Professional Development

Sep 19 Flex Day schedule

Breakfast and lunch will be served. No need to RSVP this time!

Schedule-a-Glance

• 8:30-9:00 Breakfast – CC Dining Room
• 9:00-11:00 Developing a Safer Campus Community – Next Steps in Implementing Title IX at Moorpark College –CCCR (In person only)
• 11:15-12:30 Just One! Small Accessibility Practices That Have a Big Impact – (Online only Zoom Link)
• 11:15-12:30 Purchasing Overview – CCCR (Hyflex. Zoom Link)
• 12:30-1:00 Lunch –CC Dining Room
• 1:00-2:30 How to Implement and Practice Consent Culture (In person only. CCCR)
• 1:15-2:30 AI and Ethics: A Deeper Dive – (Online only Zoom Link)
• 2:30-3:45 BDP Program Information – (Online only Zoom Link)
• 2:30-4:30 Step Up Training – (Online only Zoom Link)

Detailed Schedule

• 8:30-9:00 Breakfast and coffee – CC Cafeteria

• 9:00-11:00 Developing a Safer Campus Community – Next Steps in Implementing Title IX at Moorpark College –CCCR (In person only)
  • Please join us for a conversation where we will expand upon important concepts introduced in our Aug 10 Flex presentation regarding Title IX implementation and the creation of a safer campus. Please note that you do not have to had attended the Aug 10 to participate in this session!

Location: CCCR (In person only)

• 11:15-12:30 Purchasing Overview – CCCR (Hyflex. Zoom Link)
  • Please join us for an informative session about inputting data and tracking information regarding the purchase order system

Facilitator: Lisa Smith

Location: CCCR (Hyflex. Zoom Link)

• 11:00-12:15 Just One! Small Accessibility Practices That Have a Big Impact (Online only. Zoom link)

• • When you add instructional content to your course it's important to make sure that your content is accessible for students with disabilities, who might be using assistive technology. Since you won't know what future students may need additional support, it's much easier to initially design with intention, rather than build your course to support diverse learners in the middle of a semester! In this session, we explore the fundamental building blocks of making digital content accessible and the accessibility checkers you can use to check your work.

Facilitators: Shyan Diaz-Brown, Trudi Radke, Shirly Ruiz  

Location: Online only Zoom link

• 12:30-1:00 Lunch CC Dining Room

• 1:00-2:30 How to Implement and Practice Consent Culture (In person only. CCCR)

• • Adding on to the earlier technical discussions about policies and procedures in terms of campus safety, join PAC faculty Suzanne Fagan and Beth Megill for a practical session on implementing consent culture in your classroom. Learn and practice essential games that will help establish a foundation of trust among a group of students and touchstone-tools for maintaining the culture throughout the semester or through the thick of a project. Hear what the Moorpark College PAC is doing to improve the safety of our students and how it has been working so far. Bring questions and situations to discuss with your peers so we can work together to find functional solutions that empower students while honoring the learning environment and opportunities you provide them.

Facilitators: Suzanne Fagan and Beth Megill

Location: CCCR

• 1:15-2:30 AI and Ethics: A Deeper Dive (Online only. Zoom Link)

• • As Artificial Intelligence (AI) is aggressively integrated into various aspects of our lives, it becomes crucial to critically examine the ethical implications associated with its use. This presentation will have two parts, the first will discuss big picture AI ethical issues, such as algorithm bias and how flawed training data for generative pre-trained transformers can lead to flawed and biased outputs. The second part will hone in on local ethical questions, AI and academic integrity and how to have effective conversations about academic honesty in an AI world.

Facilitator: Trudi Radke

Location: Online only (Zoom Link)

• 2:30-3:45 BDP Program Information – (Online only Zoom Link)

Please join us for an informative talk on exciting updates to how CA Community Colleges are permanently able to offer B.S. programs, which have been approved at VCCCD/MC. We will discuss nuts & bolts about enrollment, outreach, and provide opportunities for questions.

Facilitator: Mari Estrada-Gonzalez

Location: Online only. Zoom Link

• 2:30-4:30 Step Up Training – (Online only Zoom Link)

Please join staff from our Student Health Center for an important training opportunity to learn more about supporting the mental health for our students and empowering students to help one another.

Facilitators: SHC staff

Location: Online only. Zoom Link

Moorpark College Aug 9, 10, and 11, 2023 Professional Development (Flex) Schedule

Please RSVP for 8/10 and/or 8/11 meals here

Schedule At-a-Glance

Wednesday, Aug 9 (all sessions online unless otherwise noted)

• 9:00-10:15 Twitter in Education – Zoom Link
• 10:30-11:45 AI and Education: What goes in Must Come Out: An Introduction to Generative Pre-training Transformer Technology and Ethics – Zoom Link
• 10:00-12:00 BAC and QPR Suicide Prevention –Zoom Link
• 10:30-11:45 Chrome River Training – Zoom Link
• 12:30-2:00 Classified Senate Meeting --CCCR and Online Zoom Link
• 12:30-1:45 Podcasts in Education – Zoom Link

Thursday, Aug 10

• 8:30-9:00 Breakfast – CC Dining Room
• 8:30-12:00 AFT Meeting –TB 114 (in-person only)
• 9:00-10:30 Developing a Safer Campus Community: Implementing Title IX at Moorpark College -- Online with watch party in PS 110 Zoom link
• 11:00-12:15 Program Planning—Online only Zoom Link
• 12:15-1:00 Lunch – CC Dining Room
• 1:00-2:15 Teaching Women and Men of Color Advocates (TWMOCAs) – Online only Zoom Link
• 1:00-2:15 Naloxone “End Overdose” Training –In-person only AA Forum. (Note two 30 min sessions 1:00-1:30 OR 1:45-2:15. Choose one)
• 2:30-3:45 Dual Enrollment Information Session –TB 114 and Online Zoom link
• 2:30-3:45 Breaking Down Barriers to Support Access for All (Online only. Zoom link)
• 3:00-5:00 New Faculty Orientation (NFO) First Meeting -- President's Conference Room AD-101 (note only for newly hired full time faculty: Spring and Fall 2023) 
• 5:00-7:00 Adjunct Information Session –CCCR and Online Zoom link

Friday, Aug 11 – Convocation

• 7:30-8:30 Breakfast – Outside of PA
• 8:45-12:15 Convocation Programming – PA Main Stage
• 12:15-1:15 Lunch – Behind HM Building
• 1:30-3:00 Division and Department Meetings – per Division

Detailed Schedule

Wednesday, August 9 (all sessions online unless otherwise noted)

9:00-10:15  Twitter in Education

Twitter in Education

Are you a Twitter user? If you are, (or even if you are just curious), Twitter is a creative way to share news, ideas, concepts. debates, practice critical thinking skills etc. directly inside Canvas.

In this session we will

• discuss how Twitter plays into Universal Design for Learning.
• discuss the importance of providing alternative assessments lieu of Twitter for students who prefer not to use Twitter.
• follow step-by-step directions to embed a class Twitter thread into your Canvas course(s).
• practice using Twitter in your class(es).

How does Twitter work, and how can you use Twitter in education? Take a look at some research and ideas from teachers around the globe!

Teaching and Learning with Twitter

How Can Twitter Be Used in the Classroom?

15 Ways To Use Twitter In Education (For Students And Teachers Alike)

Using Twitter to Promote Learning

(To participate in the hands-on portion, please create a class Twitter account.)

Zoom Link: https://vcccd-edu.zoom.us/my/mcitd

10:00-12:00 BAC and QPR Suicide Prevention –Zoom Link

Please join us for important information about our Behavior Assessment and Care (BAC) Team and QPR Suicide Prevention training. This is part of a training series which will include Step UP! mental health training at a later date. Upon completion of the series, participants will earn a Mental Health at Moorpark College certificate.  Attendees will receive a QPR certificate as well.  This is open to any and all employees and those will QPR certification older than 3 years should re-take.

Facilitator: Student Health Center

10:30-11:45 AI and Education: What goes in Must Come Out: An Introduction to Generative Pre-training Transformer Technology and Ethics – Zoom link

Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT) technology has been a game-changer in artificial intelligence, offering tremendous potential for language-related applications. However, many educators are unfamiliar with how Chat GPT works, the data used to train the model and the larger social context of AI research and development. This presentation will demystify Chat GPT for educators by providing a definition and overview of chat GPT, a discussion of how this model was trained and developed and introduce the concept of algorithmic bias and the need to explore the ethical promises and pitfalls of AI.  

Facilitator: Trudi Radke

10:30-11:45 Chrome River Training – Zoom Link

Please join us for an informative and important session about inputting data and reports into the Chrome River program.

Facilitator: Lisa Smith

12:30-2:00 Classified Senate Meeting --CCCR and Online Zoom Link

All members of the Classified Senate are invited to join us for an important meeting.

12:30-1:45 Podcasts in Education – Zoom link

Podcasts in Education

Aren’t podcasts just pocket-sized entertainment? True, but podcasts also are becoming front-and-center in classroom engagement.  Schools, universities, and colleges, are providing “whenever, however learning” with choices between roughly 1.7 million podcasts as of 2021 (Nielson Company). Since emerging in the early 2000s, the medium has grown rapidly in popularity. From 2008 to 2021, the average percentage of Americans aged 12 and older who listened to a podcast within the last month jumped from 9 percent to 41 percent, reports the Pew Research Center; and currently, Nielsen finds that more than half of all Americans listen to at least one podcast a week. Why not capture the popularity of this media and harness it into your own classroom?

Just a few ways Podcasts are used in education; podcasts can

• be an engagement tool
• present a broad array of narrative types and subject matter
• provide flexible learning & are available 24 hours a day
• used for lecture review and missed classes
• keep students up-to-date with contemporary topics
• provide support for mental and visual impairments
• assist with new language acquisition
• etc.

In this session we will

• discuss how podcasts play into Universal Design for Learning.
• discuss the benefit and the worry of the lack of educational gate-keepers.
• discuss curating podcasts for your classes
• embed a podcast into Canvas.
• create and embed a podcast.

To participate in the hands-on portion, please

1. create a Soundcloud account
2. have your cell phone, or another digital recorder, handy.
3. share some of your favorite podcasts on our Podcast Ideas & Favorite Podcasts Padlet

Zoom Link: https://vcccd-edu.zoom.us/my/mcitd  

Thursday, Aug 10

8:30-9:00 Breakfast – CC Dining Room

Join us for a light breakfast and coffee in the CC dining room

8:30-12:00 AFT Meeting – TB 114 (in-person only)

Please join us for a meeting of the American Federation of Teacher (AFT) Union for important discussions and information about the tenure process.

9:00-10:30 Developing a Safer Campus Community: Implementing Title IX at Moorpark College -- Online with watch party in PS 110 Zoom link

As part of continued efforts to make Moorpark College a safer environment for everyone, this virtual training addresses:

• The Title IX reporting responsibilities of all employees
• How to report 
• An overview of what happens after a report is submitted

Note that the facilitator will present via Zoom, but we will also have watch party in AA Forum

11:00-12:15 Program Planning—Online only Zoom Link

Join us for an important discussion of the Program Planning process.

Facilitators: Oleg Bespalov, Kristy Malek, Andrew LaFave, Kim Watters

12:15-1:00 Lunch – CC Dining Room

Join us for lunch in the CC Dining Room

1:00-2:15 Teaching Women and Men of Color Advocates (TWMOCAs) – Online only Zoom Link

All faculty and staff are invited to take part in this important conversation about approaches and best practices to serve our students of color and enhance equity and success across the campus.

Facilitators: TWMOCAs core membership

1:00-2:15 Naloxone “End Overdose” Training –In-person only AA Forum. (Note two 30 min sessions to pick from. 1:00-1:30 OR 1:45-2:15 Please choose one)

During this 30-minute presentation, participants will learn how to:

• Recognize opioid overdose
• Take steps to save a life

At the end of the 30-minute training, each participant will receive a free Naloxone kit.

Facilitator: AJ Banuelos

2:30-3:45 Dual Enrollment Information Session – TB 114 and Online Zoom link

Please join us for an informational session regarding the Dual Enrollment Program at Moorpark College as we seek to increase enrollment of students as well as invite more

2:30-3:45 Breaking Down Barriers to Support Access for All (Online only. Zoom link)

This is an overview of students with disabilities transitioning from K-12 to the higher ed learning environment. Together we will discuss the ins and outs of this transition, the barriers these students face in the process, and how we as faculty, staff, and admin can support practices to create an equitable and inclusive learning environment for all students.

Facilitators: Shyan Diaz-Brown, Trudi Radke, Shirly Ruiz

3:00-5:00 New Faculty Orientation (NFO) First Meeting --President's Conference Room AD 101 (note only for newly hired full-time faculty Spring and Fall 2023)

Newly hired full-time faculty (hired in Spring or Fall 2023) are warmly invited to join the NFO coordinators Jeremy Kaye and Ashley Barbier for the first official meeting for the Spring and Fall 2023 cohort.

5:00-7:00 Adjunct Information Session –CCCR and Online Zoom link

All adjunct faculty, especially new faculty members, are warmly invited to take part in our adjunct information session to address important information for the up-coming academic year. 

Facilitator: Brian Burns

Friday, Aug 11 – Convocation – In person

• 7:30-8:30 Breakfast – Outside of PA
• 8:45-12:15 Convocation Programming – PA Main Stage
• 12:15-1:15 Lunch – Behind HM Building
• 1:30-3:00 Division and Department Meetings – per Division

Two Professional Development Opportunities with Dr. Gina Garcia!

All Moorpark College faculty and staff are warmly welcome to take part in one or both these upcoming Professional Development activities via Zoom with Dr. Gina Garcia, associate professor in the department of Educational Foundations, Organizations, and Policy at the University of Pittsburgh, as she discusses serving our students and advancing student equity and success.

• Friday, April 28 10:30 am -- 12:00 pm Presentation and Q&A. Zoom link

• Monday, May 15 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Follow up Discussion and Workshop. Zoom link

Speaker information:

Dr. Gina Ann Garcia is an associate professor in the department of Educational Foundations, Organizations, and Policy at the University of Pittsburgh, where she teaches master’s and doctoral students pursuing degrees in higher education and student affairs. Her research centers on issues of equity and justice in higher education with an emphasis on Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs; postsecondary institutions that enroll at least 25% Latinx undergraduate students), Latinx college students, and race and racism in higher education.

She has co-authored multiple publications in top journals including American Educational Research Journal, The Review of Higher Education, and Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. She has given talks at over 100 colleges and universities and delivered keynote addresses to organizations such as the Alliance of Hispanic Serving Institutions Educators (AHSIE), the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the Department of Education.

Dr. Garcia was the recipient of postdoctoral fellowships from both the Ford Foundation (2016) and the National Academy of Education/Spencer (2017). She has received awards from national organizations including the Early Career Scholar Award from AERA Latina/o/x Research Issues SIG (2018), the ASHE CEP Mildred García Award for Exemplary Scholarship (Junior) (2018), and the Secondary & Postsecondary Research Award from AERA Latina/o/x Research Issues SIG (2021). At the University of Pittsburgh, she was awarded the Dean’s Distinguished Research Award (2021) and the Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Award (2022). She was also honored with the Iris Marion Young Award for Political Engagement (2021) and the Martin Luther King, Jr Creating a Just Community Award (2022) at the University of Pittsburgh for her work as a grassroots leader on campus elevating the Latinx community.

Notably, she is the author of Becoming Hispanic-Serving Institutions: Opportunities for Colleges & Universities, published by Johns Hopkins University Profess, for which she won the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Book of the Year Award in 2020. She also edited the book Hispanic-Serving Institutions in Practice: Defining "Servingness" at HSIs, published in Information Age Publishing, which provides stories of success from Title V and Title III directors and grant implementors. For forthcoming book, Transforming Hispanic Serving Institutions for Equity and Justice, published by Johns Hopkins University Profess, will be available in Spring 2023. 

Dr. Garcia graduated from California State University, Northridge with a bachelor’s degree in marketing and the University of Maryland, College Park with a master’s degree in college student personnel. She was a STEM retention coordinator at California State University, Fullerton, funded by a Department of Education Title V grant for developing HSIs. She also held a position funded by a National Science Foundation grant, working with community college transfer students who wanted to major in science and math. She graduated from University of California, Los Angeles with a Ph.D. in higher education and organizational change, where she worked with Dr. Sylvia Hurtado at the Higher Education Research Institute. Dr. Garcia is the scholar mother of 2 boys, Jovan and Jaren, and has been a fitness instructor for 19 years.

Thursday May 4 10:00 am Webinar on Enrollment and Success for College Young Men of Color with Drs. Frank Harris III, Marissa Vasquez, and J. Luke Wood. 

Community colleges across the U.S. have experienced significant enrollment 
declines during the COVID-19 pandemic. These declines were particularly  concerning for men of color. For instance, community college enrollments for Black and Native American men dropped by 26% and 24%, respectively. However, many colleges have struggled to return enrollments and retention to their pre-pandemic levels. This webinar will focus on recommendations for enrollment and student success efforts designed to support community college men of color. Our presenters will include Drs. Frank Harris III, Marissa Vasquez and J. Luke Wood.

REGISTER HERE

Join us on the last Thursday of the month for our second webinar of the 2023 COLEGAS series:

“DSPS Con Un Racialized Lens: Clearing El Camino For Students With Disabilities” is a space and opportunity to discuss and debunk what disability is and stress the importance of accessibility where one identifies having a disability or not. 

This webinar highlights the conversations about accessibility and disability rights so our students of color will not experience ableism. 

Ableism is a system that places value on people's bodies and minds based on a societally constructed idea of normalcy, intelligence, and excellence. You do not have to be disabled to experience ableism. These constructed ideas are deeply rooted in anti-Blackness, eugenics, colonialism, and capitalism

Our panel of experts will feature the following:

Dra. Gail Rulloda, DSPS Counselor at Solano College, Dra. Connie Gutierrez, DSPS Director at Rio Hondo College, Dra. Stormy Miller, Director of Student Services-Student Accessibility & Psychological Services at Marin College, Dr. Christopher Elquizabal, Dean of Student Accessibility and Wellness Services at Cerritos College and Dr. San Lu, Alternate Media Specialist at Napa Valley College. 

We will have an opportunity for Q&A with our panelists.

Thursday, April 27, 2023

2pm-4pm

Click here to register

NAMI (The National Alliance on Mental Illness) Ventura County has an upcoming Community Cares Workshop. Space is still available for the workshop on Monday, Nov. 7 (7-9pm/Zoom). This program will be available with simultaneous Spanish interpretation.

If you would like to attend please register at https://namiventura.org/registration/?source=ccw. Please encourage family, friends, and colleagues to attend as well. For more information, please see the flyer attached below and feel welcome to share the flyer with colleagues!

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We are pleased to announce a new web series on Racelighting in schools, colleges, and universities. Starting November 3, 2022 at 11am Pacific Time. 

The series will be hosted by Dr. Frank Harris III and Dr. Luck Wood of San Diego State University.  The series will include pre-recorded materials and live sessions on Nov 3, 10, and 17, all at 11:00am.

REGISTER HERE!
https://bit.ly/3E9Acwh

Racelighting is an act of psychological manipulation where people of color receive racial messages that distort their realities and lead them to second-guess themselves.

Please join us for a Zoom discussion of the results of last year's racial climate survey at Moorpark College with special guest Dr. Roman Liera.

Zoom link

In celebration of National Transfer Student Week, all are invited to the 2022 Regional Transfer Student Success Summit at CSU Channel Islands on Friday, October 21 from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM! 

RSVP at http://go.csuci.edu/RTSSS2022

Please see the flyer attached below more details. Agenda highlights include presentations on Student Success Analytics (transfer success, equity, and degree completion), luncheon featuring transfer student and alumni voices, and a keynote and workshop from the authors of Power to the Transfer: Critical Race Theory and a Transfer Receptive Culture. 

We are excited to build on the work of past Regional Transfer Success Summits! Please share the attached flyer and RSVP link with your networks.

Click here to register

Award-winning author Javier Zamora will discuss his new memoir, “Solito,” on Oct. 19 at noon as part of Moorpark College’s Undocumented Student Action Week, Oct. 17-21. The hour-long Zoom event is free to students and the community. 

“We are excited to have Javier Zamora as the keynote speaker for Undocumented Student Action Week this year,” said Alex Yepez, Moorpark College counseling services specialist and Dreamers support lead. “Javier’s story and experiences reflect those of many of our undocumented student population at Moorpark College. It is critical to host a speaker such as Javier to validate and lift up the experiences of our students, especially in this current political climate.”

Zamora was born in La Herradura, El Salvador in 1990. When he was a year old, his father fled El Salvador due to the U.S.-funded Salvadoran Civil War (1980-1992). His mother followed in 1995, when Javier was about to turn five. Zamora was left in the care of his grandparents, who helped raise him until he immigrated to the U.S. when he was nine. His first poetry collection, “Unaccompanied” (Copper Canyon Press, 2017), explores themes revolving around these experiences.

In “Solito” (Hogarth, 2022),  Zamora retells his nine-week odyssey across Guatemala, Mexico, and eventually through the Sonoran Desert. He traveled unaccompanied by boat, bus and foot. After a coyote abandoned his group in Oaxaca, Zamora managed to make it to Arizona with the aid of other migrants.

Zamora was a 2018-2019 Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard University and holds fellowships from CantoMundo, Colgate University (Olive B. O'Connor), MacDowell, Macondo, the National Endowment for the Arts, Poetry Foundation (Ruth Lilly), Stanford University (Stegner) and Yaddo. He is the recipient of a 2017 Lannan Literary Fellowship, the 2017 Narrative Prize and the 2016 Barnes & Noble Writer for Writers Award for his work in the Undocupoets Campaign.

To attend the Zoom webinar, register at bit.ly/Javier-Zamora. 

For a complete list of Undocumented Student Action Week activities, visit moorparkcollege.edu/Dreamers

For additional information about “Solito” and Zamora, contact Yepez at (805) 553-4165 or mcdreamers@vcccd.edu.

Zoom event registration

Welcome to Digicon 2022 - A Universal Design for Learning Makerspace conference

October 18-20, 2022 (Online)

Are you passionate about collaborating, making, learning, exploring, and sharing UDL practices in Higher Education? Do you have the mindset of a maker – creating, tinkering, learning in a hands-on fashion, and thinking critically about UDL practices? I

Whether you are new to UDL or whether you are an experienced practitioner, join us at the third Digicon conference in Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education (UDLHE) – A Universal Design for Learning Makerspace.

Registration is for $100 per participant.

More information about event and registration here.

March 30, 2023 Flex Day

All Moorpark College faculty and staff are welcome to take part in our March 30 Flex day. All sessions below will be in hyflex format, unless otherwise noted.

Please RSVP for meals here

Schedule-at-a-Glance

• 8:30-9:00: Breakfast. Campus Center Dining Area
• 9:00-11:00: RISE Cultural Competency Training. CCCR. Zoom link
• 11:15-12:30: Giving Students Voice and Choice: Equity by Design and UDL. CCCR. Zoom link
• 12:30-1:30: Lunch. Campus Center Dining Area
• 1:30-2:45: Mindful Crafting. LL 322 (in-person only)
• 1:30-2:45: Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Information and Workshop. CCCR. Zoom link
• 1:30-3:30 Step Up Bystander Training. Online only. Zoom link
• 3:00-4:15: Instructional Design: Liquid Syllabus. Online only. Zoom link

Detailed Session Info

8:30-9:00 Breakfast and Coffee. Campus Center Dining Area

9:00-11:00 RISE Cultural Competency Training. Campus Center Conference Room (CCCR) or Zoom link

Presented by the Diversity Collective, this training was created to educate folks working with the LGBTQ+ community using evidence based on R.I.S.E. Model of the LA LGBT Center. This training aims to decrease the high incidence of trauma and suicide in the LGBTQ+ community. You’ll go through this psychoeducational training with our speaker, Edgar Euan from The Diversity Collective Ventura County, our local LGBTQ+ advocacy and education center. Edgar will give us an overview of DCVC programs, how they serve the community, and he will give us a brief course LGBTQ+ Cultural Competency.

11:15-12:30: Giving Students Voice and Choice: Equity by Design and UDL. CCCR or Zoom link

Please join facilitators Tracie Bosket, Trudi Radke, and Tracy Tennenhouse to explore implementation strategies of key equity principles from the book Equity by Design and the larger Universal Design for Learning (UDL) program. More info coming soon!

For a brief introduction to MCReads and Equity By Design, as well as what we did at the January event, check out the attached pdf slides. 

https://forms.gle/MwtFE5qRAw6F8Njp9

12:30-1:30: Lunch. Campus Center Dining Area

1:30-3:30 Step UP Bystander Training (online only)

Step UP! is an interactive bystander training program to give participants the skills they need to recognize concerning situations and act quickly to reduce safety threats and assist those in need.  It is part 3 of our three-part series “Mental Health at Moorpark College,” and once you have taken all three parts, you will receive a certificate of training. (Part 1: BAC Team; Part 2: “QPR: Question, Persuade, Refer, Suicide Prevention”) 

Please join us for this important topic! Zoom link 

1:30-2:45: Mindful Crafting. LL 322 (in-person only)

Come join us for a creative, mindful, and community-building session where we will work on a hands-on crafting project and enjoy the space in community with one another.

1:30-2:45: Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Information and Workshop. CCCR or Zoom link

Please join us for an important discussion about the Zero Textbook Cost and Open Educational Resources projects and how they can help you enhance success for all students by removing barriers of access to education.

3:00-4:15: Instructional Design: Liquid Syllabus. Online only. Zoom link

Please join instructional designer Tracie Bosket for a workshop about utilizing the liquid syllabus to make your syllabus more accessible and engaging.

Morning sessions

March 1, 2023. Virtual DE Summit -- 9:00-12:25

We are pleased to announce that Oxnard College is hosting this year’s districtwide Distance Education Summit on Wednesday, March 1, 2023 (Flex Day) from 9am-12:25pm. This event will be fully online and will include multiple sessions focusing on “Communicating and Interacting with Students” through Distance Education. We hope you can join us for this engaging day of learning and connection.

All faculty and staff should have received an Outlook Calendar invitation for the event. Below is the event program, including Zoom links!

DE Summit Program

Afternoon session 1:00-3:00

 BAC Team Basics and QPR: (Question, Persuade, Refer) Suicide Prevention Training 1:00-3:00

Do you ever wonder if a student’s behavior is “BIT-worthy”? Are you concerned about a student, colleague, or loved one’s depression? Are you due to renew your QPR training? If so, Moorpark College will be presenting BAC Team Basics and QPR: Question, Persuade, Refer suicide prevention training in combination on FLEX day, 3/1.  Join us by Zoom to learn how you can effectively help someone in need and receive your QPR certificate.

 If you are working to complete your Mental Health at Moorpark College certificate, this session combines Parts 1 and 2. (Part 3: Step UP! Bystander training will be offered on 3/30.)  This session is open to any VCCCD employee.

https://vcccd-edu.zoom.us/j/88016626047?pwd=OW92VXR4dVBhVFBWTitGbFV6R2hoQT09

January 4 and 5, 2022 PD Days Schedule

Schedule at-a-Glance

Jan 4 (all sessions online only)

• 9:00-10:15 Document Accessibility

 Zoom link

• 10:30-11:45 Liquid Syllabus

Zoom Link

• 1:00-2:15: Library Resources and Academic Honesty.

Zoom Link

Jan 5 (all sessions online only)

• 9:00-9:30 Student Panel –

Zoom Link

• 10:00-11:50 Keynote: A Community Cultural Wealth Approach at Moorpark College by Dr. Tara Yosso

Zoom link

• 12:30-1:45 Ghana Trip Journeys and Insights

Zoom link

• 2:00-3:15 Equity by Design Book Discussion and Workshop

Zoom link

• 3:30-4:45 Teaching Women and Men of Color Advocates 

Zoom link

• 3:30-4:45 Breaking News - Essential Ed Tech Updates for Spring 2023

Zoom link

January 4 Detailed schedule (all sessions online)

• 9:00-10:15 Document Accessibility

What are accessible documents? Accessible documents are documents everyone can fully and independently access, even if they are using assistive technology, such as a screen reader or text-to-speech software. How is that done? Join us in person or via zoom as we explore the built-in elements of Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat to ensure documents we create and distribute are accessible to all.

We will have live demonstrations and hands-on exercises for the following:

• Alt Text
• Built-in accessibility checker
• Headings (identifying and modifying)
• Meaningful hyperlinks
• Tables

Facilitator Shirley Ruiz

Zoom link

• 10:30-11:45 Liquid Syllabus

Audience: On-ground, Online, Hybrid, and HyFlex faculty

“A liquid syllabus provides faculty with the opportunity to include a link to a public website that, when tapped with a finger, instantly opens a mobile responsive site that renders beautifully on any size screen. Moreover, unlike a PDF, Word doc, or even a Google Doc, a website supports embedded videos and images, allowing a faculty to ensure the first thing a student sees is their smiling face welcoming them to the course.” - Michelle Pacansky-Brock, Ed.D.

Why use a Liquid Syllabus? Benefits of a Liquid Syllabus

Attend this live workshop and learn how to create your own Liquid Syllabus!

Here are some great examples:

Intro to Theatre Suzanne Fagan of Moorpark College

Biology 100/101 Trishana Norquist of Southwestern College

History of Still Photography Michelle Pacansky-Brock Mt. San Jacinto College

Math 124/224S Frank Gonzalez, Saddleback College

Physics 240 Charlie Sakari, San Francisco State

Computer Science 270 Brent Wedge, Modesto Junior College

Biology 104 Dr. Jeffrey White, Humboldt State University

Facilitator: Tracie Bosket

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• 1:00-2:15 Library Resources for Academic Honesty

Please join us for a valuable demonstration of library resources any instructor can use to help students learn how to more effectively make use of outside sources while adhering to the standards of academic honesty. This session will include discussion from librarian Jackie Kinsey and a presentation from Professor Jack Goetz about how these resources have benefited his students.

Facilitators: Jackie Kinsey, Jack Goetz

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Jan 5 Detailed Schedule (all sessions online)

• 9:00-9:30 Student Panel – Serving Students

Please join us for a special panel discussion from Moorpark College students where they will present individual observations as well as survey data related to opportunities to better serve student needs.

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• 10:00-11:50 Keynote Presentation and Workshop: A Community Cultural Wealth Approach at Moorpark College by Dr. Tara Yosso

Dr. Yosso will introduce us to the community cultural wealth model and discuss how this lens can inform our curriculum, our class environment, the relationships we build within our community, and how that knowledge influences the structures and processes of Moorpark itself. She will offer some examples and provide opportunities for participants to explore and discuss how we might operationalize community cultural wealth and insights about stages of passage for undergraduate students in our approach to cultivating student success at Moorpark. 

Speaker Information:

Tara J. Yosso is a Professor in the School of Education at the University of California, Riverside. Her research examines access to educational opportunities for Students of Color at critical transition points in their schooling trajectories (e.g. high school to community college, baccalaureate to doctorate). Her multiple publications and award-winning book Critical Race Counterstories along the Chicana/Chicano Educational Pipeline (Routledge, 2006) highlight an array of cultural knowledges, skills, abilities, and networks (community cultural wealth) utilized by People of Color to survive and resist racism and other forms of subordination. She applies the frameworks of critical race theory and critical media literacy to recover counternarratives of race, schooling, inequality, and the law.

Participants are invited to preview the session handout below

Participants are also invited to read Dr. Yosso's seminal essay where she introduces and defines the Community Cultural Wealth Model

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• 12:30-1:45 Ghana Trip Journeys and Insights

Please join us for a special presentation from Moorpark College faculty who participated in the Fall 2022 Ghana trip as they share their experiences, insights, and new perspectives on teaching and serving our diverse student body.

Facilitators: Ghana trip participants

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• 2:00-3:15 Equity by Design Book Discussion and Workshop

Please join us for continuing discussion of ideas and applications from Katie Novak and Mirko Chardin’s pedagogy book Equity by Design: Delivering on the Power and Promise of UDL. This session will continue conversations started in the Oct. 26 Professional Development day, but everyone is welcome to attend, even if you have not had a chance to read the book yet. We will have free copies of the book for anyone who would like one!

Facilitator: Tracy Tennenhouse

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• 3:30-4:45 Teaching Women and Men of Color Advocates (TWMOCAs)

Please join the core TWMOCAs membership for important continuing conversations and opportunities to best serve our students of color at Moorpark College. Everyone is invited and new members are always welcomed!

Facilitators: TWMOCAs core membership  

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• 3:30-4:45 Breaking News - Essential Updates for Ed Tech Spring 2023

Synopsis: Breaking coverage of the new Canvas app restrictions, the UDL theme for Spring 2023, and academic cheating with Chat gtp, what you need to know. Our very own ITDs Tracie and Trudi are live, on the scene, January 5^th

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Please join us on Jan 5 from 10:00 am-12:00 pm in the Campus Center Conference Room (or hyflex, Zoom link coming soon) for a special guest talk and workshop from Dr. Tara J. Yosso, Professor in the School of Education at University of California, Riverside.

Speaker Biographical Information

Tara J. Yosso is a first generation college student and Professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Riverside. She earned her B.A. at UCLA in an individual major she designed: "Social Psychology of Education with an Emphasis in Chicana/o Studies.” She also earned her Ph.D. at UCLA in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, in Urban Schooling. She was recruited to UCR in the cluster hire for scholars working with the diverse U.S. populations of people considered part of what Américo Paredes called, “Greater Mexico.” Prior to UCR, she worked as an assistant and associate professor in the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies at UC-Santa Barbara, and as a professor in the School of Education at the University of Michigan.

Dr. Yosso’s research and teaching apply the frameworks of critical race theory and critical media literacy to examine educational access and opportunity. She takes a collaborative, intersegmental, and transdisciplinary approach to studying the ways Communities of Color have historically utilized an array of cultural knowledge, skills, abilities, and networks to navigate structures of racial discrimination in pursuit of educational equality. She has authored and co-authored numerous chapters and articles in publications such as the Harvard Educational Review, Journal of Popular Film and Television, and History of Education Quarterly. Her research is extensively cited within and beyond education. For example, her article, “Whose Culture has Capital? A Critical Race Theory Discussion of Community Cultural Wealth,” has become the top cited article in Race Ethnicity and Education since its publication in 2005. The American Educational Studies Association recognized her book, Critical Race Counterstories along the Chicana/Chicano Educational Pipeline (Routledge) with a 2008 Critics’ Choice Book Award. She has been awarded a Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship for Diversity and Excellence in University Teaching and was honored by the Critical Race Studies in Education Association with a 2017 Derrick Bell Legacy Award.

Materials and Suggested Reading

Please feel welcome to read Dr. Yosso's hand out in advance of her talk titled:

 Please also feel welcome to read Dr. Yosso's seminal essay where she introduces the Community Cultural Wealth Model

Oct 26 Professional Development (Flex) Day

Please RSVP for meals by clicking here

8:30-9:00 Breakfast

Join us for a coffee and a light breakfast

Location: Campus Center Cafeteria

9:00-10:30 Special Guest Dr. Roman Liera: Sensemaking: Moorpark College’s Campus Racial Climate

In this session, Dr. Roman Liera will discuss practical action steps for addressing our racial climate survey conducted by USC's Race and Equity Center. We will discuss proven best practices, including current work happening on campus and how to continue to support this work and engage others in this work. This discussion is equally applicable for faculty and staff and will follow-up on Dr. Liera's initial presentation at our Campus Update on October 10th.

Speaker info:

Román Liera is an Assistant Professor of Higher Education in the Department of Educational Leadership at Montclair State University. He was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County, where he attended Los Angeles Pierce College before transferring to San Diego State University to earn a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a minor in counseling and social change. He then moved to New York City to attend Teachers College, Columbia University, where he received a Master of Arts in Higher and Postsecondary Education before moving back to Los Angeles, where he earned a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California. Dr. Liera designed his research program to study racial equity and organizational change in Higher Education. Specifically, he draws on qualitative research methods to understand how organization processes, norms, and practices perpetuate racial inequity. He anchored his scholarship on a theoretical understanding of university and college campuses as racialized organizations with cultures and structures constraining administrators and faculty efforts to advance racial equity. His current research projects focus on understanding how racism operates in doctoral student socialization, the academic job market, faculty hiring, reappointment, tenure and promotion, and presidential hiring. His research appears in the Journal of Higher Education, American Educational Research Journal, Teachers College Record, Review of Higher Education among others.

Please note that Dr. Liera will be presenting via Zoom, but we will also have the Campus Center Conference Room set up for those who would like to take part in the discussion while on campus.

Facilitator: Dr. Roman Liera

Location: Campus Center Conference Room and Zoom (click here)

10:45-12:00 Zero Textbook Costs (ZTC) Open for Everyone

In this session, we will examine how free and open education resources are promoting student success on the Moorpark campus. We'll examine the intersection of open education practice (OEP) and Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Finally, we will offer practical examples of ZTC course design and strategies for OER search.

Facilitator: Cynthia Sheaks-McGowan and Trudi Radtke

Location: LLR-124 and Zoom

10:45-12:00 Emergency Notification System

Please join us for an important information and training session for using the campus-wide Emergency Notification System (ENS) app.

Facilitator: Dan McMichael

Location: CCCR and Zoom

12:00-12:45 Lunch—Campus Center Cafeteria

Join us for lunch in the Campus Center Cafeteria. 

12:00-12:45 Cookie Decorating!

During lunch time in the Campus enter Cafeteria, everyone is welcome to also take part in our Creative Cookie Crafting Curriculum! We will have all the supplies you need to take part in this fun and creative activity.

12:45-2:00 Equity by Design Workshop

Please join us for an interactive workshop and discussion focused on exploring concrete and evidence-based approaches to designing our pedagogy with equitable outcomes in mind. Participants are encouraged to read the first chapter of Katie Novak and Mirko Chardin's book Equity by Design: Delivering on the Power and Promise of UDL by clicking here and look over the worksheet by clicking here. A key element of the talk will include working with a chart to visualize UDL approaches; you can preview the chart by clicking here. All are welcome even if you have not read the chapter!

The goal of the workshop is for everyone to gain practical knowledge and walk away with at least one tool for designing their courses with equitable outcomes in mind.  During the workshop, we will have conversations focused on applying the concepts in this chapter to our curriculum and lay the groundwork for further conversations about the rest of the book in the spring. All participants will receive a free copy of the book! 

Facilitator: Tracy Tennenhouse

Location: CCCR and Zoom

12:45-2:00 Document Accessibility – The Basics – LLR-126

What are accessible documents? Accessible documents are documents everyone can fully and independently access, even if they are using assistive technology, such as a screen reader or text-to-speech software. How is that done? Join us in person or via zoom as we explore the built-in elements of Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat to ensure documents we create and distribute are accessible to all.

We will have live demonstrations and hands-on exercises for the following:

• Alt Text
• Built-in accessibility checker
• Headings (identifying and modifying)
• Meaningful hyperlinks
• Tables

Facilitator Shirley Ruiz

Location:

LLR-126 or Zoom

2:15-3:30 RSI Course Heroes

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's an RSI Course Hero! Join our heroes in preparing for accreditation review by exploring best practices in Regular and Substantive Interaction. See specific examples of how your super colleagues are effectively engaging their students in online coursework. 

Facilitators: Christy Douglass and Trudi Radtke

(Zoom only)

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2:15-4:15 Mental Health @Moorpark College: Step UP! Bystander Training

Please join us for Part 3 of Mental Health @Moorpark College: Step UP! Bystander Training.  In this section, participants will learn to

• Recognize problematic events​
• Explore attitudes and behaviors impacting our willingness to step up​
• Gain skills in stepping up effectively
• Identify campus-specific resources​

If you have already attended the BAC Team orientation and QPR training, you will receive the MH@MC Certificate as well.

Facilitators Jenna Horn, Dena Stevens, Jasmine Betka, Allison Barton

Location: Zoom

Tuesday, Sep 13 2022

 Professional Development (Flex) Schedule

9:00-11:00 am

Title IX and Harassment Prevention Training

During this time, all faculty and staff are invited to complete the Keenan SafeColleges online training for sexual harassment, Title IX, and prevention of harassing behaviors if they have not already done so this semester. Please check your individual email for an email from Ventura College Community College District with the subject line “Keenan SafeColleges Online Training.” The email will include instructions for how to complete the training.

We will also have an open Zoom session running during this time hosted by the Title IX Coordinators from the three VCCCD campuses to address any questions you may have about the content of the training materials.

*Please note the Zoom session is not for technical support about the training itself; the email will include information about who to contact in the case of technical problems*

Title IX Coordinators:

Leah Alarcon – Ventura College

Priscilla Mora – Moorpark College

Jesus Vega – Oxnard College

For content-related questions and discussion, click here for Zoom link

11:15-12:30 pm

QPR: Question, Persuade, Refer Suicide Prevention.

Part two of Mental Health at Moorpark College: MH@MC.  If have never been trained in QPR, or your training is 3 or more years older, this training is for you! All faculty and staff are invited to join us for this important training opportunity.

Zoom link

12:30-1:00

Break

1:00-2:00

Special Guest Victor Rios

Sponsored by the Moorpark College Classifed Senate, this session welcomes everyone, both classified professionals and faculty, to join us for an inspirational presentation and discussion from Dr. Victor Rios.

Dr. Rios presents insights from over a decade of systematic research in various school sites. His talk provides educators with an overall picture of the importance of emotional support in the lives of marginalized students and demonstrate practical strategies for implementing this support in everyday educational practices.

Bio:

Dr. Victor Rios is MacArthur Foundation Chair and Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara.   He received his Ph.D. at the University of California Berkeley in 2005.  Professor Rios has worked with local school districts to develop programs for students who have been left behind in their education.  Using his personal experience of living on the streets, dropping out of school, and being incarcerated as a juvenile—along with his research findings—he has developed interventions for marginalized students aimed at promoting personal transformation and civic engagement. These programs have been implemented in many schools across the United States; juvenile detention facilities; and alternative high schools.  He is also the author of six books including, My Teacher Believes in Me: The Educator’s Guide to At-Promise Students (2019); Street Life: Poverty, Gangs, and a Ph.D. (2011); Buscando Vida, Encontrando Éxito: La Fuerza de La Cultura Latina en la Educación (2016); and Human Targets: Schools, Police, and the Criminalization of Latino Youth (2017).

Dr. Rios has been featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Ted Talks, the Oprah Winfrey Network, Primer Impacto, and National Public Radio.  He has had the honor of meeting President Obama and advising his administration on gun violence and policing.  His Ted Talk “Help for kids the education system ignores” has garnered over 1.6 Million views.  He is the subject of the documentary film The Pushouts (www.thepushouts.com

Click here for Zoom link

2:15-3:30

Workshopping RSI - Level Up

Building upon previous discussions of RSI, we explored our RSI toolkit, now, let's use it! Previously we outlined and explored the components of Regular & Substantive Interaction and how to practically implement them in a course. This session will build on those concepts as we discover additional ways to strengthen our RSI habits to generate inclusive, equitable, and accessible learning environments for our students. 

Outcomes:

By the end of this workshop, faculty teaching online classes in Fall 2022 will be able to:

• Prepare their online sections for ACCJC Accreditation
• Develop course content that ensures Regular and Substantive Interaction throughout the Term
• Collaborate with colleagues to brainstorm RSI best practices and implementation

Facilitators: Christy Douglass and Trudi Radtke

Zoom link click here

2:15-3:30

Emergency Notification System (ENS) Training

Please join us to learn more about our campus-wide Emergency Notification System (ENS) to help us enhance safety on our campus.

Facilitator: Dan McMichael

Zoom link click here

Please note, registration for this event is closed. We will post a recording of the webinar once it is available!

The Mid-Atlantic ADA Center is hosting a free webinar titled: "What's Race Got To Do with It?: An Intersectional Approach to Disability Rights."

Join the ADA National Network for this important webinar: 

An Intersectional Approach to Disability Rights

September 13, 2022

1 pm to 2:30 pm ET (10:00-11:30 AM PT)

Mark your calendars! Join the ADA National Network for "What's Race Got to Do with It? An Intersectional Approach to Disability Rights" webinar. This session will introduce the concept of intersectionality, with particular emphasis on the ways in which ableism and racism are interconnected.

Please note, registration for this event is closed. We will post a link to the recording of the webinar once it is available

Fall Professional Development
(Flex) Schedule Aug 09-11

Theme: Designing to Achieve: Utilizing Universal Design to Support IDEAA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Anti-Racism, Accessibility) 

Schedule at a Glance

Please note all sessions on 8/9 and 8/10 will be held online.

8/11 Convocation will be held in person in the PAC

Tuesday 8/9 Online Sessions

9:00-10:00 
Community Building Welcome Back Session
https://vcccd-edu.zoom.us/j/93399648455

10:15-11:30
Creativity and Teaching
https://vcccd-edu.zoom.us/j/91929911419

11:45-1:00
Teaching Women and Men of Color Advocates
https://vcccd-edu.zoom.us/j/93787383693

1:00-1:45
Lunch Break

1:45-3:00
Regular & Substantive Interaction Workshop
https://vcccd-edu.zoom.us/j/92683586098

1:45-3:00
Chrome River Training
https://vcccd-edu.zoom.us/j/91365907109

3:00-4:15
Teaching at an HSI: Insights from Project Chess
https://vcccd-edu.zoom.us/j/94821848848

3:00-4:15
Behavior Assessment and Care (BAC) Team and Mental Health
https://vcccd-edu.zoom.us/j/92678789933

Wednesday 8/10 Online Sessions

9:00-10:15
Universal Design for Learning and IDEAA Guest Speaker
https://vcccd-edu.zoom.us/j/98753412603

10:30-11:45
Electronic Accessibility Basics
Session Cancelled

AFT Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89844598653

12:30-1:45
Workshopping RSI
https://vcccd-edu.zoom.us/j/92683586098

12:30-1:45
Classified Senate Meeting
https://vcccd-edu.zoom.us/j/98836373310?pwd=VFV0RzlzZEQxamZEQm1seHMweThvUT09

2:00-3:15
Program Planning
https://vcccd-edu.zoom.us/j/94214278874

3:30-4:45
Campus Safety --Emergency Notification System
https://vcccd-edu.zoom.us/j/96670754859

5:00-7:00
Adjunct Information Session
https://vcccd-edu.zoom.us/j/91373433080

Thursday 8/11 – In Person Convocation

8:00-8:30
Breakfast
PAC Patio

8:45-11:45
Convocation Programming
PAC

11:45-12:00
Academic Senate General Meeting
PAC

12:00-1:15
Lunch
HSS Grass Glade

1:20-3:00
Division/Department Meetings
By division. See program booklet pg 11

Helpful Links & Tips

• At-Risk:  How do I help a Student I'm Worried About?  A Faculty & Staff Resource for California Community Colleges can be found at this CCC site

• Moorpark Instructional Technology & Distance Education training information can be found at MCDE website

• Vision Resource Center -- Vision Resource Center - Available to VCCCD employees through California Community Colleges Vision Resource Center. This site includes many resources for teaching and professional skills.

• VCCCD District Professional Development Page Visit here for more resources provided by the Ventura County Community College District.  

• Shared Materials and Resources for Teaching (SMART), an archive of sabbaticals and best practices from Moorpark faculty, is located in MC Share. Login information for MC Share is located in the Faculty Quicklinks of the MyVCCCD Faculty tab.

• Teaching for Success login information can be found in the Faculty Quicklinks of the MyVCCCD Faculty tab.

• Faculty information about ACCESS and students with disabilities can be found on the ACCESS site.

CHARTER: The Professional Development Committee makes recommendations on the direction of professional development activities for full-time and part-time faculty and staff, including: 

• Plan, implement, and assess fall and spring faculty professional development (Flex) activities  
• Plan, implement, and assess classified staff professional development opportunities 
• Coordinate, promote, and assess college-wide professional development activities in conjunction with other College departments and programs in alignment with the Educational Master Plan 
• Evaluate applications and award professional development funds to faculty; funds to be considered are limited to those monies identified in the AFT Collective Bargaining Agreement 

• Evaluate applications and award other funds provided to the professional development committee 

Membership