Subject: Governance and Organization

Policy: Faculty Development

Revised: November 2023

Effective date: Spring 2024

Review date: January 2027

Responsible Party:  Level I:  Faculty Council; Level II: Faculty President 

Introduction and Purpose: To support individual and collective professional development activities for nursing faculty who must maintain current knowledge and expertise related to nursing and health care.

 Policy:  Faculty Development is defined as an ongoing process which seeks to facilitate the growth of faculty in teaching, research, service and expertise in the practice of nursing. Faculty Development is meant to stimulate professional growth of the individual and the collective faculty. The primary purpose is to identify and respond to faculty needs which are relevant to the mission, role and scope of the College of Nursing. The responsibility for this development lies with both the individual and the collective faculty.

Procedures:

  1. Professional development of individual faculty member
    1. The responsibility of the individual for their own professional development includes:
      1. Identify measurable short and long-term goals annually.
      2. Develop strategies for achievement of identified goals.

1. Identify pertinent faculty development activities that will increase individual growth.

2. Assess relevance if identified activities to the mission, role, scope, and selected goals of the College of Nursing.

3. Assess feasibility of engaging in the identified activities.

4. Identify appropriate funding sources to support activities.

iii. Annual review of progress toward short and long-term goals.

b. The responsibility of the collective faculty for the development of the individual faculty members includes the following:

    1. The Campus Director discusses short and long-term goals with the individual at the annual review and facilitates goal achievement throughout the year.
    2. Administrators and the faculty organization (e.g., committees and specialty groups) disseminate information that will facilitate development of the individual faculty member.
    3. Annually the Dean of the College of Nursing allocates the funds available for faculty development activities.
      1. Faculty Council reviews faculty applications for funding and makes recommendations to the Dean. 
      2. The Campus Director may allocate portions of discretionary funds for development activities of an individual faculty.
      3. The Dean distributes other funding when available through university administrative resources (e.g., MSU Office of Research).

 

  1. Professional development of the collective faculty
  1. The responsibility of the individual for the development of the collective faculty includes:
    1. Identifying development opportunities and communicating them to Faculty Council.
    2. Disseminating information from individual development activities (e.g. conferences and workshops).
    3. Sharing particular skills and areas of expertise (e.g., conducting workshops, providing consultations).

b.The responsibility of the collective faculty for development of the collective faculty includes the following:

    1. Faculty Council is responsible for ongoing assessment of faculty development needs.
    2. Each spring once all annual faculty evaluations are complete, Campus Directors communicate to Faculty Council development needs of the collective faculty.
    3. Faculty Council presents development needs to Executive Council with recommendations for implementation.
    4. Executive Council acts upon recommendations of Faculty Development Committee to implement faculty development activities.
    5. Faculty Council reviews applications for funding and makes recommendations to the Dean consistent with Funding for Faculty Development Policies.
    6. Any committee or group from the faculty organization can recommend, initiate and implement faculty development activities.
    7. Faculty Council serves as a resource for those implementing faculty development activities (e.g., guidelines for workshop planning and evaluation).

  

         MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY

         COLLEGE OF NURSING

      

 

 

 

 Level

 

Relevance to Mission Role and Scope of College of Nursing

 

What the responsibility is:

 

 

Individually

Collectively

Evaluation

Individual Faculty Member

Goals of individual faculty members should be relevant to mission, role, scope and goals of College of Nursing.

The individual's faculty development activities if funded by the CON must be congruent with mission, role, scope and goals of the College of Nursing.

Identify measurable short and long-term goals, annually.

Identify pertinent individual faculty development activities designed to enhance competencies in faculty role.

Annually document activities approved with Faculty Development Funds in Activity Insight.

Campus Director discusses individual's goals with individual and facilitates goal attainment on an ongoing basis.

 Administrators and faculty organization facilitate dissemination of relevant information and resources.

Individual and Campus Director evaluate goals annually.

 Written documentation of impact of College of Nursing funded faculty development activities.

Faculty as a Collective Body

Goal of collective faculty development activities must reflect identified needs of College of Nursing.

Identify and inform Faculty Council regarding faculty development needs.

Be attentive to national and local issues that affect nursing and the mission of the College of Nursing.

Be available to share individual expertise with faculty

Share with faculty relevant information, issues & trends.

Receive faculty funding report of completed activities as presented to the CON.

Be aware of biannually notification soliciting Faculty Development Funds.

 

 

Evaluation included in planning implementation of faculty development activities.