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Strategic Best Practices of Flagship University Professional Development Centers
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Jacob, W. James; Xiong, Weiyan; Ye, Huiyuan; Wang, Shuo; Wang, Xueshuang – Professional Development in Education, 2019
The establishment and promotion of professional development centers at higher education institutions (HEIs) play a significant role in building and supporting faculty teaching and research capacity. Although not all universities and colleges assign teaching the same significance that they give to research, there are many best practices of…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Educational Practices, College Faculty, Faculty Development
Process Evaluation of a Teaching and Learning Centre at a Research University
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Smith, Deborah B.; Gadbury-Amyot, Cynthia C. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2014
This paper describes the evaluation of a teaching and learning centre (TLC) five?years after its inception at a mid-sized, midwestern state university. The mixed methods process evaluation gathered data from 209 attendees and non-attendees of the TLC from the full-time, benefit-eligible teaching faculty. Focus groups noted feelings of…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Program Evaluation, Program Descriptions, Mixed Methods Research
Advancing the Culture of Teaching on Campus: How a Teaching Center Can Make a Difference
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Cook, Constance, Ed.; Kaplan, Matthew, Ed. – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2011
Written by the director and staff of the first, and one of the largest, teaching centers in American higher education--the University of Michigan's Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT)--this book offers a unique perspective on the strategies for making a teaching center integral to an institution's educational mission. It presents a…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Graduate Students, Research Universities, Consultants
Teacher Center Feasibility Study. Final Report.
Jacques, Barbara; Haller, Charles – 1981
A feasibility study was conducted to determine if the Teacher Center concept can be a logical and productive method of serving staff development needs of Connecticut vocational educators. A questionnaire was distributed to 1150 vocational education teachers in state regional vocational technical schools, regional vocational agriculture centers,…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Feasibility Studies, Needs Assessment, Postsecondary Education
School Community-College Collaboration: A Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in Staff Development and a Professional Development Center.
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Zide, Michele Moran; Colbert, Ronald – 1992
This paper provides an overview and description of the Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study (CAGS) program in professional development in public schools offered at Fitchburg State College (Massachusetts). The CAGS provides opportunities for people in the same school system to develop knowledge, skills, and teaching methodologies to work with…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
Secondary Education Renewal in Pittsburgh.
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Wallace, Richard; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1984
First proposed in the fall of l98l, Pittsburgh's Schenley High School Teacher Center opened in the fall of 1983 with a comprehensive visiting teachers continuing education program involving contact with both resident and replacement teachers. To ensure full realization of its potential, the center uses a databased program to monitor its own…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Databases, Educational Quality, Faculty Development