FTAD provides consultation services for faculty and TAs about their teaching dilemmas, successes, and planning. Consultants can also assist with portfolio construction or respond to other requests. FTAD consultants can help faculty and TAs obtain good feedback on their teaching. Project Assistance FTAD consultants can help develop proposals, design studies, and implement programs on college teaching. FTAD can provide resources to university, college, and department committees on specific issues relating to college teaching.
FTAD staff can assist with program evaluation of teaching projects.
Program Planning and Coordination FTAD is responsible for planning and coordinating orientations for new faculty and TAs, as well as periodic presentations, workshops, and conferences on college teaching for the Ohio State community. FTAD consultants can help plan and deliver college or departmental workshops on teaching, courses for teaching associates on college teaching, visiting lecturers on teaching, and other programs initiated by the unit. National Services and Involvement FTAD staff consult with other institutions on college teaching and learning and on faculty development. They present at conferences on these topics and are involved in professional associations that deal with college teaching and faculty development, such as the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education and the American Association for Higher Education. FTAD has been involved in several national projects on the improvement of college teaching, such as the Preparing Future Faculty Project and the National Consortium to Prepare Graduate Students as College Teachers.