The primary mission of IDEC is to provide quality teaching to the field of interior design. In this section, you will find Innovative Teaching Ideas and various videos, links and other materials designed to enhance your teaching the retention of knowledge and skills by your students. Whether you are a college/university educator, graduate student or practitioner contemplating an academic career, or teacher engaging K-12 students in interior design, there is something here for you!
Professional Development
Appointments, Tenure and Promotion Statement
A position paper on criteria for appointment and evaluation of interior design faculty in Higher Education Institutions .
Safe Teaching Practices
Ideas and resources to facilitate quality teaching and learning in a hybrid or remote environment. This collection of teaching essentials to help educators develop alternative teaching models, rethink facilities, and utilize digital communication tools to enhance the health and wellbeing of students and teachers during these uncertain times. Find Safe Teaching Practices.
IDEC eInternship

Resources and examples of projects, assignments, and engagements members can use to transition an in-person internship program to one that is 100% virtual. This is not a course; instead, it is resources to create a course based on each institution’s requirements. Find eInternship here.
Teaching
Service
Scholarship
IDEC also partners with CIDA to ensure that our members are prepared for accreditation. Visit My-CIDA.org to become an advocate for CIDA and access their latest tool kit of resources.