections on a Graduate Seminar at Appalachian State University

Judy Greene: Reflections on a Training Institute for New Faculty Developers

Themes Across the Case Studies

Conclusion

References

Bill Jasper's First Night, Nick Brockunier, Alan G. Heffner, Barbara Millis (Editor)

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Bill Jasper's First Night Exhibit 1: Syllabus

Bill Jasper's First Night Exhibit 2: Lecture Outline

Use of the Case entitled "Bill Jasper's First Night"

Appendix A

Hard Times Signal Challenges For Faculty Developers, Elizabeth Fideler, Mary Deane Sorcinelli

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Articulation of the Problems

Creative Solutions

Involving Faculty in Program Initiatives

Seeking Administrative Leadership

Encouraging Collegiality

Creating Systems of "Outside" Support

Providing Rewards and Recognition

Conclusion

References

See You On Wednesday!, Elizabeth Fideler, Deanna Yameen

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

The first class meeting seemed to go smoothly enough. I went in, introduced myself, and ran through the course syllabus and calendar. The students seemed pretty much like the students I taught at State U--maybe a little older. They asked the same questions about how long the papers should be and which books to buy. They made no comments about the journal assignment for the next class. They filled out my survey readily enough. In fact, the class ended twenty minutes early.

In my eight years of teaching at State U, I never saw anything like the survey responses I …

Not Another Inventory, Rather A Catalyst For Reflection, Neil D. Fleming, Colleen Mills

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Developing a Technique

The Catalyst

A Pattern for Discussion

Help Sheets

Using the Technique

Discussion

Conclusion

References

Appendix A: How Do I Learn Best

Appendix B