Faculty Professional Development Committee Meeting

Faculty Professional Development Committee Agenda

May 12, 2021

Members Present:

• Ruby Payne, Tina Mendoza, Leslie Minor, Chris Taylor, Mariza Martinez, and Julian Martinez

Members Absent:  Wendy Berry

Guests: None

Welcome:

• Meeting started: 12:10pm

Approval of Minutes from April 14, 2021

• Minutes Approved

Finalize August Inservice Schedule (August 16-20, 2021)

Ruby shared the standard meetings: Convocation, TCFA, TCFCBC, Division meetings, Academic Senate, Faculty Reports, Student Service Updates (2), EEEO, Electronic Timesheet training, SLO Day/training, Planning Day.  Ruby then shared the topics that Marianne said were going to be presented by DE staff for August. They are: Canvas Studio (2hrs) Accessibility in Canvas (2hrs) Respondus Lockdown Browser with Monitor (1hr). Julian asked about the new Quizzes in Canvas and Ruby shared that Marianne stated there were some changes happening in Canvas and would be providing that training closer to when the changes were happening which may be the Fall. Ruby followed up with Tina to see if she had reached out to BC. Tina reported she had not. Ruby stated we will revisit the topic in the Fall to assure it will be in place by May.  Possible other future topics or Brown Bag training opportunities: Brown Act, Minutes for mtgs, Create Quiz in Canvas, Amar Abbott on Accessibility, and DE Training.  Ruby mentioned interests shared in requesting possibly some Adobe Acrobat PRO training and that the DEI topic will be important as well and need to be ongoing.

Ruby again shared what is problematic is that many of the standard committee meetings are not faculty led and she does not have the authority to direct those individuals. Ruby will continue to research and best find out how to address this moving forward. She did inform the committee that she would be reaching out to those running committee meetings and asking them if there was not a need to consider not meeting and just holding it at the first regular scheduled time.

Other

The group revisited and shared with Leslie the need for support from the instruction office for Danielle (or someone) to take the minutes. This would also be beneficial for coordination with others regarding meeting times, interest, and availability offerings as not to conflict with ALL FACULTY required meetings. Ruby shared that Tiffany Rowden said that access to the in-service calendars could be given to instruction and that she could coordinate with that person for planning.

Next Meeting: September 8, 2021, 12:10pm, delivery to be determined but if Zoom meeting Diane will send pw or use link in email

Meeting Adjourned: 1:00pm