Educational Research & Professional Development
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Goals

Strategic Goal One: Increase the scholarship of discovery, integration of knowledge within and between disciplines, teaching, and application.

1. Create a dialogue with faculty and administration that will increase the awareness and interest in the scholarship of discovery, integration, teaching, and application
2. Consultation with faculty on the writing of publishable materials
3. Conducting of workshops on writing for professional journals.

1. To support individuals, departments, and others in their efforts to achieve their instructional and teaching goals
2. To sponsor workshops, seminars, orientation sessions, and other efforts to improve the teaching/learning environment on campus to acquaint administration and faculty with innovative instructional techniques, pedagogical research on effective teaching, and state of the art instructional technology to enhance education
3. To foster a professional dialogue among faculty and administration concerning effective teaching and learning, and evaluation of those efforts
4. To establish a formal Orientation Program for all faculty new to the Dental Branch.
5. To provide evaluation expertise to enhance the faculty’s abilities to structure, develop, and evaluate courses and curricula by collaborating with the DB Evaluation Committee, Curriculum Committee, and individual chairs and faculty.
6. To assist in establishing a mechanism and process for the valid, reliable and objective evaluation of faculty by students, department chairs, and the Dean.
7. To develop, pilot test, evaluate and implement a Peer Review System of the faculty.
8. To assist in establishing a mechanism and process for the valid, reliable, and objective evaluation of administration by faculty, peers, and the Dean.
9. To provide consultation and mentoring on the promotion and tenure process, the Six Year Review, and portfolio development
10. To develop a formal Faculty Mentoring Program
11. To provide individual consultation to support faculty development
12. To provide a professional development program for department chairs to further the development of leadership and management skills
13. To conduct annual salary equity studies and consult with chiars and administration to ensure equity.

1. Fostering a dialogue with the Dental Branch Community on the use of educational technologies in teaching and evaluation of students and calibration of faculty.
2. Consultation with faculty, administration, and staff to determine: 1) their educational needs and objectives; 2) the appropriate technological approach to meet those needs and objectives; and 3) the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of that approach.
3. Establish a Simulation Steering Committee to investigate the use of simulation in pre-clinical and clinical teaching of undergraduate dental students and to make recommendations on the use, implementation and evaluation of that simulated environment.
4. Designing and conducting workshops on the use of technology in teaching.

1. The OERPD will establish an ad-hoc committee on diversity that will provide the Dental Branch Community with an assessment of the current environment, recommendations for change, and implementation strategies. This will be a one year study.
2. Sensitivity regarding cultural and gender differences will also be promoted through the workshops offered by the Office of Professional Development.

1. To engage in the scholarship of teaching and research on learning
2. To engage in the scholarship of professional development
3. To promote cultural diversity and sensitivity among the Dental Branch Community
4. To engage in the formalization of interdisciplinary activities among HSC schools.
5. To conduct exit interviews of all departing faculty and administration
6. To explore and communicate the potential of the application of new technologies to education
7. To test the efficacy of new technologies in Dental Education

Services

1. Individual consultation on faculty development needs and issues
2. Provides expertise for Educational Research
3. Conducts New Faculty Orientation
4. Provides resources and expertise to faculty on teaching and evaluation
5. Introduces new instructional methodologies including case-based or problem-based learning to transform courses
6. Assessment of teaching effectiveness
7. Consults on the appropriate use of instructional technologies in teaching and learning
8. Consults on design and implementation of Dental Branch Program Communication and Promotions
9. Consultation on promotion and tenure process plus portfolio development
10. Consultation on salary equity issues with chairs and other administration
11. Conduct Exit Interviews for faculty and administrators
12. To provide a series of professional development seminars for staff to further
13. To assist Dental Branch personnel in developing their communication skills and conflict prevention skills
14. To provide a forum for faculty, administration, and staff for discussion of concerns relating to their work
15. Provides workshops and seminars on needed topics
16. Mentoring

All consultations are confidential matters between the OERPD and the client All members of the DB are eligible to use the resources of the Office