The Thorpe Center
Faculty Development
Initiatives
EXTERNAL GRANTS INTERNAL GRANTS
Faculty Reading Groups
The Thorpe Center provides support for a variety of faculty reading groups each year. Any IWU faculty member is invited to propose a book list or a topic on which books can later be chosen. If you would like to propose a reading group, please e-mail the Thorpe Center, thorpe@iwu.edu, with your suggested topic and/or book list as soon as possible.
For more information on Faculty Reading Groups see the current Faculty Development Handbook.
New Faculty Orientation
New Faculty Gatherings
First and second year faculty are invited to attend a series of informal gatherings
throughout the academic year. A topic of interest for new faculty will be highlighted
3-4 times a semester and this venue provides an opportunity to learn details about
an IWU program or service, to ask questions, and to get to know new colleagues.
New Faculty Mentoring
Early in the fall semester new faculty are paired with faculty who have been awarded the Kemp Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence and/or
the Student Senate Professor of the Year award.
Please contact the Dean of Curricular & Faculty Development for more information on any of these programs.
Teaching Circles
In an effort to promote developmental feedback on faculty members' teaching practices,
the Thorpe Center sponsors a Teaching Circles program.
Under this program, groups of three faculty members from different departments visit
each others' classes and offer constructive feedback with regard to syllabi and assignment
construction and the use of pedagogical methods in a live classroom situation.
Teaching Circles: Making Inquire Safe for Faculty by Laurel Black and Mary Ann Cessna, click here
If you are interested in participating in Teaching Circles, please contact the Dean
of Curricular & Faculty Development.