Inclusive Professional Framework for Faculty

The Inclusive Professional Framework for Faculty (IPF: Faculty) identifies three core domains - Identity, Intercultural, and Relational - which underlie inclusive practices in higher education. The IPF: Faculty promotes student success by providing a set of skills in the three domains that can be applied to inclusive practices across faculty roles such as teaching, research mentoring, advising, leadership, and colleagueship. These skills also contribute to health and well-being and inclusive climates within the institution.

WHY care about the Inclusive Professional Framework for Faculty?

Inclusive environments in faculty careers:

Domain-Based Skill Sets

Identity

Developing an awareness of self and student social and cultural identities, the intersectionality of those identities, and examining the role that identity plays in creating effective learning environments.

How might identity impact inclusive faculty practices?

Intercultural

Developing an understanding of cultural differences in ways that enable effective interactions with others from different racial, ethnic, or social identity groups in both domestic and international contexts. 

How might intercultural awareness and humility impact inclusive faculty practices?

Relational

Building one-on-one connection, trust and relationship through effective communication and relational skills, which support effective interpersonal interaction.

How might relational and communication skills impact inclusive faculty practices?

Benefits of Applying the IPF to Faculty Roles

Advising

Develop your skills to advising students, formally or informally -- a key role that many faculty play in addition to engaging students in classroom or research settings.

Teaching

Build your confidence using strategies to make your content, activities, language, and classroom logistics inclusive for all students.

Research Mentoring

Deepen your understanding of how to communicate effectively across difference to set you and your mentee(s) up for a mutually beneficial and productive mentoring relationship.

Collegiality & Leadership

Learn how to derail systems of privilege and interrupt bias, act as an ally, and advocate for excellence and diversity in professional settings as both colleague and leader.