Let's Remember What We Value in this Work

Centering Centers

In this episode of Centering Centers, Diane Boyd shares how she guided faculty through the pandemic by first having them connect to their core values before diving into new teaching modalities. She explains how articulating one's values provides an internal compass when navigating challenging situations--keeping you grounded in your strengths and priorities, and she emphasizes the importance of self-care and preparation as ways to support oneself in this work.

Diane E. Boyd serves as the Associate Dean of Faculty Development and Mary Seawell Metz ‘58 Executive Director of the Faculty Development Center at Furman University in Greenville, SC. Diane leads equitable course design, organizational learning, and holistic professional development programs throughout the academic life cycle. Her recent publications include research on threshold concepts in course design and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, leveraging pandemic pedagogical insights for long-term educational equity, and increasing agency and reducing burnout via values-infused programming for mid-career colleagues.

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