3.7.3 Faculty Development

Comprehensive Standard:  The institution provides evidence of ongoing professional development of faculty as teachers, scholars and practitioners.

X  Compliance
    Partial Compliance
    Non-Compliance

Narrative:

Georgia State has many resources available to enhance and promote faculty development:  the Center for Teaching and Learning [1]; University Research Services and Administration [2]; the Instructional Technology Center [3]; the Teaching and Learning with Technology Center [4].  Georgia State also has a professional leave policy, outlined in the Faculty Handbook [5]. In FY 2007, 33 faculty were on professional leave for at least one term during the academic year.  Evidence that faculty use the above opportunities and faculty annual accomplishments in teaching and public service is well documented and reported in our annual action plan [6]. In FY 2006, 800 proposals for funding were submitted to various agencies, with 508 awarded for a total of $55.5 million. 

In addition, each college publishes, for their faculty, a site containing available faculty development resources within the college: College of Arts and Sciences [7]; Robinson College of Business [8]; College of Education [9]; College of Health and Human Sciences [10]; College of Law [11], and Andrew Young School of Policy Studies [12].

Finally, data from the 2006 annual review process provides evidence of faculty professional development and can be found at [13]. Here, data are drawn from our Faculty Information Management System (FIMS) and aggregated by type of faculty activity: teaching, research, and service. Individual records are available by clicking on the activity in question.

Supporting Documentation:
  1. Center for Teaching and Learning
  2. University Research Services and Administration
  3. Instructional Technology Center
  4. Teaching and Learning with Technology Center
  5. Professional Leave Policy, Faculty Handbook, Section 501.02.02
  6. Action Plan, Section 2.1, Page 2
  7. College of Arts and Sciences Research Services
  8. Robinson College of Business Research Services
  9. College of Education Research Resources
  10. College of Health and Human Sciences Research Resources
  11. College of Law Research Resources
  12. Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Research Support
  13. 2006 Annual Review Data