We created a faculty-centric model to serve as a catalyst for faculty engagement that resulted in improved teaching and learning. We aligned the goals and objectives to improve teaching with faculty-centric guiding principles, creating policies and practices that are in the best interest of the faculty. Simple but effective philosophical guiding principles were defined and implemented to openly support and defend faculty. We facilitated dialog among faculty, leveraged technology, and opened new opportunities for faculty scholarship, resulting in documented improvement in student learning. We witnessed innovation in pedagogy become pervasive across the university. This strategy sparked meaningful improvements in teaching and learning. The model is so effective that accreditors noted that a culture of assessment was created "at mach speed."