"Some material in this book is based on A Handbook for New Practitioners published by New Forums Press in 1988"--T.p. verso.

pt. 1. Setting up a faculty development program. Faculty, instructional, and organizational development : options and choices / Robert M. Diamond -- Ten principles of good practice in creating and sustaining teaching and learning centers / Mary Deane Sorcinelli -- Program types and prototypes / Delivee L. Wright -- Establishing an instructional development program : an example / L. Dee Fink -- pt. 2. Assessing teaching practices. Improving the evaluation of college teaching / L. Dee Fink -- The process of individual consultation / Karron G. Lewis -- Classroom observation : the observer as collaborator / LuAnn Wilkerson and Karron G. Lewis -- Small group instructional diagnosis : tapping student perceptions of teaching / Nancy A. Diamond -- If I knew then what I know now : a first-year faculty consultant's top ten list / Jill D. Jensen -- pt. 3. Practical strategies. Promoting your professional development program / Susan A. Holton -- Staging successful workshops / Linda R. Hilsen and Emily C. (Rusty) Wadsworth -- Ideas for campus newsletters / Laura Border, Linc. Fisch, and Maryellen Weimer -- Factoring out fear : making technology into child's play with fundamentals / LeAne H. Rutherford -- A helpful handout : establishing and maintaining a positive classroom climate / Linda R. Hilsen -- pt. 4. Reaching specific audiences. Increase your effectiveness in the organization : work with department chairs / Ann F. Lucas -- Reaching the unreachable : improving the teaching of poor teachers / Ann F. Lucas -- Problem-based learning / Richard G. Tiberius -- pt. 5. Addressing diversity. Conceptualizing, designing, and implementing multicultural faculty development activities / Christine A. Stanley -- Methods for addressing diversity in the classroom / Lee Warren -- What we value, we talk about : including lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people / Christine Imbra and Helen Rallis -- pt. 6. A guide to faculty development committees: goals, structures, and practices. The basics of faculty development committees ; Questions and answers about faculty development committees ; A faculty development committee checklist ; Resources for faculty development committees / Joyce Povlacs Lunde and Madelyn Meier Healy.