Faculty Development Council
Our Mission
The mission of the Office of Faculty Development is to enrich the learning environment of Azusa Pacific University by enhancement of faculty scholarship and discipleship. It recognizes teaching as a domain of scholarship in various disciplines, worthy of direct attention, focus and constant improvement.
- It supports learning research designed to discover and verify creative learning experiences that will empower students to become life long learners.
- It encourages collaboration among faculty through mentoring and peer coaching and workshop attendance.
- It distributes material related to higher education teaching and learning.
- It coordinates and sponsors faculty workshops throughout the year to enrich the scholarly environment by challenging and supporting the faculty.
- It encourages the integration of faith and learning.
The Council
The council is made up of representatives from each of the schools of the university. The following are the members currently serving on the faculty development council.
| Associate Provost | Gary Lemaster (glemaster@apu.edu) |
| School of Business and Management | Roger Conover (rconover@apu.edu) |
| College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | Becky Roe (broe@apu.edu) |
| Director, Office of Faculty Development | David Colachico (dcolachico@apu.edu) |
| School of Education | Linda Chiang (lchiang@apu.edu) |
| Ad Hoc | Michelle Spomer (mspomer@apu.edu) |
| School of Nursing | Martha Ann Carey (mcarey@apu.edu) |
| Center for Academic Service Learning and Research |
Judy Hutchinson (jhutchinson@apu.edu) |
