About
NTID provides a unique professional development process designed to maintain institutional vitality by creating a cadre of individuals vitally interested in their own professional development.
The outcome of this process is a group of professionals who are skilled in their own content area, higher education and deaf education, and who have the ability to approach the needs of NTID students in a multidisciplinary fashion.
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Our Mission
The mission of the NTID Professional Development Program (NTID PD) is to initiate and coordinate training and development for faculty and staff to enhance professional vitality and student success.
The Professional Development Team coordinates professional development efforts and serves as a clearinghouse for information about available resources. The Team plans, implements and evaluates program offerings. Our goal is to foster the continued growth of faculty and staff as they progress through various career stages. We collaborate with many professional development providers within and outside of RIT.
Our Program
We provide a full range of services based on needs assessments, Institute priorities and Strategic Vision:
- New Faculty/Staff Orientation and Training
- Workshops and seminars on:
- Effective Teaching and Learning Techniques
- Technology Training
- Professional and Interpersonal Skill Development
- Language, Communication and Deaf Culture
- Tenure and Promotion
- Funds appropriated for individual professional growth
- Minigrants
- Time Grants
- Ronald D. Dodge Memorial Grant
Additional Opportunities for Professional Growth
RIT provides faculty and staff with many options for professional growth. In addition to NTID's PD program, there are many opportunities sponsored by numerous service providers, including:
RIT and NTID Fellowships, Leaves and Grants
Several funding opportunities exist at RIT for faculty and staff development, or for special projects that support RIT's teaching and learning activities:
- Faculty Leave for Professional/Career Development
- Provost's Learning Innovations Grant for Faculty Projects
- Provost's Cultural Diversity Grant
- Interactive Learning Grants
- NTID Faculty Evaluation and Development (FEAD)
- FYE/NTID Extracurricular Opportunity Grant
For more information, please visit: http://www.rit.edu/research/srs/fundopportunities/