The Office of Faculty Professional Development is a Title III Activity and is supported by Title III-B funding. The mission of the Office of Faculty Professional Development (OFPD) is to encourage excellence in teaching through programs for course development, redesign and improvement, implementation of research-based instructional strategies, and support services to faculty that encourage instructional development and efficiency in the workplace.
The overarching goal of the Activity is to provide tools and resources for faculty to help students to crystallize academic and social interests, focus on career goals, discover academic strengths and needs, and persist to graduation. The main purpose of the OFPD is to improve instruction quality for undergraduate and graduate student success.
The Title III objectives for the 2024–2025 academic year are as follows:
The OFPD 2024–2025 objectives align with the following NCCU Strategic Plan 2019–2024 objective:
Access our workshops, resources and more on the OFPD Canvas site! The OFPD hosts a new faculty orientation each academic year designed to prepare incoming faculty for a successful transition to North Carolina Central University.
OFPD will be offering a variety of professional development opportunities for new, part-time, and continuing NCCU faculty members during the 2025 summer months. Register now for any of the available opportunities. For a personalized workshop or one-on-one consultation, please contact Dr. Laurell Malone at [email protected] or 919-530-7188.
The OFPD staff is pleased to offer a series of face-to-face sessions and webinars to prepare faculty to teach courses in a variety of learning environments. For each monthly online seminar selected for viewing, there will be a follow-up discussion session for NCCU faculty members to attend, hosted by OFPD. Attendees will receive a certificate of attendance for participating. Also, additional conference opportunities will be shared.
NCCU has received a prestigious faculty professional development award from the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. Through this initiative, NCCU will receive full support for professional development activities — valued at $174,750. The OFPD will help spearhead this transformative initiative in teaching and learning.
The Office of Faculty Professional Development would like to recognize NCCU faculty who are recipients of the nationally recognized certificate in Effective College Teaching Practices awarded by the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE).
The OFPD is a resource dedicated to providing comprehensive programming for professional development, including creative and sustainable strategies for improved andragogy in all disciplines, support for increasing faculty productivity and self-efficacy, the scholarship of teaching and learning, and innovative approaches to assessment and evaluation.
Malone, Laurell C
Coordinator
Office of Faculty Professional Development
Stuckey, Eboni D
Administrative Support Associate
Academic Affairs
The Office of Faculty Professional Development announces the 2024–2025 Faculty Fellows, Dr. Carresse Gerald, Dr. Shauntae Brown White, Dr. Siobahn Day Grady, Dr. Wykeshia Glass, and Dr. Christopher Paul. The OFPD Faculty Fellows will help expand opportunities for faculty development in effective teaching practices, facilitate faculty learning communities and support self-paced and personalized professional development activities to increase faculty self-efficacy in teaching and learning.
Day Grady, Siobahn
Associate Professor and Founding Director of IAIER
Library and Information Sciences
Gerald, Carressa
Assistant Professor
Environmental, Earth and Geospatial Sciences
Glass, Wykeshia
Associate Professor, Program Coordinator, Early Childhood Ed.
Curriculum and Instruction
H. M. Michaux, Jr. School of Education Building, Room 2098
919-530-6669
Paul, Christopher J
Associate Professor and Chair, MPA Program
Public Administration
White, Shauntae B
Interim Associate Dean
Mass Communication
