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Faculty Professional Development Committee Meeting

October 26, 2020 In

Faculty Professional Development Committee Meeting

Title: Faculty Professional Development Committee Meeting
Date: 10/14/2020
Agenda

Faculty Professional Development Committee Agenda

October 14, 2020

  1. Welcome
  2. Approval of Minutes from September 9, 2020
  3. Building January In-Service Schedule (Jan. 7-15, 2021)
  4. Faculty PDC charter
  5. Other
  6. Next Meeting: November 11, 2020, 12:10pm, Zoom meeting ID: 996 2391 7997

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Minutes

Faculty Professional Development Committee Minutes

October 14, 2020

Members Present:

  • Diane Jones, Leslie Minor, Ruby Payne, Chris Taylor, Mariza Martinez, and Julian Martinez

Members Absent:

  • Wendy Berry

Guests:

  • None
  • Welcome –
    • Start of Meeting: 12:10pm
    • Tina will be the notetaker
  • Approval of Minutes from September 9, 2020
    • Ruby suggested a correction to the minutes: January In-Service schedule “need to be free of” change and Diane agreed to make corrections to the September Meeting minutes. Minutes were approved with this one change.
  • Building January In-Service Schedule (Jan. 7-15, 2021)
    • Considering that TC will primarily be online for the Spring 2021; Spring 2021 In-Service will be completely online. Diane mentioned that the first 2 days of In-Service should be free of mandatory meetings. The committee suggested having a Town Hall Meeting hosted by Dr. Daniels on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, pending Dr. Daniels approval. There was also a discussion about what training should be offered during Spring 2021 In-Service: CANVAS or other tutorials.  Ruby and Diane asked if In-Service should have meetings scheduled on Fridays due to the rest of the campus being on a 4-day work schedule.  There was a concern that non-teaching faculty would not be able to attend Friday meetings.  Minor asked if changes/updates could still be made to the Spring 2021 In-Service schedule because some faculty have expressed interest in different/new training.  Dr. Minor also questioned why the In-Service days do not end at 4pm.  Diane responded to Dr. Minor’s questions and concerns: 1) updates to the Spring 2021 In-Service schedule can still be made and 2) that although meetings might end prior to 4pm faculty are required to work a normal workday.  In addition, Dr. Minor wondered if there was still a need for CANVAS Basics.  Diane asked if further edits needed to be made to the Spring In-Service schedule considering that it is all Faculty focused.  Other suggestions and edits for the Spring In-Service were: Change Friday 1/8 training to CANVAS Studio and should PlayPostit  be added (https://youtu.be/Q_FI00YYloM).  Playposit is a CANVAS tool that will make videos more Interactive.  Also, Julian asked for more training on VoiceThread.
    • After the discussion and agreement of the Spring In-Service schedule it will be forwarded by Diane to Tiffany to be entered into the database.
  • Faculty PDC charter
    • Diane shared an edited version of the charter from Dr. Eveland and there was a discussion about the attached copy of the edited charter. The committee agreed with edits by Diane and Dr. Eveland.  Diane shared that there will soon be a location on the Academic TC Website for the Professional Development Committee Agendas and Meeting minutes.  Also, it was agreed that the VPI will give approval of flex-credit, paid speakers, and other budget approvals for the PDC.  The PDC charter needs an approval date and should be updated and reviewed annually.  Tina Mendoza suggested that the committee start to think about including diversity and equity into the purpose of the PDC committee.
    • After the discussion and agreement of the PDC Charter it will now be forwarded to the Academic Senate for approval.
  • Other
    • Committee assignment form should be changed to Faculty Professional Development Committee. And, Leslie and Ruby agreed that there will be a change from PDC to Faculty PDC.   The name change will be sent to Danielle/Norberto for update.  Also, there was a reminder that the Academic Senate will create a tab for Faculty PDC where agendas and minutes will be archived.  In addition, the website will also list the date/times of meetings for the PDC so that individuals interested can attend meetings.
    • Ruby asked how Diane planned on inquiring about additional training for Spring In-Service. Diane said that she will ask about ideas for training at the upcoming Academic Senate meeting.  Leslie suggested that PDC ask faculty: 1) What do they want to learn more about?  2) Are there any Faculty who want to share their expertise in certain areas? Asking these questions might promote more faculty engagement/interest in training.  Mariza also mentioned that there needs to be advertisements/messages for faculty to send their training interests to PDC to be added to In-Service.  And, Leslie said that she would inquire during the upcoming Town Hall if anyone would be interested in presenting at the January 2021 In-Service.  Finally, Ruby will be the new committee chair for PDC starting In January 2021
  • Next Meeting: November 11, 2020, 12:10pm, Zoom meeting ID: 996 2391 7997

Meeting Ended at: 12:45pm

 

 

 
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