In Fall of 2017, the Center for Educational Innovation (CEI) proudly launched a flexible professional development initiative, the Innovative Teaching Program (ITP). The program is the first in the UAE to be accredited by the UK Higher Education Academy (now AdvanceHE).

The ITP is designed specifically to offer both continuing support and professional recognition for teaching excellence for all faculty teaching at Zayed University. 

Through the ITP, participants may attend professional development modules and apply for the internationally recognized Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (HEA).

This is achieved through a practical, reflective, contextualized and critical engagement with new approaches to teaching and learning and scholarship. The program is informed by scholarly research and based on best practice. Face-to-face seminars are delivered on both the Abu Dhabi and Dubai campuses.