The mission of the Knox Faculty Development Program is to assist and support faculty in their professional development--to help us both shape and realize our own goals in the areas of teaching, research/creative work, and other professional activities. Such a program assumes that at all stages of a career there is more to learn about our craft, and that part of the fun and challenge of our jobs is to keep learning--to keep re-inventing ourselves as teachers and scholars/artists. While much of our thinking about our work necessarily takes place privately, on an individual basis, much can also be gained by conversation and joint work with our peers. The central goal of this program is to provide opportunities for such collegial exchange. Two ongoing series in support of this goal are Fridays at Four, featuring work in progress by Knox Faculty, and ShopTalk, an eclectic series on teaching and professional issues. An ongoing source of written discussion of teaching is also available from our on-line subscription to the National Teaching and Learning Forum.

RESOURCES: On Campus

RESOURCES: Off Campus

Survival/Success Guide for Knox Faculty

FaCE:  ACM Faculty Career Enhancement Project

Faculty Development Resources at Other Institutions



TRANSITION as of September 1, 2007:
The Faculty Development Program will be without a coordinator for a while.  Until a new coordinator takes over,  here are the elements of the program that will continue, with responsibility dispersed across several people.

New Faculty Orientation and Mentoring: Jason Helfer organizes an orientation session for new faculty.
NITLE liaison:  Vicky Romano is the liaison. 
Faculty Development Website:  The site will not be updated (nor the Survival/Success Guide), but the site will remain up, and you are encouraged to click around in it.  See especially this page for many useful links.
National Teaching and Learning Forum: Our online subscription continues, and a note will go out when a new issue is posted:   (accessible only from Knox computers)
Fridays at Four: A series of faculty presentations, two per term; this is now administered by Diana Beck.
Take a Colleague's Class:  A program that allows up to three people a year to take a colleague's class, with one course released-time; applications due in January.  This program is administered by Penny Gold.

New initiatives:  Do you have an idea for some kind of faculty development activity (presentations on teaching, book groups, writing groups, workshops, etc.)?  Funding of such activities remains available through the office of the Dean of the College, and Larry welcomes proposals from individuals, departments, or other groups of faculty.   Keep the good ideas coming!

For further information about the Faculty Development Program at Knox, contact the Dean of the College, Lawrence Breitborde.