About Us

WELCOME

Welcome to the Faculty Development Center at CSU Dominguez Hills! The FDC provides CSUDH faculty with equity-minded and meaningful professional development opportunities in teaching and pedagogy, scholarship and creative activities, and leadership. Programming in the FDC is continuously growing and evolving as we meet the current needs of the faculty community as well as look toward emerging pedagogical and other professional practices.

MISSION & VISION

Mission

The Faculty Development Center’s (FDC) mission is to serve as the primary hub providing innovative and effective programming for all faculty to foster excellence in teaching, research, scholarship, creative activities, service, and leadership.  FDC programming and collaborations are equity-minded, support transformational educational experiences for students, and contribute to faculty well-being and student success.

Vision

• Provide relevant and meaningful professional development for all faculty, including non-tenure-track and tenure-track, at every career stage
• Promote culturally-sustaining, equity-minded, strengths-based, anti-racist, social justice, and student-centered pedagogy to contribute to student success with CSUDH’s Hispanic- and Minority-Serving Institution status at the forefront
• Provide a space to generate and support faculty collegiality and peer-to-peer support for teaching, research, scholarship, creative activities, and leadership development
• Expand the use of technology and the science of learning to enhance student-centered pedagogy

Faculty development at CSUDH includes support, resources, and services to enable faculty to achieve excellence, integration, and satisfaction in the areas of teaching, scholarship, and service throughout their careers.