Effective Faculty Development: Building Leadership Relationships to Support Online Faculty Training Programs

Brief Abstract

Leveraging a matrix of college leadership to support professional development programming offers a chance to strengthen institutional strategies, inter-departmental communication, and student success. This presentation will equip attendees with effective processes, strategies, and resources to support college-wide professional development programming, from initial planning through implementation and follow-up analysis.

Extended Abstract

This session will cover effective processes, communication strategies, and resources to lead and support a faculty cohort through the successful launch of a new professional development program. Leveraging a matrix of leadership roles, including the college dean, program chairs, lead faculty, and adjunct faculty to support a new faculty development program can mitigate uncertainty while providing opportunities to strengthen institutional goals, inter-departmental communication and student success. This presentation will equip attendees with effective processes, strategies, and resources to support college-wide professional development programming, from initial planning through implementation and follow-up analysis.

Viewers will be equipped with a set of processes and resources for a multistage faculty development programming plan that leverages opportunities to:

Create an organized faculty development program
Set context for and manage change
Establish instructional expectations
Manage and assess faculty development programming cycle
Evaluate programming effectiveness

The presenters will cover strategies for how to implement, manage, and evaluate a faculty development program that will prepare faculty to leverage leadership relationships, communication strategies, and data crosswalks to evaluate overall course health. Viewers will gain insight into the intentional building of leadership relationships, including the dean, program chairs, lead faculty, and adjuncts to manage communication, change, faculty development programming implementation, evaluation, and follow-up. In addition viewers will be able to interact with the presenters asynchronously, posting comments and questions.

Learning Outcomes

1. After reviewing this presentation, viewers will have an understanding of the common challenges that arise before, during, and after implementing a new professional development program, and strategies to manage those challenges.

2.  After reviewing this presentation, viewers will be equipped with tools to support faculty at each stage of the faculty development programming, including implementation, evaluation, and follow-up analysis.

3.   After reviewing this presentation, viewers will be equipped with a set of processes and resources to organize an effective faculty development program and communication plan.

4. After reviewing this presentation, viewers will gain insight into how to leverage data points to track the effectiveness of instructional, outreach and engagement strategies.