This essay presents common practices for developing faculty in small honors programs and colleges operating with limited financial resources. The author outlines strategies and applications for implementing targeted faculty development, including: transdisciplinary coordinating efforts toward bringing full-time and adjunct faculty together for the purposes of curricular innovation, metacognitive development, and academic risk-taking; effective practices and processes for the advertising and hiring of adjunct faculty in honors; and integral opportunities for honors deans and directors to teach courses. While budget advocacy is crucial to program sustainability and development, the author acknowledges that this is not always possible, particularly in two-year institutions seeking to develop honors faculty. This essay considers the tightrope walk of building and maintaining workable practices in small programs with trajectories toward curricular growth and improvement.