funds for PD activities for faculty and staff ($20,000 for faculty, and $10,000 for staff). b. Debrief of Flex Week D Good options for workshops during the week, attendance was low. Krista: Classified offered 3 staff focused workshops on Tuesday and Wednesday with some attendance. It is difficult for classified staff to attend PD workshops because it is the week before classes start and challenging to leave office. Krista mentioned the statewide classified employee of the year awards were announced. Courses and wellness forum was also discussed. Armine: Attendance in SLO workshop was very low and very short, only 45 minutes. This workshop needs to be brought back with upcoming Accreditation and the need for continued evaluation. Robert: Mentioned the need for PD activities during mid semester. Spring break workshops for classified staff would be a good time. The need to reach out to new faculty was discussed by the committee. It is important to pursue these workshops because of the hiring in the spring for new faculty, approximately 8 new hires. Tom mentioned that in previous years we would send an official letter inviting faculty and staff to participate in flex activities. Now, we only send an email that not everyone is checking during the summer break. We may need to reconsider bringing back the letter invite instead of email.
funds for PD activities for faculty and staff ($20,000 for faculty, and $10,000 for staff). b. Debrief of Flex Week D Good options for workshops during the week, attendance was low. Krista: Classified offered 3 staff focused workshops on Tuesday and Wednesday with some attendance. It is difficult for classified staff to attend PD workshops because it is the week before classes start and challenging to leave office. Krista mentioned the statewide classified employee of the year awards were announced. Courses and wellness forum was also discussed. Armine: Attendance in SLO workshop was very low and very short, only 45 minutes. This workshop needs to be brought back with upcoming Accreditation and the need for continued evaluation. Robert: Mentioned the need for PD activities during mid semester. Spring break workshops for classified staff would be a good time. The need to reach out to new faculty was discussed by the committee. It is important to pursue these workshops because of the hiring in the spring for new faculty, approximately 8 new hires. Tom mentioned that in previous years we would send an official letter inviting faculty and staff to participate in flex activities. Now, we only send an email that not everyone is checking during the summer break. We may need to reconsider bringing back the letter invite instead of email.
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