A-HEC: Are there any key lessons you learned along the way, such as approaches that do not work well?

SS: Just as with our students, faculty development has to be learning and learner-centered. It’s really appalling what passes for development of adjunct faculty. But when quality learning experiences are made available, the adjunct and full-time faculty are eager to engage.

A-HEC: If an institution is interested in collaborating with Valencia on Scenarios, what should they do?

SS: Contact the Director of Valencia ScenariosOnline, Daryl Peterson, dpeterson8@valenciacc.edu or (407) 582-6645

A-HEC: Are there additional web site resources that may be useful to our readers?

SS: Valencia’s faculty development web site may be useful: http://faculty.valenciacc.edu/development

The ScenariosOnline web site is www.scenariosonline.org

References:

Knapp, L. G., Kelly-Reid, J.E., Whitmore, R.W., Huh, S., Zhao, L., Levine, B., Ginder, S., Wang, J., and Broyles, S.G. (2005). Staff in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2003, and Salaries of Full-Time Instructional Faculty, 2003-04. Washington, DC, U.S. Department of Education: National Center for Education Statistics.

O’Banion, T. and American Association of Community Colleges. (1997). A Learning college for the 21st century. Phoenix, Ariz., Oryx Press.

Ortmann, A. (1997). “How to survive in postindustrial environments: Adam smith’s advice for today’s colleges and universities.” Journal of Higher Education 68(5): 483-501.