Faculty Development

Welcome to the Office of Faculty Development

The office's aim is to help instructors at all levels (board appointed faculty, adjunct and part-time faculty, and graduate students) develop the skills necessary to implement powerful pedagogies in their teaching. Regardless of whether courses are face-to-face or online, large or small, powerful pedagogies emphasize strong instructional design that maximizes student engagement. Such teaching plays a critical role in the WMU commitment to increasing student success.

The links on the left will take you to services the office offers, programs planned for 2009-2010, and an ever-growing set of "vetted" and annotated links to resources for teaching and learning. Read more about our efforts in our Strategic Plan.

We welcome your feedback - please contact us with suggestions for program or resource topics, to discuss possible specialized programs, or to let us know how we can better serve instructors across the WMU community.

What's New

The Pathways to Leadership Colloquium was held on Thursday, March 25 at the Fetzer Center. Click here to see photos and poster presentations from the event.

If you're interested in implementing group projects in your course but missed the last Cool Tools for Teaching Session feel free to check out our Incorporating Group Work resource page.

Check out our new resources for Peer Evaluations and Mid-semester Student Evaluations.