Office of Professional
& Instructional Development (OPID)
OPID serves as a statewide faculty development resource for University of Wisconsin
System institutions. Established in 1977 as the Undergraduate Teaching
Improvement Council, it was first led by a council of campus representatives
who focused primarily on teaching improvement. Over the past few years
OPID has expanded its emphases to meet the broader professional needs
of faculty and academic staff with programming on topics such as student
learning, the scholarship of teaching and learning, career stages, and
faculty roles and rewards. OPID's Council remains essential to its operation,
both as an advisory board and as a liaison between System and its campuses.