Program Overview

Introduction to the FAU Leadership and Professional Development Program

The FAU Leadership and Professional Development Program, sponsored by the Office of the Provost, aims to provide easy access to professional development services that meet the unique needs of FAU faculty, leaders, and professional staff. The program's guiding question is: How can we best help FAU faculty, administrators, and staff meet their leadership, teaching, research, service, and other professional development needs?

Professional Development Opportunities

Association of College and University Educators (ACUE)

The Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) offers a Certificate in Effective College Instruction to selected faculty, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows. The online course addresses a wide range of practical and evidence-based teaching practices shown to promote student success. It has been endorsed by the American Council on Education (ACE) and has been recognized by Quality Matters.

eLearning Certificates

The FAU Center for Online and Continuing Education offers virtual courses presenting online teaching strategies. Certificates and digital badges are offered for successful completion.

National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD)

FAU has joined NCFDD as an institutional member. NCFDD is a nationally recognized organization that provides online career development and mentoring resources for faculty, post-docs, and graduate students at more than 450 colleges and universities.

Thrive

FAU Thrive aims to build a network of people and resources to support FAU students, faculty, and staff in living full, rich, healthy lives, and overcoming psychological struggles.

Research

Division of Research (DOR)

The Division of Research (DOR) supports research, forging innovations and advancing science and technology in all disciplines. The DOR website delivers upcoming events and resources for faculty and students at FAU.

Service

Office of Community Engagement

The FAU Office of Community Engagement showcases upcoming webinars on learning engagement, connections to professional resources, and information on service-learning.

Leadership Development

External Leadership Development

• Florida SUS Institute for Academic Leadership: The Institute for Academic Leadership, hosted by Florida State University, conducts workshops to enhance the planning, management, and leadership competencies of department chairpersons, deans, and academic administrators of the State University System of Florida.
• Academy for Innovative Higher Education Leadership: A partnership between Arizona State University and Georgetown University, the Academy for Innovative Higher Education Leadership is the premier training ground for those who aspire to senior leadership positions in higher education, and those who want to lead organizational change at colleges and universities in the future.
• American Association of State Colleges & Universities (AASCU) Leadership Development Programs: AASCU is dedicated to the goal of building and enhancing leadership for public higher education, especially those who serve as leaders of state colleges and universities.
• American Conference of Academic Deans: ACAD provides academic leaders who share a commitment to student learning and to the ideals of liberal education with networking and professional development opportunities to support them in their work as educational leaders.
• American Council on Education (ACE): ACE convenes, organizes, mobilizes, and leads advocacy efforts that shape effective public policy and help colleges and universities best serve their students, their communities, and the wider public good.
  • ACE Fellows Program: The Fellows Program is a customized learning experience that enables participants to immerse themselves in the study and practice of leadership and experience the culture, policies, and decision-making processes of another institution.
  • ACE Forums: ACE Forums are face-to-face convenings of experts on critical and emerging higher education issues.
• Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U): AAC&U is the leading national association dedicated to advancing the vitality and public standing of liberal education by making quality and equity the foundations for excellence in undergraduate education in service to democracy.
• Executive Leadership Academy of the University of California at Berkeley's Center for Studies in Higher Education: The Executive Leadership Academy (ELA) is designed for individuals from all backgrounds, who are currently serving in administrative positions in higher education, and who are interested in preparing themselves for appointments to executive positions such as dean, vice president, provost, president, and chancellor.
• Harvard Institutes for Higher Education Programs: The Harvard Institutes for Higher Education (HIHE) offers comprehensive leadership development programs designed for higher education administrators from directors, department heads, and deans, to vice presidents, provosts, and presidents.
• HERS Institute - Higher Education Leadership Programs for Women: The HERS Institute is a transformational, leadership development program for women in higher education, founded to fill leadership pipelines across the United States with dynamic women, each capable of ushering their respective institutions into a more inclusive and equitable future.
• University of Illinois' National Center for Professional & Research Ethics: The National Center for Professional & Research Ethics (NCPRE) creates and shares resources to support the development of better ethics and leadership practices in academic and other professional contexts.