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Eliason, Susan; Holmes, Christine L. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2012
This article discusses the development, implementation, and outcomes of a Faculty Course Redesign Camp for full-time and adjunct faculty members. The purpose of the camp was to educate and coach faculty in effective strategies to promote learner-centered teaching skills. Evaluation results show that the participants changed their orientation…
Descriptors: Teaching Skills, Adjunct Faculty, Curriculum Implementation, Program Implementation
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Bendickson, Mary; Griffin, Karen – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2010
An effective faculty is essential to student success, and faculty development programs help sustain that effectiveness. Central to the faculty development programs at Hillsborough Community College (HCC) in Tampa, Florida, is the philosophy that they should lead to strengthened teaching and learning and, ultimately, improved student success. At…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Seminars, Community Colleges, Faculty Development
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Rabalais, Michael J.; Perritt, John E. – Community College Review, 1983
Describes Hinds Junior College's (HJC's) staff development program for part-time faculty which involves an initial orientation session and subsequent modules focusing on teaching in general and at HJC, testing and grading, media usage, and student characteristics. Discusses participants' reactions to the program. (DMM)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Faculty Development, Instructional Development, Part Time Faculty
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Foote, Elizabeth – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1996
Provides an annotated bibliography of current ERIC literature on faculty development in community colleges. Indicates that faculty development programs allow college professors to improve instructional material, keep abreast of new technology and methods, and network with professional colleagues. Suggests that development activities range from…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Educational Quality, Faculty Development
Pierce, Gloria – 1996
This paper describes a faculty development and orientation program for new faculty at Montclair State University in New Jersey. The New Faculty Program (NFP) is designed to orient and introduce a diverse new faculty (more than half of whom are women and minorities) to the culture of the university, and to help them attain reappointment and tenure…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Career Planning, College Faculty, College Instruction
Case, Chester H. – 1976
This document describes a staff development and induction model used at Los Medanos College for the purpose of professionally preparing teachers as community college instructors. The model proposes a campus-based and managed program that involves a four-week, preservice seminar in August and regular meetings throughout the subsequent fall and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Consultants, Faculty Development
Voegel, George H.; Lucas, John A. – 1977
In order to assess the effectiveness of the faculty development program for full-time instructors and the orientation program for part-time instructors at William Rainey Harper College, a questionnaire was mailed to all 67 lead teachers, coordinators, and academic administrators; 23 (34%) responded. Half of the respondents indicated that the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Faculty Development, Full Time Faculty, Institutional Research
Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., Blacksburg. – 1990
This collection of 24 articles provides examples of innovative practices in professional development for part-time faculty. Included in the proceedings are the following: (1) "Identifying Professional Development Programs for Two-Year College Occupational/Technical Faculty" (James L. Hoerner and others); (2) "Part-Time Faculty, Full-Time…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Educational Trends, Faculty Development, Faculty Evaluation