The FLC Program Director's and FLC Facilitator's Handbook, Sixth Edition
This Handbook may be ordered from Miami University. The cost is
US $19.95. To order, contact Alicia Miller at mille226@muohio.edu.
Those attending the next New
FLC Developers' and Facilitators' Institute will recieve a complementary copy.
This Handbook is designed to aid two key players in the development
of faculty learning communities (FLCs): (1) the prospective FLC Program
Director, who will be designing, implementing, and overseeing the FLC
Program at an institution, and (2) the facilitator who will be leading
a particular FLC. One person might serve in both roles.
For example, the director of a teaching or faculty development center
might be the Program Director who is designing, implementing, then overseeing
two FLCs, one for early-career faculty and one on problem-based learning
(PBL). The facilitator for the FLC for early-career faculty might be the
Program Director, and the facilitator for the FLC on PBL might be a faculty
associate in the center who has used PBL successfully in his or her classes
for a few years.
The Program Director’s portion of this Handbook is focused
on information and strategies needed to initiate and direct an FLC program.
The Facilitator’s part of this Handbook is designed to support
the leader of a particular faculty learning community (FLC). Since these
two roles often overlap, we have included both in this Handbook,
denoting when the focus is primarily on one role or overlapping roles.
(Table of Contents)
For an FLC facilitator, it may be that an FLC Program has been implemented
at his or her college or university. Implementation strategies such as
seeking faculty and administrative support and establishing a budget are
usually the responsibilities of the FLC program director. More details
and examples are covered in the FLC Sourcebook or on the FLC website.
The FLC website contains many items illustrating
program components, assessment documents and results, examples of memos,
retreat programs, seminar schedules, etc.
To this binder for the Handbook, please add important items as
you direct your FLC Program and/or lead your particular FLC. If you would
like to share these helpful items with others, communicate them to Milt
Cox, coxmd@muohio.edu. This Handbook
will be continuously updated with suggestions and additions by those who
are involved with FLCs.
Best wishes as you engage your faculty learning communities in a productive
year. Remember that your efforts are on behalf of faculty and student
learning.
This project has been supported in part by a grants from the US
Department of Education Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education
(FIPSE) and the Ohio
Board of Regents.
