Faculty Development Team
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Team Membership
- Nine-member team: one representative of the Dental School faculty; one representative of the Law School faculty; one faculty member selected by the MFA from among its members; four elected representatives of the McNichols faculty; and two administrative representatives
- Reports to Vice President of Academic Affairs and through that office to other bodies as appropriate
Members
5 faculty representatives
Allegra Pitera, School of Architecture (term expires 3/2012)
Elizabeth Roberts-Kirchoff, Chemistry & Biochemistry, College of Engineering & Science (term expires 3/2012)
Rachelle Belanger, Biology, College of Engineering & Science (term expires 3/2013)
Maia Platt, Secretary, Health Services Administration, College of Health Professions (term expires 3/2013)
Kate Walters, Nursing Education, College of Health Professions (term expires 3/2012) (MFA)
2 administrative representatives
Jeff Ingalsbe, Computer and information Systems, College of Liberal Arts & Education (term expires 8/2012)
Sharon Moser, Physician Assistant, College of Health Professions (term expires 8/2013)
1 Dental School representative
Kathi Shepherd, Director of Outcomes Assessment (term expires 2012)
1 Law School representative
Jacqueline Hand (term expires 2012)
Invited Participants
The chairperson of a Team and/or the administrator to whom the Team reports may add guests in an “Invited Participant” category. Individuals are invited because of their expertise, potential contributions, or history with the team but have no voting rights. The term of service for invited participants is not to exceed two years. Invited participants are not eligible for reappointment in this category. A team may not exceed three invited participants at any given time.
Russell Davidson, III, Chairperson, Director and Senior Designer, Instructional Design Studio (term expires 8/2012)
2011-12 Charges
- Collaborate with key stakeholders and administrators to develop appropriate faculty development programs i.e. MFA, teams, committees, undergraduate coordinators.
- Survey schools/colleges/units to provide a summary of orientation, mentoring and other supportive activities for new faculty and midlevel career. Provide a report and recommendation of best practices. In addition, summarize the most current activities provided to new faculty as part of faculty orientation and junior/senior mentoring program.
- Provide input concerning topics for "Second Wednesday" series.
- Seek input from faculty about programs and resources for faculty development.
- Work with various colleges/schools as a liaison/resource for faculty development activities.
- Identify possible links/resources to be posted on the Academic Affairs website for faculty development
- Work with Academic Affairs Office and University Libraries/Instructional Design Studio to coordinate the annual Celebration of Scholarly Achievement.
Ongoing Responsibilities
- Encourage and when possible, facilitate a broad range of interdisciplinary discussions among faculty at all the schools.
- Responsible for development and designation of faculty awards
- Make recommendations to the appropriate administrators regarding, and where appropriate, implementing steps that can be taken to further faculty professional development
- Provide ongoing reports to and consultation with the Vice President of Academic Affairs. Keep the university community informed of committee activities by providing summary minutes of meetings and reports to (sharedgovernance(at)udmercy.edu). Information will be posted to the shared governance website (udmercy.edu/governance). The secretary of the committee is responsible for these postings and for informing Campus Connections of new postings. If there is no secretary identified for the committee, a member should be selected who is responsible for this task