St. Norbert College

Office of Faculty Development
St. Norbert College, 100 Grant Street, De Pere, WI 54115-2099
Kenneth J. Zahorski, Director; Phone (414)403-3093; Fax (414)403-4086; E-mail - zahokj@sncac.snc.edu;
WWW address - http://www.snc.edu/facdev

St. Norbert College is a private, Carnegie-classification comprehensive college II with 120 FTE faculty, 30 part-time faculty, 2,100 undergraduates, and approximately 60 graduate students.

The Faculty Development Program was approved by the faculty in the spring of 1985. The Director, given two-thirds released time and appointed to a five-year term, reports to the Academic Vice President. The Office of Faculty Development (OFD) staff consists of the Director (a faculty member), the Faculty Development Secretary, and two student assistants who help operate the Resource Center. Program activities are funded entirely by hard money from the institutional budget; monies for Faculty Development practices such as sabbaticals, in-house funds, and outstanding teaching awards come from funding sources other than the OFD budget.

The Faculty Development Committee consists of five faculty members, one from each Division and two at-large, elected for a term of three years; one student representative; and the Director as Chair. The Committee, which meets on a weekly basis, has the following duties:

1. to work with the Director in soliciting information from the faculty about their needs and in shaping a program congruent with these needs;
2. to work with the Director in making program policy and administering the budget;
3. to assist the Director in implementing the program, monitoring and evaluating the program, and disseminating information about the program; and
4. to judge applications for funding from the Summer Grants Fund ($28,000), the Faculty Development Fund ($19,000), and the Student-Faculty Development Endowment Fund ($7,000).

The SNC Faculty Development Program provides opportunities for professional and personal renewal and growth to faculty in all stages of their careers. The Program first creates a wide range of opportunities, and then provides the help faculty need to take full advantage of these opportunities. The primary components of the OFD include:

1. Resource Center;
2. Orientation and Mentor Program for new faculty;
3. Summer Grants Program;
4. Faculty Development Fund,
5. Student-Faculty Development Endowment Fund;
6. topical sessions and workshops;
7. "Food for Thought" series;
8. Faculty Exchange Center;
9. The Beacon (newsletter);
10. Faculty Resource Inventory;
11. Faculty Book Discussion Series;
12. Annual Faculty Development Conference; and
13. individual counseling.

In addition, the OFD actively participates in the WAICU Faculty Development Network, a nineteen-school consortial enterprise dedicated to fostering faculty development through inter-institutional cooperation. Other faculty development practices not coordinated by the OFD include: Sabbatical Program; travel funding; Student Evaluation of Teaching Program; Publications Fund; Phased Retirement Program; Outstanding Teaching, Scholarship, and Community Service Awards; and a Visiting Scholars Program.

Above all else, the holistic program is intended to create an environment of opportunity, an environment conducive to growth, revitalization, and renewal.

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