Subcommittee: Professional Development of Faculty and Staff Members: Kandee Cleary, Katherine Frank, Staci Sleigh-Layman
Overview of Current Programs and Efforts Professional development for faculty and staff at CWU is important to the success of all students and to the campus as a whole. Professional development opportunities allow for enhancement of all areas of faculty life—teaching, scholarship/creative activity, and service—as well as provide staff with a comprehensive support structure, opportunities for improvement, and possibilities for advancement. Effective professional development helps to recruit and retain diverse faculty and staff. The training and development of faculty and staff is improving: • Faculty Development: A physical space for the start of a Faculty Development Center has been identified. There is a faculty lead who helps coordinate and promote trainings on a variety of topics. • The Office of Multimodal Learning supports faculty, students, and staff in online learning, distance education, and operates the Multimodal Education Center, which provides instructional and multimedia technologies, support, and training for the university community. Their goal is to create opportunities for exploration of emerging technologies, digital media, and innovative learning spaces. • Central Learning Academy, located in Human Resources, is responsible for making required trainings available, as well as providing ongoing development for faculty, staff, and students. Required trainings include: • New Employee Welcome • Treating People with Dignity and Respect • Emergency Preparedness • FERPA • Diversityedu • Diversity Committees: All Academic and Student Life college and non-college units have diversity committees. The University’s Inclusivity and Diversity Committee is updating its membership to include representation from these committees in an effort to better coordinate and centralize communication and information. • Faculty Recruiting: During AY 17, ASL and HR co-sponsored two workshops focused on recruiting and retaining diverse and inclusive faculty. Strengths • The university has hard-working faculty and staff committed to fulfilling the mission of CWU. • Some existing programs do a good job in serving under-represented populations, which includes programming that focuses specifically on Latinx students and provides professional development and learning opportunities for students, faculty, and staff. The following highlight some stand out programs and initiatives in various areas, and Appendix F lists additional examples. • Student Success has a long history of providing programs to a variety of different student groups: • Diversity and Equity Center (DEC): Promoting equity, respect and social justice through programs, structures, outreach and participation in the curricular and co-curricular lives of
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