OPID – the Office of Professional & Instructional Development – advocates for faculty and instructors in all things teaching and learning.

About

OPID serves as a systemwide professional and instructional development resource for Universities of Wisconsin system institutions. Established in 1977 as the Undergraduate Teaching Improvement Council (UTIC), it was first led by a council of campus representatives who focused primarily on teaching improvement. In 2000, the program became OPID, expanding its emphases to meet the broader professional needs of faculty and academic staff with programming on topics such as faculty development in all learning environments, the systematic assessment of student learning through the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), inclusive excellence, leadership, and faculty retention. The OPID Advisory Council serves both as an advisory council and as a liaison between UW system administration and all of the UW system institutions.

Important Dates

Spring Conference for Wisconsin Educators

April 16 & 17, 2026 at the Memorial Union, Madison

Faculty College

May 26-29, 2026 at the Osthoff Resort at Elkhart Lake


Questions?

Fay Akindes
Director, Systemwide Professional & Instructional Development
608-263-2684
fay.akindes@wisconsin.edu

 

 

 

Erin McGroarty
Program Associate
608-262-8522
OPID@lists.wisconsin.edu