The stated mission of the Faculty Technology Group (FTG) is “to advance the use of technology in teaching, learning, research, and scholarship by exploring new technologies, disseminating the information it has acquired, supporting the work of colleagues, and assisting in assessing the benefits of that work.” By “advance” we have in mind both a quantitative increase in use of new technologies and a qualitative expectation around how well those technologies are integrated into the academics at Saint Mary's College of California.

The primary duties of the FTG are to evaluate grant submissions, identify conferences and workshops on technology in teaching, discuss emerging technologies and their application to teaching and scholarship, and generally be an advocate of or resource for the use of technology in teaching and scholarship.

The group oversees the award of grants to faculty interested in incorporating technology into teaching and scholarship. FTG has also supported faculty attendance at technology conferences (such as Educause and MacWorld), sponsored numerous workshops on web authoring, and hosted guest speakers on technology in teaching from neighboring institutions.