Fleming’s Faculty Development Process 

Overview

While the LDS Team offers a variety of faculty development opportunities throughout the academic year, there is also a specific Faculty Development process that each full-time, post-probation faculty member will go through approximately every three years to engage in reflective practice with the outcome of a 3-year Professional Development (PD) Plan that identifies specific goals for improvement to teaching practice.

Teaching & Learning Specialists from the LDS Team facilitate the reflective practice process and associated Professional Learning Community (PLC) each Fall and Winter semester.

Upon completion of the Faculty Development process, the faculty member will meet with their Academic Chair to discuss their PD plan and learning goals. PD Plans are housed in the Faculty Development App (https://ldfc-hr.com/fpd/) and are accessible by the individual faculty member and their Academic Chair.

For more information, see the principles, process, and outcomes below.

To find out when you’ll next be eligible to participate in the Faculty Development process, please contact your Academic Chair.

Principles 

Fleming College’s Faculty Development process is based on the following principles: 

1. Fleming College has a responsibility to create opportunities for growth that enhance individual strengths and assist the organization in continuously improving the education and learning experience for students. 
2. Faculty members are interested in, and motivated by, professional learning, growth, and improvement of their skills and knowledge. 
3. The process will lead to the designing of individual professional development plans that can be translated into broader development plans for both the Academic School and the College. 
4. The process must be meaningful and valuable to faculty members, and based in options that best suit individual needs. 

Process 

• Once every three (3) years, each full-time, post-probation faculty member will engage in a process of renewing their professional development plan. 
• Faculty members will, in consultation with their supervisor, sign up to participate during a particular semester, and two (2) hours will be allotted on their SWF to engage in this process. 
• Faculty members will participate in a Reflective Practice Professional Learning Community (PLC), guided by a colleague from the Learning Design & Support Team. 
• PLC members will meet regularly throughout the course of one (1) semester to share experiences with gathering feedback and engaging with the reflective practice tools provided. 
• PLC members will engage in reviewing materials provided in the Learning Management System (LMS) and completing a selection of activities designed to gather feedback and reflect on one’s teaching practice. 

Outcomes 

• The culmination of the Faculty Development process will be the creation of an individual Professional Development Plan with specific goals to enhance teaching practice. 
• The faculty member will meet with their supervisor to present their individual Professional Development plan for feedback and support from their supervisor. The faculty member may choose to share selected components of the feedback and reflective practice they have engaged in during the Faculty Development process with their supervisor. 
• Individual Professional Development goals will be anonymously stored with the Employee Success & Organizational Development team in Human Resources for the purposes of planning for college-wide professional development opportunities for faculty members and use in the College Quality Assurance Audit.