Sketching Effective Faculty Professional Development Framework

Abstract

Professional development plays a demanding role in the continuous advancement of teachers. It does support all facets of academic careers, but accepting its importance to teaching is the most significant accountability of the organization and the teachers themselves. Professional faculty development bridges faculty across disciplines and career phases, serving to create a pedagogical community within the college or university. Professional development is not remedial or an activity only for those having concerns, but should be an essential component of every faculty member's endeavor to become more effective in the classroom. It form teachers attentive of what they achieve, inquire them why and demand them to continually do it more excellent. Professional development enhances the affective, thoughtful and social aspects of academic life. It reforms the academic experience at institutions for teachers and students. Correctly designed faculty development approaches can promote and create a culture that supports a mindful focus on teaching, while concurrently, nourish a sense of association and collegiality across the organization that is crucial to constant innovation and progress. This study recommends a faculty professional development framework that can be designed to improve the collegial culture at a higher educational organization.

In-house Leadership Development Programs for High-Potential and High-Performing Engineering Faculty

“…In many externally funded projects, the institutions have to study the impact of the project on the return on investments, creating needed human capital and knowledge capital. Amena Shahid [5] developed the following checklist for effective faculty development programs: understand the roles and expectations of your faculty; develop respect and trust with your faculty as learners; review wide perspectives for consistent new abilities that address all the aspects that impact faculty success in each setting; connect the institutional/organizational culture with your faculty development culture; conduct a needs assessment to establish relevant program outcomes; solicit timely and effective feedback; design and implement a variety of programs to meet diverse needs; prepare staff developers; implement reward structures for participation in faculty development programs; build a culture for learning based on collaboration, teamwork, and shared vision. She indicated the following list of institutional commitments toward faculty development: get the support of senior administrators for faculty development programs; determine and provide the necessary human and financial resources for the program; and identify relevant leadership.…”