Faculty development

Faculty development is a similarly used term to staff development and professional development, in settings that pertain to educators.[1]

Professional development for educators may include teacher training, and is usually considered pre-service, or before beginning teaching. However faculty development and professional development may both be used to refer to on-going professional learning for educators. Such learning may take place during work hours, such as "in-service" within K-12 settings, or it may be beyond work hours. These learning pursuits may be for credit or noncredit; therefore they may be with a college or university, through a school district, or private consulting agency. Additionally educators may pursue self-directed learning professional development, although the term faculty development is less commonly applied to this scope of activity.

K-12 faculty development and professional development and higher education faculty development and professional development have very different traditions, practices and terminologies.[2][3] Higher education faculty development is beginning to take place not just face-to-face but also online.[4]

References
  1. Lawler, Patricia A.; King, Kathleen P. (2000). Planning for effective faculty development : using adult learning strategies. Krieger Pub. Co. ISBN 1575241056. OCLC 43634553.
  2. King, Kathleen P. (2002). Keeping pace with technology, vol. 1 : the promise and potential for k-12 educators. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press. ISBN 1572734329. OCLC 606752555.
  3. King, Kathleen P. (2003). Keeping pace with technology, vol. 2 : the challenge and promise for higher education faculty. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press. ISBN 157273471X. OCLC 954710961.
  4. Lowenthal, Patrick R. (September 2008). "Online Faculty Development and Storytelling: An Unlikely Solution to Improving Teacher Quality" (PDF). MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching. 4: 8.
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