Important Dates for 2004-2005:

• FLEX Days - June 8 and 9, 2005 - See the details and RSVP online to reserve your place at the workshops. 
• 2003-2004 Professional Development Calendar runs from July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005 
• Professional Development Forms (formerly known as FLEX forms) will be due June 10, 2005 and final reporting will be completed by Staff Development by June 30, 2005. 

Computing Professional Development (FLEX) Obligations: Full-Time Faculty, Part-Time Faculty

Options Available for Professional Development Days: 
     Types of Activities / Workshops / Committee Work that count and those that don't count
 

Computing Obligation - Full-Time Faculty:  Your Fall 2004 and Spring 2005 contract assignment, including hourly rate determine the amount of hours you are obligation for the 2004-2005 years.   All Full-time faculty members must document their 33.5 hours of Professional Development obligation-‘in lieu-of-instruction’ hours. 

In addition to the 33.5 hours, if a full-time instructor has an hourly rate assignment for the Fall 2004 and/or Spring 2005, their obligation will be equal to one half the standard hour value of the assignment.

Example #1:  Full-time instructor Eva Jones, in addition to her regular class load, will teach 5 hourly units for the Fall 2004 semester and 3 hourly units for the Spring 2005 semester.
5 hours  + 3 hours = 8 hours/2 = 4 + 33.5 = 37.5 hours of Professional Development obligation

Computing Obligation - Part-Time Faculty:  Your Fall 2004 and Spring 2005 Semesters obligation will be equal to one half the standard hour value of the assignment.

Example #2:  Adjunct instructor Maria Garcia will teach 3 units for the Fall 2004 semester and 6 units for the Spring 2005 semester.
3 hours + 6 hours = 9 hours/2 = 4.5 hours of Professional Development obligation

Example #3:  Adjunct instructor Tom Smith will teach 6 units for the Spring 2005 semester.
6 hours = 6 hours/2 = 3 hours of Professional Development obligation

Note:  Special Assignments, PACE, online, TBA-Professional responsibility is determined by the standard hours value of the course, and does not depend on the days of the week the class meets.  All adjunct and full-time faculty have Professional Development obligations. 

It is not necessary to submit more hours than obligated as it creates a great deal of excessive paperwork. Please maintain a personal file of additional hours and documents in the event that a state audit occurs and substantiating materials are requested.  There are over 700 full-time and part-time contracted faculty members; therefore, your assistance in completing the necessary documentation is critical in expediting the process. 

If you have any question, please call Alicia Rodriquez-Estrada at (213) 763-3971 or visit her office in LRC 265 in the northeast wing of the Library (Office hours TBA).  You can also contact her by email at rodriqai@lattc.edu. 

REMEMBER, COMPLETED FORMS ARE DUE JUNE 10, 2005.  INCOMPLETE FORMS WILL BE RETURNED.

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What are Professional Development days?
Professional Development is ones attendance of meetings, workshops, conferences, individual projects, etc., in lieu of days of instruction.  The purpose of Professional Development days is to provide instructors the opportunity to participate in development activities that are related to “staff, student and instructional improvement.”  According to Title 5 regulations, Professional Development credit may be given for activities that improve instruction, improve curriculum, perform institutional research, improve student services, or improve the capabilities of faculty to provide instruction or student services. 

Professional Development activities cannot include tasks that are an ongoing part of your regular teaching responsibilities such as grading papers, choosing texts/videos, reading in your discipline, writing lesson plans or syllabus guides, etc.. 

Activities counting toward the four (4) “floating” Professional Development days (33.5 hours) credit may be completed at other than an instructors regular teaching assignment, legal holidays, or LACCD designated holidays, i.e., the Friday following Thanksgiving.  Paid vacation days/weeks (ex. Spring/Winter vacation dates) may be applied to Professional Development activities only to the extent that the hours would not conflict with your regular assigned teaching load, if you were not on vacation.  Non-compliance of a completed Professional Development obligation is a violation of the Collective Bargaining Agreement and will result in loss of pay as mandated by the Educational Code. 

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Professional Development workshops for 2004-2005 academic year:

Staff Development is in the process of establishing workshops for the academic year.  In conjunction with Staff Development, Integrated Insights will be offering monthly workshops.  Look in the LATTC Staff Bulletin for dates and times.  Any faculty member interested in leading a workshop, should contact Alicia Rodriquez-Estrada.  Faculty member will receive double hours for their presentation.

The following are suggested options:

• Attend/lead workshops scheduled on campus
• Attend workshops on other LACCD campuses
• Attend district discipline meetings
• Develop individual projects
• Develop departmental projects
• Plan/attend departmental/discipline retreats
• Attend professional workshops/conferences, seminars (credit given for actual participation time)
• Visit business or commercial sites
• Develop program and course curriculum
• Develop learning resources
• Assist with student guidance, orientation, and matriculation services
• Visit other colleges and universities to get ideas for your classes or for better articulation of classes
• Complete educational travel for which college credit is given from an accredited institution
• Be a mentor for intern for new faculty
• New course/program development
• Development of new materials for use in course/program evaluation
• Exploration of alternative instructional methods
• Field visits to sites related to your program and/or areas of responsibility
• Review and assessment of library holdings in you discipline
• Development/teaching of short-term courses
• Grant research and preparation
• Projects involving community and/or student groups
• Get involved in the accreditation process
• Prepare and present papers or lectures at conferences
• Visit and share information with feeder high schools
• Develop a special program or short-term course for student
• Assist in student advisement (ASU Student Clubs—Advisor)
• Join a shared governance committee 
• Develop an instructional video or other course support material
• Institutional research or program review

Professional Development credit may be received for participation in college or district wide committees after the second committee.  The following committees (or subcommittee thereof) are eligible for Professional Development credit:
 

The LATTC Staff Development Officer will be offering workshops for Professional Development credit on June 7 and 8, 2005.  Professional Development (formerly known as FLEX forms) will be due June 10, 2005 and final reporting will be completed by Staff Development by June 30, 2005.  Incomplete forms will be returned. 

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No Professional Development credit for:
1. Any professional activity for which you are being paid.
2. Professional Development Activities during hours that you are scheduled to teach and/or hold scheduled office hours.
3. Attendance of union meetings.

Example:  You cannot apply any conference time that is programmed during hours that you are regularly scheduled to perform your campus responsibilities. 

If you have any questions, please call Alicia Rodriquez-Estrada at ext. 3971—Office, LRC 265-northeast wing of the library.  You can also contact her by email at rodriqai@lattc.edu.

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