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San Joaquin Delta CollegeFlex Calendar Program
• General
• Flex at Delta
• Types of Activities
• Administration of Program
• Process
• Filling Out the Flex Contract Form
• Changes
• Information
• Summary
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Flex Calendar Program General
• A professional development program authorized by Title V of the the Education Code
• Up to 15 of required 175 contractual days can be used for professional development activities
• A majority of Community Colleges currently have some form of flex program
• Intended to provide a low cost option to meet a recognized need for ongoing faculty development
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Flex Program At Delta
• Began at Delta as a one year trial program for the 97-98 academic year
• Made a permanent program as a result of the negotiations completed in Spring, ‘00.
• Program applies to full time faculty only
• Each faculty member obligated to complete 25 hours (5 days x 5 hrs/day = 25 hrs) of professional development flex activities
• Flex year runs from start of fall semester until day prior to start of following fall semester
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Current Program Highlights
• Each faculty member obligated to complete 25 hours (an increase of 5 hrs from the previous agreement) of flex activities in lieu of 5 instructional days
• One day (5 hrs) of flex activities will be mandatory. This will normally be the in-service day prior to the start of the fall semester
• 10 hrs of the 25 hr obligation can be completed at any time. Remaining hrs must be completed on non-instructional duty days
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What’s A Professional Development Activity?
• Must be related to staff, student or instructional development
• Can be in variety of formats:– in service training
– workshops
– conferences
– seminars
– individual projects
– small group projects
– institutional activities
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Staff Improvement
• Typically focus on enhancing the knowledge base related to instructor’s discipline
• Examples– Workshop on curriculum design
– Workshop on grant writing
– Department meeting to improve working relationships, share information
– Great Teacher’s Conference
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Student Improvement
• These activities would focus on enhancing faculty skills in the area of facilitating student learning and skill acquisition
• Examples– Training in classroom assessment techniques
– Articulation to improve transfer processes
– Outreach for special projects such as math, engineering and science projects
– Faculty participation in student orientation programs
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Instructional Improvement
• This area will generally involve curriculum or classroom related activities.
• Examples– Teaching techniques training
– Development or revision of programs, course curriculum
– Grants related to improvement of instruction
– Department or Division meetings focused on curriculum or program review
– Developing student readiness programs specific to course disciplines
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Administration of Program
• Administered by a Flex Coordinator out of the Academic Senate Office- Locke 119
• Flex Coordinator is a member of the Faculty Professional Growth Committee
• Faculty Professional Growth Committee is a sub-committee of the Academic Senate
• FPG Committee and Flex Coordinator develop scheduled activities to meet identified needs
• Records maintained of faculty contracts and number and type of activities
• Program evaluated annually to determine effectiveness of activities
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Process
• Each faculty member fills out Part I of the Flex Contract Form with at least 25 hours of proposed activities
• Turn in the top two copies of the Flex Contract Form to the Academic Senate Office (Locke 119) by October 1st
• FPG Committee will review and return an approved copy of the form to you
• Upon completion of your 25 hour obligation sign Part II and turn in to the Academic Senate Office, Locke 119, by next Sept. 10
• Flex year starts at beginning of Fall semester through day prior to following Fall semester
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Filling Out The Flex Contract Form
• Fill in Year, Name, last 4 SSN, & Division
• Fill in Part I with a minimum of 25 hours of activities within any or all three of the categories:– Scheduled workshops- Generally these are campus wide
activities or other publicized dates
– Group activities- Small groups of faculty, such as departments working on staff, student or instructional development
– Individual activities- Specific projects related to your personal professional development needs and interests
• Indicate the focus of each activity: staff, student or instructional development
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Filling Out The Flex Contract Form (cont.)
• Fill in the hrs, (duty/non-duty), date , and days of week.
• Attach a separate description and explanation as necessary, for group and individual activities
• Fill in total hrs and banked hrs. Sign, date and turn-in the top two copies to the Senate, L119, by October 1. When yellow copy returned approved, retain in your personal files
• Upon completion: date, sign Part II of your yellow copy certifying fulfillment of your obligation, send to Senate by following Sep. 1
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What About Changes?
• Faculty members will occasionally need to change their plans as information about new opportunities becomes available
• Resubmit your form with the changes indicated if you want to insure your new activities are within the guidelines
• Not necessary to submit a change if your new activity is a scheduled workshop or previously approved activity, merely line out old activity and write in new activity when you fill out Part II and turn in your form
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Need Information on Flex?
• Go online: www.deltacollege.org/org/flex/index.html. Or from Delta Home Page click Campus Documents then click Flex Program for Faculty
• Call the Academic Senate Office, Locke 119, x5486
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Summary
• The Flex Calendar Program is designed for faculty professional development in areas related to staff, student or instructional improvement
• Each full-time faculty member is obligated to complete 25 hours of flex activities
• Fill out your proposed Flex Contract Form and turn in to the Academic Senate Office (Locke 119) by October 1
• Turn-in form, with Part II signed, verifying completion, by following September 10
• Flex info on the Delta Home page/Campus Documents/Flex Program for Faculty
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What Are Your Questions?
• Doesn’t it somehow seem appropriate that FLEX is a four letter word?