The Center of Excellence for Faculty Development
McPheeters-Dennis Hall, Third Floor
(404) 880-6194 (office)
(404) 880-6832 (fax)    CEFD@cau.edu


The Center of Excellence for Faculty Development

The Clark Atlanta University's Center of Excellence for Faculty Development (CEFD) serves as the primary unit for offering professional development opportunities to support faculty in the teaching and learning environment. The CEFD is a Title III-HBCU funded activity that addresses the UniversityÕs Strategic Priority #2: Build Institutional Capacity; and Strategic Priority #3: Align Learning, Knowledge/Discovery, and Performance. The CEFDÕs mission is to support and enhance student-centered teaching and learning at Clark Atlanta University by providing professional development opportunities and instructional media services. All activities, events, and training workshops are designed to enhance and support the professional needs of both new and tenured faculty members as well as graduate students in three major focus areas:

1) Teaching Effectiveness;

2) Research and Scholarship; and

3) Instructional Design/Redesign of Curricula utilizing technology-based applications.

Numerous local, national, and international professional development opportunities to address the three focus areas are offered. The local/campus opportunities include the following:

-A Taste of Faculty Development;
-Annual Faculty Clickers Luncheon;
-Conference Travel Grants;
-Faculty Learning Communities;
-Faculty Mentoring Institute;
-Instructional Technology and Media Specialist Certification;
-Instructional Technology Workshops;
-Resource Grants;
-Resource Library;
-Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Research Projects; and
-Summer Technology Enrichment Program.

Selected national and international opportunities include the:

-American Association of Blacks in Higher Education Leadership and Mentoring Institute;
-Faculty Resource Network at New York University; -HBCU Faculty Development Network;
-International Society of Technology in Education Conference;
-Lily Conference on College and University Teaching;
-Mellon Fellowship (Salzburg Austria Global Seminars);
-Professional and Organizational Development Network;
-Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conferences;
-The Teaching Professor Conference;
-Turning Technologies User Conferences; and
-United Negro College Fund/Mellon Teaching and Learning Institute.

The primary goal of the CEFD is to continuously provide support for enhancing the quality of teaching and learning at the University. Faculty and graduate students are able to participate in a variety of professional development opportunities to enhance their teaching and research effectiveness to aid students toward achievement of the desired learning outcomes and elevate the academic standards of the University.