Instructor Training and Development [Paperback]

Guided by an understanding of adult development, the authors suggest strategies for designing and presenting a comprehensive faculty development program in support of the first-year seminar. Chapters focus on the organization of one-shot and ongoing development efforts, content for training programs, evaluation as a development activity, and strategies for recruiting and maintaining a dedicated instructor team. While focused on the first-year seminar, the volume offers useful insight for anyone charged with designing faculty development initiatives for first-year instructors.

The First-Year Seminar: Designing, Implementing, and Assessing Courses to Support Student Learning and Successwhich includes all 5 volumes in this series is available as an eBook ISBN 9781942072652.List of Figures

Notes on the SeriesTracy L. Skipper, Series Editor

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Need for Instructor Training and Development

Chapter 2: Organizing for Success

Chapter 3: Applying Theory and Research About Learning to Instructor Training and First-Year Seminars

Chapter 4: The Content of First-Year Seminar Training

Chapter 5: The Role of Evaluation in Instructor Training and Development

Chapter 6: Building and Sustaining an Instructor Corps for the Seminar

Chapter 7: Recommendations and Concluding Thoughts

Appendix A: Syllabus: The Teaching Experience Workshop

Appendix B: Online Resources for Instructor Training and DevelopmentTheir argument for the importance of teacher training in higher education & is incredibly timely and effective; it provides a solid foundation for advocates of faculty development to use in future research or to begin a conversation about this topic on their campuses.