Creating the Framework for Inclusive Teaching Excellence

ABSTRACT

This paper describes a multi-year project to inform academic development (AD) for instructors at a large university, as the result of a shift towards greater equity, diversity, inclusion, and access (EDIA) efforts. A variety of data were collected, along with extant literature focused on teaching and learning, to identify campus needs and priorities for AD, resulting in a signature pedagogy: the Framework for Inclusive Teaching Excellence. FITE enables a shared understanding of teaching and learning with an EDIA lens, which has been integrated across all aspects of AD programming and informs how teaching and learning are valued and assessed.

KEYWORDS:

• EDIA
• signature pedagogy
• academic development
• data
• assessment

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Notes on contributors

Yojanna Cuenca-Carlino

Yojanna Cuenca-Carlino is Chair and a Professor in the Department of Special Education and was Assistant Vice President for Faculty Development, Diversity, and Learning until July 2022 at Illinois State University.

David J. Giovagnoli

David J. Giovagnoli is Coordinator, Scholarly Teaching and Learning at the Center for Integrated Professional Development at Illinois State University.

Jennifer C. Friberg

Jennifer C. Friberg is Director of Scholarly Teaching, Cross Endowed Chair in the Scholarship of Teaching, and Learning, and Professor of Communication Science & Disorders at Illinois State University.

Derek J. H. Meyers

Derek J. H. Meyer is the Assistant Director of University Assessment Services at Illinois State University.

Salvatore J. Catanzaro

Salvatore J. Catanzaro is Professor Emeritus of Psychology and was Associate Vice President for Academic Administration at Illinois State University until 2021.

Dana Karraker

Dana Karraker is Assistant Director for Educational Development Programs at the Center for Integrated Professional Development at Illinois State University.