The Objective of this study identifies the significance of Strategic Planning Efforts (SPEs) and how they contribute to improving the teaching and learning products and discovers and analyses Faculty Development Programs (FDPs) which are important in amelioration the quality and level of education or learning in HEIs. Method: The surveys were applied as a method of research; and the questionnaires were administered to some of the experts in the field of academic development programs, faculty and administrators in HEIs in Iraq, and the analysis was conduct using SPSS software. Novelty: This paper develops a theoretical model based on the objectives of the offered Faculty Development Programs (FDPs) which are essential to teaching and learning processes. The framework combines and links together the following components: Four Common Forms of Knowledge: PCK, CD/CD, IS, EAFP, and PGR, all of which are seen as fundamental features necessary for the progression of faculty development.