In the Fall 2018 semester, we launched a faculty development social belonging training intervention I designed. This project was completed with Dr. Andrew Feldstein and is designed to improve underrepresented student course failure rates in the top ten enrolled freshman courses.
Most of my experience in the area of faculty development comes from 7 years of service as a department chair. I believe the task of developing new faculty to one of the most influential tasks a chair can have on the department. Tenure-track faculty, in particular, need guidance navigating university systems and processes and support in learning how to be an effective instructor and establishing a research agenda. Non-tenure track (NTT) faculty require many of the same resources except for guidance on research. My approach to working with developing faculty is generally to meet on a regular basis to discuss progress towards milestones in his/her academic career and journey to being a good academic citizen of the university. I prefer to approach these sessions in low-stakes formative sessions that primarily take the form of conversations with referrals to resources for further study or suggestions for development activities rather than through formal summative processes at defined points in the academic year.
Over the years, I have also served as a faculty development resource for onboarding new faculty in the areas of the university I have led within the Division of Academic Affairs. These include: graduate education, research administration, internationalization of the campus & curriculum, and student success. Presentations have been developed in all of these areas over the years:
Academic Programs New Faculty Orientation 2016
Timothy R Crowley 