Individual Professional Development Plan for Faculty
This planning tool is designed to assist you in planning for your future professional development. It will guide you through a four-step process that will enable you to assess your current professional development needs, set goals for the future, estimate resources you need to accomplish those goals, and evaluate your progress. The tool is divided among five key areas of professional development and teaching:
1. Discipline-specific development - building knowledge and skills within your technical specialty or integrated academic discipline
2. Teaching and learning - addressing topics such as active learning techniques, effective questioning, assessment techniques, teaching strategies, classroom management, lesson preparation, grading, syllabus development, and recruitment and retention
3. Career/personal development - providing resources for effective personal planning to improve the quality of work and life
4. Technology in the Classroom - improving your ability to use technology tools to enhance face-to-face instruction
5.

 Online Instruction - improving your ability to teach in a web-based environment

 

STEP I
Assess Your Skills and Knowledge
Check the category that best describes your skill level on the followng topics.
1. Discipline-Specific 
No improvement necessary or not applicable
Could use a refresher
Need the basics in this area
Updates in field
Discipline-specific
teaching strategies
 
2. Teaching and Learning
No improvement necessary or not applicable
Could use a refresher
Need the basics in this area
Learning styles
Student assessment/evaluation/
test development
Active learning techniques
Effective questioning techniques
Modes of presentation
Effective teaching strategies
Retention and recruitment
Classroom management skills
Teaching diverse learners
Advising
Creating learning communities
Syllabus design
Motivation strategies
Teaching critical thinking skills
 
3. Career and Personal 
No improvement necessary or not applicable
Could use a refresher
Need the basics in this area
Human relations/interpersonal skills
Stress management
Dealing with difficult people
Grant writing
Team building/group dynamics
Time management
Leadership skills
 
4. Technology in the     Classroom
No improvement necessary or not applicable
Could use a refresher
Need the basics in this area
Presentation software
Web-based course development
Integrating technology
into coursework
 
5. Online Instruction
No improvement necessary or not applicable
Could use a refresher
Need the basics in this area
Course development
Course facilitation
Student retention and
motivation strategies