POD Survey Summary
The following serves as a summary analysis of the items asked of the campus community in regards to
their perceptions of professional development at Mt. SAC.
1. What is your employment status? (check all that apply)
Manager
Confidential
Classified Full-Time
Classified Part-Time
Faculty Full-Time
Faculty Part-Time
Total
Frequency
14
4
91
35
91
94
Percent
4.3%
1.2%
27.7%
10.6%
27.7%
28.6%
329
100.0%
100
80
60
40
20
0
Manager
Confidential
Classified
Full-Time
Classified
Part-Time
Faculty Full- Faculty PartTime
Time
2. What time(s) of the day is best for you to participate in professional development? (check all
that apply)
Morning 8-11
Lunch 11-1
Afternoon 1-5
Evening 5-8
No preference
Total
Frequency
90
70
145
58
53
Percent
21.6%
16.8%
34.9%
13.9%
12.7%
200
416
100.0%
0
150
100
50
Morning 8-11 Lunch 11-1 Afternoon 1-5 Evening 5-8 No preference
3. How many POD workshops or activities have you attended?
1-3
11 or more
4-6
7-10
None
Total
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Frequency
101
45
59
48
67
Percent
31.6%
14.1%
18.4%
15.0%
20.9%
120
320
100.0%
0
100
80
60
40
20
1-3
11 or more
4-6
7-10
None
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Educational Research Assessment Analyst
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Mt. San Antonio College
4. Please tell us which of these reasons have made it difficult to attend POD activities? (check
all that apply)
Frequency
Dates/Times conflict with schedule
Percent
250
210
34.4%
49
8.0%
138
22.6%
I did not need the training provided
70
11.5%
100
The topic offered was not relevant
96
15.7%
50
Not applicable
28
4.6%
0
Other please specify*
19
3.1%
610
100.0%
Unable to get coverage
Workload too high or too busy to attend
Total
200
150
Dates/Times Unable to get Workload too I did not need The topic
conflict with
coverage
high or too the training offered was
schedule
busy to
provided
not relevant
attend
Not
applicable
Other please
specify
*Other responses
5. What type of training formats do you prefer? (check all that apply)
Frequency
275
Percent
36.8%
Half-day programs
91
12.2%
All day programs
31
4.1%
Summer activities
66
8.8%
Face-to-face conferences or seminars offcampus
Online training modules available
anytime and anywhere
Digital self-paced kits
58
7.8%
142
19.0%
79
10.6%
6
0.8%
748
100.0%
1 to 2 hour on-campus workshops
Other please specify*
Total
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
1 to 2 hour
on-campus
workshops
Half-day
programs
All day
programs
Summer
activities
Face-to-face
conferences
or seminars
off-campus
Online
Digital self- Other please
training
paced kits
specify
modules
available
anytime and
anywhere
*Other responses
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Educational Research Assessment Analyst
Research and Institutional Effectiveness
Mt. San Antonio College
TECHNOLOGY TRAINING
High
Medium
Low
300
250
82
121
200
56
83
128
112
99
61
104
48
93
150
97
115
87
82
60
103
79
77
100
80
71
89
106
83
56
76
77
46
65
102
50
42
36
41
56
104
54
37
67
52
31
52
33
35
53
69
63
41
27
0
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Educational Research Assessment Analyst
Research and Institutional Effectiveness
Mt. San Antonio College
JOB SKILLS TRAINING
High
Medium
Low
300
250
200
98
49
150
105
89
118
112
88
83
98
76
110
122
115
115
103
135
89
100
70
82
72
73
50
82
81
78
64
67
55
55
47
54
50
43
36
63
60
35
38
44
40
51
37
34
20
33
63
60
65
44
0
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Educational Research Assessment Analyst
Research and Institutional Effectiveness
Mt. San Antonio College
HEALTH AND SAFETY TRAINING
High
Medium
Low
300
250
74
63
73
80
88
200
86
95
100
94
93
98
116
95
105
136
132
150
99
99
129
92
85
87
100
80
103
75
98
83
75
69
73
76
71
67
70
73
63
57
50
93
102
98
61
52
34
55
40
72
96
82
64
30
75
70
34
29
0
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Educational Research Assessment Analyst
Research and Institutional Effectiveness
Mt. San Antonio College
PARENTING AND FAMILY TRAINING
High
Medium
Low
250
200
97
101
105
150
106
97
100
96
106
73
71
63
60
50
35
30
27
16
37
25
13
51
53
24
0
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Educational Research Assessment Analyst
Research and Institutional Effectiveness
Mt. San Antonio College
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT TRAINING
High
Medium
Low
300
250
45
61
69
200
50
39
86
86
98
150
91
76
64
64
61
100
56
120
124
50
100
105
101
94
72
57
16
0
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Educational Research Assessment Analyst
Research and Institutional Effectiveness
Mt. San Antonio College
WORKING WITH OTHERS TRAINING
High
Medium
Low
300
250
79
200
88
90
91
98
103
93
150
105
93
102
83
87
100
88
85
74
67
54
69
50
64
48
72
74
68
48
55
35
24
0
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Educational Research Assessment Analyst
Research and Institutional Effectiveness
Mt. San Antonio College
TEACHING AND LEARNING TRAINING
High
Medium
Low
250
200
62
58
73
65
77
58
150
76
98
52
52
77
74
82
81
78
88
79
66
72
100
78
67
80
63
72
69
55
64
63
55
41
50
88
78
55
56
51
34
38
54
37
41
43
52
60
60
57
0
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Educational Research Assessment Analyst
Research and Institutional Effectiveness
Mt. San Antonio College
ITEM 4
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Need sign language interpreter
Arranging child care for afternoon workshops
a few that I have signed up for recently have been cancelled
Most activities seem to be scheduled during peak hours (9AM-2:30PM) Other jobs / didn't know if pertained to me &
if I should go
just started to work at MtSAC
Lack of management support to attend (I'm classified full-time) I am not able to be on campus for many hours
beyond teaching.
unpaid
EXCEL workshop filled up too quickly
There have been workshops that I would like to attend, but by the time we're informed it's too late for me to sign
up.
As an educational advisor in the counseling center, my schedule is booked two weeks in advance and I need to have
more notice to be able to schedule a workshop.
I just got hired as part-time faculty member
Sometimes not relevant, others its something I didn't need.
New faculty, I did not know I can attend them
Do not need salary advancement.
there should be other incentives
scheduling not diverse enough
Part Time faculty, working FT at another College
The offerings are limited and not interesting to my professional development. Class was full
Usually doesn't apply to non credit faculty
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Saturday Morning workshops
Webinars are great, but not with CCC Confer, we need something more like WebEx or BigBlueButton(OpenSource)
Fridays. There is almost never any 3 hour block M-Thurs that I am not teaching or in office hours
Faculty interest groups with sustained meetings and built-in classroom application requirements
paid
TECHNOLOGY
 Pod CastingUsing classroom computer and set up powerpoints in classroom
 Clickers
 Just an FYI,I think all of the above trainings are excellent and needed, I have a low interest in them, because I'm a
computer geek and have already mastered most of them.
 Working with Students w/ADHD, Special Needs, teaching techniques, ways to incorporate study skills into classes
 Training in area of Facilities (Elect. H/V, Chem. Heavy Equip. Carp. Building Automation. Mech. Arborist,
Irrigation/Controllers ect.
 Learning styles and teaching best practices
 Dealing with difficult people, workplace bullying, effective teaching methods, curriculum development,
Understanding contract obligations/evals
 Philosophical discussions
 using technology where students can input answers for math into a pad & it records if correct or not automatically.
JOB SKILLS
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OSHA
Do we really hire people who do not understand the above???
Department Minutes Transcribing
Motivating apathetic students
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Educational Research Assessment Analyst
Research and Institutional Effectiveness
Mt. San Antonio College
HEALTH AND SAFETY
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Violence on campus preparedness
Conflict Resolutions
lab work station
ergonomics
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
 STRS retirement workshop - Advanced
WORKING WITH OTHERS
 Sign language for Student Services
TEACHING AND LEARNING
 "Learning styles" has been debunked. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-12/afps-lsd121609.php
 addressing apathy in the classroom
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Daniel Lamoree
Educational Research Assessment Analyst
Research and Institutional Effectiveness
Mt. San Antonio College