A Guide to Faculty Development: Practical Advice, Examples, and Resources (JB-Anker) - Tapa dura

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Kay Herr Gillespie is Professor Emerita at Colorado State University, Where she served as a tenured faculty member in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures and began working in faculty development in 1976. She served on the POD Core Committee and was president of the organization in 1998-1999. Currently she is working independently as a higher education consultant and editor.

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Prepared under the auspices of the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education, this book is a fundamental resource for faculty developers, as well as for faculty and administrators interested in promoting and sustaining faculty development within their institution. Based on POD's classic volume, A Handbook for New Practitioners, this new book offers up-to-date and relevant information on a range of faculty development topics, including:

• Setting up a faculty development program, including discussions of options, program types, and ten principles of good practice in creating and sustaining centers
• Assessing teaching practices: the evaluation process, individual consultation, classroom observation, and small group instructional diagnosis
• Offering a range of programs and services with focuses on promoting your program, staging successful workshops, producing newsletters, using technology, and creating a positive classroom climate
• Reaching specific audiences such as department chairs and poor teachers
• Using problem-based learning
• Addressing diversity issues, including multicultural faculty development activities and diversity in the classroom
• Establishing a successful faculty development committee