Faculty Center for Learning Innovation
Mission
To inspire faculty members to continually learn and improve their craft by encouraging interdisciplinary collaboration, providing opportunities and resources that promote best practices in and reflection on teaching and learning, contributing to faculty success as an integral part of student success.
Vision
A faculty community that inspires collaboration, innovation, development, and excellence in the interest of student achievement.
Values
The core values of the Faculty Center for Learning Innovation (FCLI) that guide our decisions, actions, and behaviors in the pursuit of excellence are as follows.
Continuous Development - Student success is best achieved by supporting faculty success. We contribute to personal and professional enrichment among faculty by providing opportunities and resources for lifelong learning.
Collaboration - Interdisciplinary collaboration strengthens our sense of community. We promote collegiality within and across departments by organizing social and professional events open to all faculty in order to encourage quality relationships that create a climate of invitation, innovation, inspiration, and scholarship.
Innovation - Evidence-based innovations in best practices for teaching and learning ensure continued success. Creating and implementing ideas internally and through external partnerships will expand the boundaries of faculty development at ACC.
Faculty Leadership - FCLI professional development initiatives are by the faculty and for the faculty. We respect and trust faculty leaders as key sources of internal expertise and core resources.
Communication - Open, responsible communication between educators promotes excellence and integrity. We invite faculty at any stage of their teaching careers to participate in guiding the dialogue on excellence in teaching and learning.
Diversity - Diversity promotes creativity. We are committed to maintaining an inclusive learning environment that provides equity, access, and support for all faculty.
Strategies to accomplish the mission and vision
Provide individualized consultations to faculty members wanting to talk about their teaching with another faculty member.
Facilitate faculty discussions of innovative teaching and assessment practices and new ideas in the literature.
Serve as support for piloting innovative teaching ideas.
Assist faculty in project design that could result in publishable data.
Spotlight and amplify innovative practices occurring at ACC.
Create an ACC network of innovative teachers to connect faculty with those experienced in specific techniques of interest.
Identify and empower faculty to lead workshops and develop initiatives.
Serve as a conduit of faculty leaders and initiatives that TLED or instructional units could grow to benefit the college.
