The Office of Faculty and Academic Staff Development welcomes a new group of faculty, academic staff and leaders to the five cohort programs our office oversees: The Lilly Teaching Fellows, the Walter and Pauline Adams Academy Fellows, the Academic Leadership Fellows (ALF), The Big Ten Academic Alliance Academic Leadership Program (ALP) Fellows, the Big Ten […]
The Office of Faculty and Academic Staff Development welcomes a new group of faculty, academic staff and leaders to the five cohort programs our office oversees: The Lilly Teaching Fellows, the Walter and Pauline Adams Academy Fellows, the Academic Leadership Fellows (ALF), The Big Ten Academic Alliance Academic Leadership Program (ALP) Fellows, the Big Ten […]
Welcome to fall and the start of the 2024-2025 academic year! It seems impossible to believe that summer has flown by so quickly. But students are moving in, the marching band is holding practice, new faculty and staff are finding their offices and getting settled, and the East Lansing area around the campus is beginning […]
What does it mean to value teaching? Whose views matter in assessing teaching? What is the role of student learning in quality teaching? In what ways do contextual features such as required versus elective, time of day and modality matter in whether instruction is perceived as effective? What evidence of teaching should be used to […]
Over the last several months, thoughts of organizational change and transformation have been on my mind, as they likely have been for many of you. We often espouse a desire for change without seriously considering what it would mean to each of us individually and collectively. After the last several years, some may also wish […]
When we return from spring break, there are often mixed emotions. Are we really over winter or is there still snow to come? Will we have time to get everything done before the term ends, especially since it ends in late April instead of early May? Are we seeing the light at the end of […]
At an institution as large as MSU, we don’t have just one institutional culture and climate but are instead made up of many. From the college or department level to a program or work team, each one of these groups has a leader responsible for creating and sustaining a welcoming and inclusive workplace. The past […]
Welcome to 2024! Hopefully, everyone had at least some opportunity to pause and step away from the computer, to spend time with family and friends, to take a walk or just sit and consider the wonders of how quickly time flies when waiting for snow and then, almost as quickly, we wish it was […]
MSU replaced the Student Instructional Rating System (SIRS) survey this summer with the new Student Perceptions of Learning Survey (SPLS). Conversations about a transition to a new system began several years ago due to limitations of the SIRS Online system, which was a homegrown solution in use since 2004. In addition, the provost’s office had […]
We have talked often about considering one’s career as a book with many chapters. If you are thinking ahead to what comes next in your own professional development – that next chapter you want to write – we invite you to watch for several Thrive sessions scheduled in February to help navigate promotion and annual […]
