p rofessional d evelopment s urvey r esults 2008-09
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SURVEY RESULTS2008-09
OVERVIEW OF SURVEY
In October, full time and adjunct faculty were invited (via email link) to fill out the “Five Minute Professional Development Survey”
Three categories of questions Satisfaction with recent previous professional
development experiences
Priorities for future professional development
Library/learning resource desires
RETURN RATE
Emails were sent to ninety-five faculty
Thirty-two full time
Sixty-three adjunct
Twenty-four surveys were returned (25% return rate)
Eleven full time faculty (34%)
Thirteen adjunct faculty (21%)
SATISFACTION WITH PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
Attended Didn't Attend
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18
Spring 08Fall 09Off Campus
SPRING 08 IN-SERVICE
Student S
uccess
Assessm
ent
Advisement
Effective
Teaching
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SatisifedNeutralDissatisfied
FALL 08 IN-SERVICE
Skillf
ul Teac
hing
Advisement
Online Teac
hing
Adjunct Inse
rvice
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OFF-CAMPUS
ATU Assessm
ent
Dr. Rousch
(UACCB)
Searc
y Asse
ssment
AATYC
0
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SatisfiedNeutralDissatisfied
OTHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
Clown School
Higher Learning Commission Annual Conference
ASU: Teaching that Promotes Learning
HIM and MT Annual Convention
RECOMMENDED PREVIOUSLY ATTENDED ACTIVITIES
How to Deal With Difficult People (not reported as activity attended)
ASU: Teaching that Promotes Learning
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PRIORITIES FOR FUTURE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
WITH NUMBER OF RESPONSES
Improving instructional skills (14)
Classroom assessment (12)
How to motivate students to use campus resources (TRiO, SSC, Career Pathways, etc.) (11)
Learning styles, multiple intelligences (10)
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PRIORITIES FOR FUTURE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
5. Student retention and completion strategies
High school and community outreach
Teaching learning skills to students (note-taking, study and test-taking skills) (8)
6. Communication in the workplace (7)
7. Effective use of technology in the classroom (6)
PRIORITIES FOR FUTURE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
8. Interdisciplinary teaching
Stress management
Student advisement
Leadership/team-building (4)
9. Meeting needs of students with disabilities
Using technology for grading (Scantron, online grade books)
Conflict resolution (3)
OTHER SUGGESTIONS
Time management
Setting priorities
Comparing high school student writing with college student writing
Student attendance policies; transition from high school to college r/t attendance; instructor uniformity re: attendance policies
PRIORITIES FOR FUTURE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
10. Work-experience, work-based education
Ethnic and cultural diversity (2)
11. Classroom management (1)
LEARNING RESOURCE AND LIBRARY DESIRES
Books
Journ
als an
d Mag
azines
E-books
Videos, DVDs
CD-ROMs
Web Li
cense
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LEARNING RESOURCE AND LIBRARY DESIRES
Specific Requests ACM journals
NSTA publications for science faculty
English journal, Forbes, Newsweek, Time
Science-related DVDs, videos
Sentence and paragraph practice on computer (Web licensed site)
QUESTIONS?
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Alison DeLong
Joanna Fulbright
David Mitchell
Tracie Morris
Katie Wilson