Looking to enhance the impact of your faculty development programming through data-driven strategies? Join this workshop to explore how our CTL leverages data to design impactful, tailored faculty development programs. Walk away with tools and strategies to effectively design, assess, and communicate the impact of your faculty development programs.

OVERVIEW: Faculty development is critical for maintaining high standards of teaching and learning in higher education. However, designing effective programs that address the diverse needs of students, faculty, and the institution as a whole, can be challenging. Meeting the needs of faculty development is often limited by time, available resources, and expertise across disciplines. Faculty development often delves into technical or pedagogical training strategies, or a combination of the two, through varied formats that are intended to reach a broad audience of faculty across disciplines, colleges, schools, and departments. While it is “easy” to design and develop faculty programming for a specific group and context, designing development programs that translate across varied contexts is considerably more difficult, and requires intentional planning and evaluation that address both the intersectional and unique needs of the faculty population. Luckily, we can leverage data collection and analysis methods that speak not only to the needs of our faculty, but that also serve to measure the impact of our planned and disseminated programming. If you are interested in learning how data may be leveraged to support strategic decision-making on faculty development programming, this workshop is for you! In this session, you will gain insights into how our Center for Teaching and Learning leverages a combination of qualitative and quantitative data collection methods to plan, design, implement, assess, and improve faculty development programs. By sharing experiences and strategies, we aim to empower faculty developers, instructional designers, and higher education leaders to create data-driven faculty development initiatives that meet the evolving needs of their institutions. Key takeaways include practice-based strategies for creating effective, data-driven faculty development programs tailored to your unique institutional contexts, an initial draft for a faculty development intake survey, and examples of how these mechanisms may be leveraged to guide program design and communicate impact to relevant stakeholders. ENGAGMENT // INTERACTIVITY PLAN: To ensure high engagement and practical application, the workshop will include the following interactive elements: 1. Group Discussions: a. Brainstorming Current Programs: Participants will discuss the types of faculty development programs currently offered at their institutions, exploring the reasons, timing, and formats of these programs. b. Identifying Needs: Small groups will identify gaps and needs for new or improved faculty development programs based on their institutional contexts. 2. Data-Driven Plan Development: Participants will work in groups to develop a data-driven plan for a faculty development program at their institution. They will outline the types of data needed, what is available to them, and how they will collect it. 3. Survey Design Exercise: a. Brainstorming Survey Questions: Participants will collaboratively brainstorm questions for an intake survey/interest form, considering what information is necessary to guide program design and measure impact. b. Finalizing Surveys: Groups will draft an intake survey tailored to their institution’s needs, focusing on garnering interest, measuring interest, guiding program design, and communicating impact. 4. Impact Measurement Strategy: Participants will discuss and outline strategies for measuring the impact of faculty development programs, including faculty, course, and student touchpoints, and will adapt their intake surveys to accommodate such measures. DETAILED AGENDA 1. Introduction and Case Study Presentation (15 minutes): - Welcome and overview of the session. - Importance of data-driven faculty development. - How our Center for Teaching and Learning uses data analytics to identify necessary programming. - Examples of how intake surveys guide the design of faculty programming. - Demonstrate the impact of our programming through pre/post data collection. 2. Group Discussions (15 minutes): - Current faculty development programs and their formats. - Identify the need for new programs. 3. Activity - Developing a Data-Driven Faculty Development Plan (40 minutes, guided): a. Program: - Identify a faculty development program that is needed at your institution - What evidence do you have that it is needed? b. Survey Design: Brainstorm and draft intake survey questions that serve to: - Garner interest - Measure interest - Guide program design - Communicate impact c. Impact Measurement Strategy : - Discuss methods for measuring program impact. - Identify relevant touchpoints (faculty, course, student, etc.) 4. Final Deliverable and Wrap-Up (20 min): a. Groups share their final intake surveys and how they will serve to: - Guide their program design - Communicate the impact of the program to stakeholders b. Summary of key takeaways and next steps.