Plan, implement, and assess Create, market, implement, and assess Many campus-wide PD events offered outside the Fall year-round professional professional development opportunities PD week, in January, March and April. See attached development opportunities appropriate to all employees list. All members of the community invited to come; all presentations were attended by varied sections of the community. For first time campus closed for one morning to allow Classified staff to attend Emergency Preparedness training. Support state and college initiatives such as 3SP, With 3SP and Equity funding many of these campus Student Equity, and Distance Education by events were themed on student success and providing training and informational equity. See attached list. opportunities as appropriate Continue technology training services for both A full range of TechEd and DE training sessions were faculty and classified staff offered over the year, including some initiated by the Distance Ed Advisory Committee. See attached list. Continue to assess faculty and classified Although assessments were completed for all PD professional development needs on a regular events, due to a lack of institutional research staff few basis and develop training opportunities to have been processed for review. address assessed needs. Administer dispersal of travel funds fairly and Over the year the Travel Fund Workgroup gave out 36 Evaluate applications and award professional efficiently awards to full time faculty totaling $15,525, as well as development funds to full 6 to part-time faculty totaling $3000. and part-time faculty; funds to be considered are limited Investigate the possibility of increasing the Part time funds were used up by the end of the Fall to those monies identified in funds for both full-time and part-time faculty semester; further funding for the year was requested the AFT Collective but could not be provided. For 2015-16 $6000 has Bargaining Agreement been requested for part time faculty travel funds. For full time faculty the Cttee has recommended that the maximum amount that can be applied for in be raised from $500 to $600, as well as the remaining full time funds to be rolled –over. Evaluate the procedures of the Faculty Travel The travel forms for both full and part time faculty Funding Workgroup for possible improvements have been simplified. for the 2015-16 year The option, for full time faculty, to request up to $100 without going through the Travel Fund Workgroup has been made available on the PD website.
Plan, implement, and assess year-round professional development opportunities Create, market, implement, and assess professional development opportunities appropriate to all employees Support state and college initiatives such as 3SP, Student Equity, and Distance Education by providing training and informational opportunities as appropriate Continue technology training services for both faculty and classified staff Continue to assess faculty and classified professional development needs on a regular basis and develop training opportunities to address assessed needs. Many campus-wide PD events offered outside the Fall PD week, in January, March and April. See attached list. All members of the community invited to come; all presentations were attended by varied sections of the community. For first time campus closed for one morning to allow Classified staff to attend Emergency Preparedness training. With 3SP and Equity funding many of these campus events were themed on student success and equity. See attached list. A full range of TechEd and DE training sessions were offered over the year, including some initiated by the Distance Ed Advisory Committee. See attached list. Although assessments were completed for all PD events, due to a lack of institutional research staff few have been processed for review. Evaluate applications and award professional development funds to full and part-time faculty; funds to be considered are limited to those monies identified in the AFT Collective Bargaining Agreement Administer dispersal of travel funds fairly and efficiently Investigate the possibility of increasing the funds for both full-time and part-time faculty Evaluate the procedures of the Faculty Travel Funding Workgroup for possible improvements for the 2015-16 year Over the year the Travel Fund Workgroup gave out 36 awards to full time faculty totaling $15,525, as well as 6 to part-time faculty totaling $3000. Part time funds were used up by the end of the Fall semester; further funding for the year was requested but could not be provided. For 2015-16 $6000 has been requested for part time faculty travel funds. For full time faculty the Cttee has recommended that the maximum amount that can be applied for in be raised from $500 to $600, as well as the remaining full time funds to be rolled –over. The travel forms for both full and part time faculty have been simplified. The option, for full time faculty, to request up to $100 without going through the Travel Fund Workgroup has been made available on the PD website.