Faculty Professional Development Committee

Welcome to the Faculty Professional Development Committee, a committee of the Academic Senate. The FPDC oversees professional development for faculty members at Grossmont College. 

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Spring 2024 Flex Week	Welcome to Spring 2024 Flex Week! The Faculty Professional Development Committee with the support of the Office of Professional Development is happy to offer a week of opportunities for faculty and staff to participate and earn flex credit. Workshops will be offered in person or remote via Zoom. Please register for Convocation, all FLEX workshops**, Division and Department meetings** using the Vision Resource Center calendar.    Vision Resource Center Events Calendar List of Flex Week Workshops List of Division and Department Meetings  **If you do not receive a Zoom link for remote offerings in the registration e-mail please contact your department chair or the presenter for the chosen event.
ACUE Association of College and University Educators: Inclusive Teaching for Equitable Learning	Inclusive Teaching for Equitable Learning
The Vision Resource Center at Grossmont College - Helpful Links	Helpful links for using the Vision Resource Center VRC User Manual Login to VRC Entering External Training & Office Hours Manage Rosters & Attendance Vision Resource Center FAQs

FALL 2024 - FLEX Week Proposals link: https://forms.gle/5LanGTwVsbcvXS1JA

 

FALL 2024 - Program, Department and Division Meeting Submission link: Submission link for FLEX Week Department, Division, and Program

Deadlines to Complete Professional Development Obligation for the 2023-2024 Academic Year:

Full Time Faculty	July 1, 2023 - April 27, 2024
Adjunct Faculty	Fall 2023  July 1, 2023 - November 10, 2023 Spring 2024  November 11, 2023- April 27, 2024

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Faculty Professional Development Obligation

• Faculty are required to complete Professional Development (PD) hours by attending face-to-face or online activities within the Vision Resource Center, or completing Self-Designed External Training. These are paid hours, and must be included on your Vision Resource Center transcript by the above deadlines or your pay will be reduced accordingly.
  • Page 35, part 7.16.1 of the GCCCD AFT Guild Faculty Contract (located on the AFT Guild website) explains when PD hours must be completed:

"Adjunct faculty must submit all documents which demonstrate evidence of completion of their professional development activities no later than the last day of the twelfth (12) week of instruction each semester. Tenured/Tenure-Track faculty must submit all documents which demonstrate evidence of completion of their professional development activities no later than the last day of the twelfth (12) week of instruction the spring semester each year."

 

• Your Professional Development Obligation is calculated by semester in the Vision Resource Center. The calculation takes into account full-time faculty release time and extra pay assignments along with the contractual 20 hours per year.  The part-time faculty calculation is by instructional hour and is described in the box below.  Both follow the faculty contract.

	Adjunct Faculty & Extra Pay	Full Time Faculty
Hours Required	Usually 1 hour for each assigned instructional hour (1 lecture unit = 1 hour; 1 lab unit = 3 hours).	20 hours per year plus extra pay
Time Frame	Fall: July 1 to the 12th week of class Spring: week 13 of fall to week 12 of spring semester, or roll over extra hour from fall Disclaimer: If a part-time faculty member chooses to engage in professional development activities earlier than flex week, and if her/his teaching load is subsequently reduced, she/he is not entitled to be compensated for the extra hours.	July 1 and week 12 of spring semester.