Professional Development
Faculty Professional Development Fund
The San Mateo County Community College District provides a fund equal to 1% of expenditures for regular faculty salaries to provide faculty professional development opportunities.
Eligibility:
Long Term Projects - Regular (Tenured & Contract III/IV) Faculty
Short Term Projects - All Faculty (Regular, Contract, & Adjunct)
Extended Leave (Sabbatical) – All full-time academic employees who have completed six years of continuous paid service with the District directly proceeding the term of the requested leave are eligible for extended leaves of a full semester or academic year. District authorized paid leaves will not constitute a break in service.
Activities:
Long Term Projects: Involve full or partial reassignment lasting more than three weeks. Types of activities could include retraining, advanced study, and research.
Short Term Projects: Projects can include participation in conferences, workshops, seminars, or training sessions lasting up to three weeks.
Extended Leave (Sabbatical): Involve retraining; upgrade skills and knowledge for current or future assignments, improvement of curriculum, educational delivery, student personnel services or other support services; development or revision of certificate or degree program; feasibility or revision of new or existing programs.
Allowable Expenditures:
Long Term Projects: Participants are provided reassigned time at full pay. It does not cover tuition, transportation, meals or lodging.
Short Term Projects: Funds are available to cover costs of registration fees, travel expenses and substitute teaching time; tuition is not funded.
Extended Leave (Sabbatical): Participants, who are approved a full semester or academic year, will receive all fringe benefits and eighty percent (80%) of their regular pay.
Evaluation: For all projects when completed, a written report must be submitted within 30 days of completion to the Office of the Vice President of Instruction describing the project activities and verifying that the project has been satisfactorily concluded.
Application:
Long Term Application: Long-Term projects are considered by the Professional Development Committee in two separate cycles with deadlines normally in October and February.
Short-Term Application: Short-Term projects are accepted on a continuous basis by the Professional Development Committee. Applications must be submitted 21 days prior to the activity.
Extended Leave (Sabbatical): Extended Leave (Sabbatical) projects are considered by the Professional Development Committee once a year in February. For detailed information and application forms, go to the AFT web site.
Click links below for:
Long Term Application 2009-2010
Short Term Application 2009-2010
Sabbatical Application 2009-2010
Faculty Professional Development Request for Proposals
Any questions regarding the Professional Development funds, please contact
Rick Hough - Chair, Professional Development Committee, ext. 4193, Hough@smccd.edu.
Theresa Tentes - Administrative Secretary, Office of the Vice President of Instruction, ext. 4321, tentes@smccd.edu.
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Trustees' Fund for Program Improvement and Partnership for Excellence Funding
Trustees' Fund for Program Improvement
Each year the San Mateo Community College District Board of Trustees funds small grants to support faculty and staff professional development and the development, implementation and evaluation of instructional materials of existing and emerging programs and services. A maximum of $3,500 PER PROJECT may be requested. The approved funds will be available to use for three years, beginning with the fiscal year in which they are approved.
Partnership for Excellence
A maximum of $5,000 PER PROJECT may be requested, which may be expended in any budget category. The PFE funds will be available to use only during the fiscal year in which they are approved. The deadline to use the PFE funds approved this fiscal year is June 30, 2010.
Eligibility:
All full-time personnel (faculty and classified staff) and hourly faculty are eligible to submit proposals. However projects involving hourly faculty must be co-sponsored by a full-time faculty member.
Basic Purpose for Funding:
Trustees Fund for Program Improvement
Trustees Funds for Program Improvement were established in 1974 to encourage and support the development, implementation, and evaluation of instructional materials for new and existing programs. Funds also support staff development and applied research aimed at the discovery and evaluation of the effectiveness of instructional strategies and support services. Interdisciplinary proposals are encouraged.
The Professional Personnel Committee strongly encourages proposals which initiate or enhance ongoing efforts in the following areas:
- development of teaching/learning materials or format using instructional technology
- curriculum development to extend the cultural diversity of course and program offerings
- development of Student Learning Outcomes at the course, program and/or college level
- projects that foster stronger links with our community
Partnership for Excellence
The PFE funds is a mutual commitment by the State of California and the California Community Colleges System to significantly expand the contribution of the community colleges to the social and economic success of California. It is structured in phases, with substantial financial investment by the State in exchange for a credible commitment from the Community College System to specific student and performance outcomes.
Application:
Applications are reviewed by the Professional Personnel Committee of the Academic Senate. Recommendations for funding are made to the Vice President of Instruction and the College President. Final approval is by the Board of Trustees for Trustees Fund Proposals and the College President for Partnership for Excellence Proposals. The College President will notify applicants of the funding received. There are two cycles per year with deadlines in October and March.
Click link below for:
Trustees and PFE Funds Request for Proposal (RFP) and Application 2009-2010
Any questions regarding the funds for Trustees Grants please contact:
Arthur Takayama, Chair, Professional Personnel Committee, ext. 4208, takayama@smccd.edu.
Theresa Tentes - Administrative Secretary, Office of the Vice President of Instruction, ext. 4321, tentes@smccd.edu.
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Professional Enrichment Funds (PEF)
For Administrators, Faculty and Classified Staff
Eligibility:
Administrator: All Administrators
Faculty: All Faculty (Regular, Contract & Adjunct)
Classified: All Permanent Classified Staff
Allowable Expenditures:
Administrators: Funds can be used for travel expenses which include transportation, lodging, meals, parking and any miscellaneous expense pertaining to the travel.
Faculty: Funds can be used to supplement what the regular Professional Development funding is not able to cover in travel expenses. Travel funds can include transportation, lodging, meals, parking, and miscellaneous expenses pertaining to the travel.
Classified: Funds can be used for professional enrichment educational activities such as attending conferences, workshops or class tuition.
Application
Administrators: Five requests at $200 each, 1 request per Administrator for the current fiscal year will be considered by the PEDAC Committee for review.
Faculty: Six requests at $200 each, per semester for four semesters, 1 request per Faculty member for duration of fund, will be considered by the PEDAC Committee for review.
Classified: Six requests at $200 each, per semester for two semesters, 1 request per Classified staff member for duration of fund, will be considered by the PEDAC Committee for review.
Click links below for:
Administrators PEF Application 2009-2010
Faculty PEF Application 2009-2010
Classified PEF Application 2009-2010
Any questions regarding the Professional Enrichment Funds, please contact
Nina Floro, Chair of the Professional Enrichment Development Advisory Committee, ext. 4414, floro@smccd.edu.
Theresa Tentes, Administrative Secretary, Office of the Vice President of Instruction, ext. 4321, tentes@smccd.edu.
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