The Summer Teaching Workshop is a unique annual professional development opportunity for faculty of ACS member institutions at all career stages. It is a challenging and invigorating experience for faculty wanting to strengthen teaching performance, expand teaching techniques and explore pedagogical issues.
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Contact: Alice Davidson, Rollins College – adavidson@rollins.edu.
Launched in 2022 by faculty of color from ACS institutions, the FOC CONNECT mentoring program aims to support the professional success and retention of faculty of color across ACS colleges and universities. Initially funded by a Mellon grant, the program pairs early-career and tenured faculty of color for one-on-one mentoring and facilitates professional network-building through culturally responsive development sessions. These sessions address common challenges faced by faculty of color, offering topics such as wellbeing, navigating student evaluations, and race and gender dynamics in higher education. The program also hosts wellness events, discipline-specific networking sessions, and provides resources to help mentors and mentees strategize for success.
Contact: Maha Zewail-Foote, Southwestern University – zewailfm@southwestern.edu.
Department chairs are essential faculty leadership roles that influence and shape the institutional mission and student success. This year-long program will leverage a consortial approach to professional development and build community among participants while providing essential guidance, opportunities for self-reflection, and sharing of useful practices for effective leadership as a department chair.
New Department Chair Programming for 2024-2025
Contact: Linda Boland, University of Richmond – boland@richmond.edu.
ACS issues annual calls for proposals to tackle key topics through collaborative research, working groups and the creation and presentation of workshops. The emphasis is on forming groups across member colleges along academic subject or leadership function expertise. A key example is the work in the summer of 2020 to create and produce workshops and teaching resources on the topic of teaching pedagogies during the pandemic. Links to the outcomes of these groups are provided on our Teaching and Leadership Resource page.
Calls for proposals are announced on this site, sent to members for distribution and provided in our Membership Community area.
Contact: Shiree Williams, ACS – swilliams@acsouth.edu