Faculty Professional Development Committee Meeting
| Title: | Faculty Professional Development Committee Meeting |
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| Date: | 10/12/2022 |
| Agenda | Taft College Faculty Professional Development Agenda October 12, 2022 12:10pm Science 11
Call to OrderPublic CommentaryAction Items
Information/Discussion Items
OtherAdjournment
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| Minutes | Faculty Professional Development Committee Minutes
October 12, 2022
Members Present: Wendy Berry, Julián Martínez, Mariza Martínez, Diane Jones, Chris Taylor, Leslie Minor, Ruby Payne, Tabitha Raber, John Eigenauer
Members Absent: None
Guests: Tina Mendoza
Welcome: Meeting started: 12:10 pm
Action Items:
Motion: Ruby Payne Second: Wendy Berry Passed unanimously.
It was proposed that members approve the possibility of holding the meeting via zoom if necessary because of quarantine or other circumstances. Motion: Mariza Martínez Second: Julián Martínez Passed unanimously.
Information/Discussion Items
Diane Jones thanked Tina Mendoza and Leslie Minor for sending out a variety of professional development opportunities to the faculty via email.
Wendy Berry asked about money available for specific professional development, Leslie Minor indicated that there is some travel money available for conferences, but that it was limited.
Julián Martínez brought up that campus security is interested in having a 1 hour block to present during the January in-service schedule, and potentially a 2 hour block during August 2023 in-service (this would possibly include active shooter training and fire extinguisher training, Wendy Berry asked about the possibility of defibrillator training as well). Diane Jones noted that they have been added to the January schedule, but there was some question from the committee in general about the need for the 2 hour block in August 2023. Ruby pointed out that the trainings described would have to be optional and proposed that these could be done as an ongoing series (ideally on a rotating day and time to allow faculty to best fit them into our schedules) rather than blocking out additional time during a crowded August in-service schedule. John Eigenauer asked about doing short videos as an alternative to synchronous meetings, and there was general agreement among several committee member that this might be useful.
Tabitha Raber noted that Michelle Oja would be interested in doing another presentation on OER. Ruby Payne asked about the possibility of making this a brown bag/ongoing professional development rather than during in-service. Leslie Minor noted that there was interest in introducing as many faculty as possible to OER, and that this might make it a better fit for in-service. Concerns were raised by several committee members that faculty are already focused on other things during in service, and that the schedule is already quite crowded. Ruby Payne raised the possibility of Michelle Oja doing this during May in-service as an alternative.
Leslie Minor reported that Lunch and Learn will be resuming, and that these sessions will likely include material related to the May sessions on cultural curriculum audits. This material is intended to help faculty make their curricula more accessible to our students and also to stay ahead of mandates from the Chancellor’s office.
Tina Mendoza presented a draft schedule for SLO day during the January in-service. This schedule includes time in the morning (8-10 am) for faculty to input SLO data, a guest speaker from 10:10 – noon, Faculty Association lunch from 12:10 – 1:30 pm, a period during which faculty discuss a SLO activity within their divisions from 2 – 3 pm and then reconvene to share their discussions between 3:10 – 3:30 pm, and time from 3:40 – 4:00 pm to post in Canvas. For the guest speaker, the SLO committee is considering whether or not to ask someone from Barstow to come and present about the system they use which connects Canvas directly to eLumen. This would include a discussion of the logistics and costs of such a system. Leslie Minor noted that this is a thing a lot of colleges have had in the works and that it is just now getting to the point where it might be practical to adopt. There was some question about whether an IEPI grant could be used to pay for the presenter, the costs associated with adopting the system, or both. Ruby Payne raised a concern that a presentation team from Barstow should include both a faculty member and someone familiar with the technical/implementation side of things so that the team could communicate with our staff and make sure that the system presented would actually be feasible at Taft College. Tina Mendoza indicated that the SLO committee is taking this into account and is being careful to consider the logistics of actually implementing any system that that we are interested in adopting.
Leslie Minor raised a question about whether SLO day was still the best day to have the Faculty Association meeting, or whether it was jarring to faculty to move back and forth between assessment and union issues. Several committee members indicated that it was working well, particularly given that lunch was provided (Tina Mendoza did indicate that Taft College might cover lunch that day if the Faculty Association meeting was moved). Ruby Payne and Diane Jones both indicated that SLO day is really the only logistically feasible option for the Faculty Association meeting.
Tina Mendoza mentioned that she would welcome additional feedback on SLO day and related activities, and indicated that the SLO committee is working toward a schedule where divisions have the support to handle their division specific assessment work during that day of in-service. Tina Mendoza also noted that a firm schedule is likely to be completed by the next PDC meeting in November, and Diane Jones expressed interest in having Tina Mendoza come to that PDC meeting to present and discuss the finalized schedule.
Diane Jones indicated that the meetings in the current draft of the in-service schedule have been confirmed by the relevant offices. The plan is to have the in-service schedule as an action item in the November PDC meeting so that it can be finalized then.
Other: No additional business was raised.
Meeting Adjourned: Motion: Second: Adjourned by consensus at 12:41
Next Meeting November 9, 2022
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