Vision: To increase excellence in all F1 schools with continuous professional development that empowers and supports employees with meaningful, relevant, and personalized learning opportunities for a highly-effective community of faculty, staff, and students.

Mission: To provide high quality, timely and cost-effective professional development events and resources.  The mission is achieved by delivering content face-to-face and online through F1S staff as well as a variety of expert sources. The Office of Professional Development will:

• Provide faculty and staff with relevant and personalized learning opportunities with follow up to enhance the learning experiences of all.
• Provide research based proven best practices that support teaching and learning in all academic areas that are data driven.
• Provide professional development that is rigorous and intentionally designed to build skills for continuous improvement.
• Facilitate instructional delivery that supports critical and creative thinking skills.