1. Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence
What is CAFE?
Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence
January 22nd, 2018

2. CAFE Mission
The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence promotes the success of Missouri S&T faculty as teaching-scholars at all stages of their careers

3. Overview Personnel & location History Activities
Professional development events
Early Career Faculty programs and resources
Funding for travel, educational research mini-grants, eFellows grants
Research and scholarship resources
Teaching and pedagogy resources
Service and leadership resources

4. Co-Chair Wayne Huebner
Chair Larry Gragg
Curators Distinguished Teaching Professor, History & Political Science
Co-Chair Wayne Huebner
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
CAFE Personnel
Diane Hagni
Office Support Assistant III
Abby Bigg
CERTI Coordinator

5. Location: 207 Norwood Hall

6. History / Focus
Created in the Spring of 2017 by Provost Robert Marley to provide a focal point for faculty development from “hire to retire.”
Initial goals:
#1 - determine what the specific challenges are for faculty development at S&T
#2 - determine how best to use center resources to address identified challenges
#3 – perform an exhaustive review of faculty development literature and best practices at other universities

7. History / Focus
The final product of this extensive effort will be a comprehensive report to the provost on conditions at Missouri S&T and recommendations on how best to enhance faculty development at all stages of careers.
CAFE will direct a year-long forum with sessions devoted to teaching, research, and campus culture for not just our newest faculty members, but all probationary faculty.

8. Initially-Defined Duties: CAFE Chair
Perform gap analysis of campus contributions to faculty education and development
Coordinate with existing faculty development and support offices
Work with deans and associate deans to apply cross campus and college-specific faculty development opportunities
Assume responsibilities of the freshman faculty forum head
Identify new opportunities for faculty education and development, including external funding.

9. Initially-Defined Duties: Co-Chair
Coordinate existing faculty development offerings
Early faculty development
Teaching and learning programs (including e-Fellows)
New Faculty Orientation
Early Career Faculty Forums
NTT faculty development
CERTI
EdTech Instructional Services
Serve as co-chair for 18 months, then as chair for 18 months
Perform literature review of best practices

10. Interviews Those who assess faculty performance First-Year Faculty
President Mun Choi, Chancellor Chris Maples
Provost Robert Marley , Dean Steve Roberts, Interim Dean Richard Brow, Dean Richard Wlezien
Associate Deans Kate Drowne, Yinfa Ma, Bruce McMillin, and John Myers
Chairs of Campus P&T Committees, : Jerry Cohen, Cihan Dagli, John McManus, and Daniel Forciniti
Chairs: Daryl Beetner, Matt O’Keefe, Suzy Long, David Duvernell, George Markowsky, Joel Burken, David Borrok, Muthanna Al-Dahan, Braden Lusk, Jim Drallmeier, Shannon Fogg, Susan Murray, Keng Siau, Kris Swenson, Audra Merfeld-Langston, Greg Hilmas, and Steve Clark
First-Year Faculty
Next Steps
Continue interviews with first-year faculty
Begin interviewing faculty at additional levels: post-3rd-year review, post-mandatory tenure year, associate professors and professors at least 5 years in rank.

11. Best Practices / Literature

12. Getting the Word Out
Meetings with key individuals & groups (e.g. Department Chairs Council)
Interviews with key stakeholders
Early Career Faculty Forums
Postcard and article through the marketing and communications department
Monthly quad charts for the provost to present to the Faculty Senate
Providing “boilerplate” faculty development sections for upcoming ABET self studies / HLC accreditation

13. Major Accomplishments
Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence “CAFE”
December 2017 Update
Major Accomplishments
Early Career Faculty Forums:
November 15th: “Setting Clear Expectations for Your Class (7 faculty)
November 20th: “Walking Through Tenure and Promotion at S&T” (16 faculty from 11 depts)
December 6th: “The A, B, C’s of Distance Education” (11 faculty)
November 14th presentation to the Department Chairs Council
November 28th presentation to the CArEE junior faculty
December 4th: Review Meeting with the CAFE Steering Committee
CAFE website up and running (
Completed interviews with individuals who assess faculty performance; literature review.
Travel grants: 19 applications received by December 1st deadline; decisions on 12/13/17
Immediate Plans
Interviews with faculty who underwent 3rd year reviews last spring; continued literature review
Issues / Concerns
Nothing major; activities designed to continue building momentum and awareness of CAFE
Upcoming Events
December 15th : meeting with K. Erickson to discuss New Faculty Teaching Scholars
December 21st: tele-presence meeting with UM VP Steve Graham to discuss system-wide efforts; mid- career faculty
January 22nd: “What is CAFE?”

14. CERTI joined CAFE effective Nov. 1, 2017

15. Major Accomplishments to Date
Interviews of those who assess faculty performance (31)
Interviews of new faculty (ongoing)
New Faculty Orientation
Early Career Faculty Forums (9)
$17,700 in professional development travel funds awarded to 18 probationary faculty
Promotion and tenure event
Literature review (ongoing)
CAFE website launched – cafe.mst.edu
Online seminar about faculty mentoring

16. Fall 2017 Early Career Faculty Forums
Meeting
Location
Topic
August 23
Library 204
Finding a Mentor
September 6
University of Missouri Research Board
September 20
Advising 101 – The Basics of Advising Students
Chancellor’s Residence
New Faculty Reception with the Chancellor at 5:30 p.m.
October 4
Scholarly Communications: Spreading the Word
October 18
Proposal Budgeting and Cost Sharing
November 1
Grant Award Management
November 15
Setting Clear Expectations for Your Class
November 20
Havener Carver/Turner
Walking Through Tenure and Promotion at S&T, 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
December 6
The A, B, C’s of Distance Education

17. CAFE Website Launched: cafe.mst.edu

18. Walking Through Promotion and Tenure Workshop – November 2017

19. New Faculty Orientation

20. Magna Online Seminar and Discussion: Faculty Mentoring

21. Upcoming Events Early Career Faculty Forums (11 in the Spring)
Educational Research Mini-Grants available Spring 2018
CERTI Workshops
Student Engagement at a Distance – Feb 1
Faculty Response to Student Mental Health – Feb 6
Conversations at Work: Conference Connections Part 2 – Feb 14
Encouraging Student Entrepreneurship: A KEEN Sharing Event – Feb 28

22. Spring 2018 Early Career Faculty Forums
Meeting Date
Location
Topic
Jan. 11
203 Library
Building Blocks Workshop with “How Students Learn” presentation
Jan. 24
204 Library
Tech Transfer, Intellectual Property, Entrepreneurship
Feb. 7
The Role of Research Centers on Campus
Feb. 21
Faculty Ethics in Research and Teaching
March 7
Managing Classroom Challenges
March 15
Butler-Carlton
Proposal Writing Workshop
March 21
Matt’s Steakhouse
History of MSM, UMR and S&T with Dinner
April 4
What Can Marketing and Communications Do For You?
April 18
What’s Important in Service?
May 2
Promotion and Tenure at Missouri S&T
May 15
103 Library
Getting Started with Canvas

23. Potential Funding Sources
Many faculty development programs at other universities:
are “named” after an individual or corporate donor
have substantial external grants supporting various activities of the center
CAFE will pursue these funding sources, and leverage the existing budget to match external grants
A white paper was developed for review by University Advancement
Identify foundations / agencies that fund faculty development programs

24. Current Investments
Professional development travel grants to visit with program directors and/or attend a conference ($17,700)
Participation in workshops to develop technology roadmaps
e-Fellows awards ($30,000)
Educational research mini-grants
CAFE staff professional development
Magna Online Seminar: Creating and maintaining a robust faculty mentoring program (held January 18th)

25. Faculty Resources: Scholarly Activities / Research
Potential Investments
Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) meetings
Bringing key program managers to S&T
Publication / subvention costs

26. Faculty Resources: Teaching
Potential Investments
Travel to teaching workshops
Bringing directors of successful faculty development centers to campus
Mini-sabbaticals (e.g. summer to develop teaching materials or learn new technologies)
Classroom mini-grants (e.g. field trips; external guest-lecturers, honoraria, materials)

27. Faculty Resources: Service
Potential Investments
Travel to professional society meetings
Organizing symposia, sessions, and workshops (national and at Missouri S&T)

28. Question For You
Should CERTI remain distinct from CAFE, or should CERTI be embedded as the teaching support arm of CAFE?

29. Questions?

30. Comments from Provost Robert Marley