LINZI KEMP'S PERSONAL WEB SITE

http://www.snl.depaul.edu/

Context
DePaul is based in Naperville, Chicago and has 23,000 students, 80,000 alumni. It is a private university where the stated priority of faculty is on teaching, claiming that 97% of classes 'are taught by faculty members'. Students are taught in small classes (less that 30 to a class). It is an open access institution with opportunity for experiential learning and an integration of service into the curriculum. Prides itself on diversity, 'In 2006, The Princeton Review ranked DePaul No. 1 in the nation in the "Diverse Student Population" category' .Faculty, are active in research and consulting.

Faculty Development - info from website

1. Office of Faculty Development & Research http://condor.depaul.edu/~acafflpc/
2. Competitive internal grants on the areas of teaching, research and public service. 
3. Paid Leave Program - for extended academic projects. Full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty are eligible to apply for a paid leave after three consecutive years of full-time tenure-track service.
4. Training - workshops for new faculty orientation, leave orientation, tenure and promotion orientation, and budget manager training for new faculty.
5. Assistance to faculty regarding external funding through the Office of Sponsored Programs and Research.
6. Exchange programs with colleges for Study Abroad, language immersion.
7. Diversity initiatives for underrepresented groups, 'supports innovations and best practices in mentoring and leadership training'. Annual Faculty of Color Luncheon.
8. Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) to support and promote student-faculty collaborative research and scholarship in biology, chemistry, geosciences, mathematics and computer science, physics and astronomy, psychology, social sciences. 
9. Women's Center - identifying and challenging barriers that deny women educational opportunities and earning potential.
10. University Research Council - Excellence awards for teaching, scholarly inquiry, and public service. E.g. Annual Spirit of Inquiry Awards. The Awards honor specific research, scholarly or creative achievements that exhibit commitment to that spirit of creative inquiry. Stipend of $2000. Awardees may be asked to participate in a lecture, forum or discussion group.

• Professional Development housed on blackboard - stores resources eg notes, presentations of faculty development
  • One link below the courses is a link to faculty development.
• Computer Video Conferencing of twice yearly all day workshops. Linked on PD website in 10 – 20 mins snippets
  • Topics included competency based, Learning from experience, engage adult students, dealing with difficult students.
  • Invited in guest speaker
• Phone conference - can record
• use it. Don’t use telephone conference with faculty small groups – check with Beth.
• Discussion questions going on website.
• Newsletter for pt time faculty.
  • Information re inhouse training and development
• Compensation for travel for annual conference and local conferences.