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Staff Development
Program
Information Technology/Staff Resource Center
Staff Development Committee
Title V, AB1725, LRCEA and LRCFT contracts
September, 2008
PURPOSE:
The mission of the Staff Resource Center is to provide staff development opportunities
that support the college mission, vision, and values in a learner centered environment
by offering programs which promote quality teaching and support services for faculty,
staff and administrators. The approach to fulfilling this mission includes:

Offering resources for employees to develop and fulfill career, personal, and
professional needs and goals in support of student learning outcomes within a
learning community;

Presenting programs that facilitate a culture of awareness and responsiveness to
our diverse student population.

Serving the college community by providing professional development
opportunities in support of college goals and initiatives; including supporting the
activities of other college coordinators.
This plan outlines the activity types engaged in by the Staff Resource Center, the tie to
college goals and student learning outcomes, the anticipated outcomes of these
activities, and the resources required to achieve objectives.
The references for staff development activities at SCC are provided by:
 The requirements for staff development activities as outlined in both Title V and
AB1725
 The provisions for staff development outlined in LRCCD collective bargaining
agreements (LRCFT and LRCEA)
 Staff development activities referenced in other college and unit program plans
 Accreditation standard 3 – references with the Human Resources substandard
PROCEDURES:
The programs and initiatives supported on an ongoing basis by the Staff Resource
Center are:
1. New Faculty Orientation Program (fall) (including monthly continued
“conversations”)
2. New Adjunct Faculty Orientation (fall and spring)
3. Flex day programming (fall and spring)
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4. Convocation programming (fall and spring)
5. Conference, workshop, and travel (stipends to support individual faculty and staff
member attendance at professional development events) (fall, spring, summer)
6. Flex programming – workshops offered in support of faculty and staff
professional development that qualifies for flex credit under AB1725 (ongoing)
7. Support for new classified staff orientation (spring)
8. Connections programming for classified staff (fall and spring)
9. Classified retreat (spring)
10. Classified staff development activities (LRCEA contract provision)
11. Speaker program – bringing speakers to campus to address college programs,
goals, and objectives (ongoing)
12. Activities in support of college initiatives – Basic skills; accreditation; student
learning outcomes; strategic planning; technology training; cultural democracy
initiative support; first time college students; teaching and learning initiatives
(ongoing) (including sponsoring attendance at external conferences that address
these issues)
13. State reporting
14. 4CSD and district professional development meetings and activities
Requests for staff development activities are solicited by the Staff Development
coordinators and staff through calls for flex proposals and workshop activities, as well
as are developed in response to requests and suggestions from the college community
and college coordinators.
TASKS AND TIMING:
Timing
Who
Summer
2008
Summer,
2008
August,
2008
August,
2008
Year long
Fall, 2008
Fall, 2008
Fall, 2008
Fall, 2008
What
Dean, SRC staff
Prepares for New Faculty Orientation, fall flex,
fall convocation and base programming
Dean, SRC staff
State reporting on flex activities for 2008-2009
academic year
SRC staff
Delivers New Faculty Orientation, fall flex, fall
convocation
SRC staff and staff Issues call for CWT funding for period from
development
September -February
committee
SRC staff
Participates in 4CSD and district professional
development meetings and activities
Public relations
Fall Connections program
technician,
Connections team
SRC staff
Ongoing flex programming
SRC staff;
department staff
SRC staff; college
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Programming/conference attendance in
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initiatives staff
support of college initiatives
Fall, 2008
LRCEA staff
Process requests from LRCEA staff
Fall, 2008
SRC staff
November,
2008
January,
2009
January,
2009
SRC staff
Prepares programs using draft theme for
2009-2010 based on college goals/updates
program plan
Prepares for spring flex, spring convocation
SRC staff
Delivers spring flex, spring convocation
SRC staff and staff
development
committee
SRC staff,
Administrative
Services staff
SRC staff
Issues call for CWT funding for period from
March-May
February,
2009
Spring,
2009
Spring,
2009
Spring,
2009
Spring,
2009
Spring,
2009
Spring,
2009
Spring,
2009
April, 2008
Public relations
technician,
Connections team
SRC staff
SRC staff;
department staff
SRC staff;
initiatives staff
LRCEA staff
New classified staff orientation
Survey college community on effectiveness of
flex programming; programming for 20092010 year
Spring Connections program
Ongoing flex programming
Obtain speakers for fall 2009 flex and
convocation programming
Programming/conference attendance in
support of college initiatives
Process requests from LRCEA staff
Public Relations
Classified staff retreat
technician,
classified staff
SRC staff and staff Issues call for CWT funding for period from
development
May-August 2009.
committee
Additionally, on a biannual basis, a new college initiative is selected to be the focus of a
series of staff development activities and a new staff development coordinator is
selected to develop, administer, and evaluate the activities under that initiative. Also on
a biannual basis, but on a different cycle (so that both coordinator positions are not
vacant simultaneously), the Staff Development Coordinator position is recruited using
the procedures developed and endorsed by the Academic Senate.
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For 2008-2009, the specific objectives of the Staff Resource Center are:
College Goal 1: Develop and implement processes to promote engagement and success of first-year
students.
OBJECTIVE
OUTCOME MEASURE
To maximize awareness of the
demographics of our first-year
students including age,
gender, ethnic background,
skill level, high school by
sponsoring workshops and
speakers with knowledge of
SCC, district, and California
student demographics and
impact on teaching and
learning.
Pre and post knowledge
assessment instrument.
DOCUMENTED
OUTCOMES
College Goal 2: Implement a systematic enrollment management process that aligns student outreach
and recruitment with scheduling of classes, programs, and services based on student interest, demand,
time, convenience, and culture.
OBJECTIVE
OUTCOME MEASURE
To work with the enrollment
management team to offer
workshops which highlight
best practices used in
successful, student centered
enrollment management
systems.
Documentation of workshops
addressing enrollment
management processes.
DOCUMENTED
OUTCOMES
College Goal 3: Improve basic skills competencies in reading, writing, and math and improve
preparedness for degree applicable courses through developing skills in reading, writing, math, and
information competency across the curriculum and throughout the college.
OBJECTIVE
OUTCOME MEASURE
Facilitate training of faculty
and students on use of
multimedia technology as a
tool for student projects and
increase faculty/staff ability to
incorporate multimedia
technology in student
assessment through
Support of classroom pilot
program which introduce these
diverse methodologies and
promulgate results
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OUTCOMES
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appropriate workshops.
College Goal 4: . Improve processes, services, curriculum, and instructional design to ensure
equivalent student outcomes for alternative modalities and locations (i.e., off campus sites, distance
education, etc.).
OBJECTIVE
OUTCOME MEASURE
Provide professional
development opportunities to
faculty and staff housed in off
campus sites by creating a
web site that incorporates
RSS feeds and links to
appropriate professional
development opportunities.
Professional development
materials available through
web and RSS.
DOCUMENTED
OUTCOMES
College Goal 5: Develop new courses, programs and services based on assessment of emerging
community needs.
OBJECTIVE
OUTCOME MEASURE
Under the teaching and
learning initiative, plan,
sponsor and host a teaching
and learning conference on
best practices for educating a
diverse student population.
Attendance and evaluation by
SCC faculty, staff, and
administrators.
DOCUMENTED
OUTCOMES
(also goal 8)
College Goal 6: Improve staff processes for all classifications including hiring, orientation, mentoring,
customer service, training, evaluation, and exit processes, with attention to the selection and retention of
staff that reflect the diversity of our students and community.
OBJECTIVE
OUTCOME MEASURE
Provide a series of workshops
which focus on proposed
changes in procedures in
hiring processes and best
hiring practices. With special
attention of attracting
exceptional candidates who
reflect the diversity of our
students and community.
Attendance and evaluation by
SCC faculty, staff, and
administrators who are on
hiring committees.
Work with academic, student
service, and administrative
offices to develop and deliver
new hire orientation programs
that provide information on
college processes,
procedures, and values as
well as roles and
responsibilities of new hires.
Orientation program should
consist of a series of
workshops.
DOCUMENTED
OUTCOMES
Continued and consistent
attendance at new hires
(faculty and staff) conversation
workshops.
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Use of evaluations to respond
to participant feedback.
Develop training and
workshop programs that
reflect staff and faculty needs
as reflected by survey results.
Provide administrative support
to the Classified Retreat, a
one day event where classified
staff come together to discuss
issues, support each other and
promote collegiality and staff
morale.
Provide administrative support
to the CONNECTIONS
program, a comprehensive
customer service staff training
program designed specifically
for colleges and universities.
Collaborate with the
Information Technology
Department to identify and
develop a comprehensive set
of available technologies
which streamline
administrative tasks and duties
and/or incorporate technology
into classroom settings.
Once identified, facilitate
providing training in the use of
those technologies.
Participate in 4CSD and
District Professional
Development activities
Survey results and resultant
workshops.
Attendance and evaluation
Attendance and evaluation.
Attendance at training
sessions; survey results from
attendees on ability to use.
Incorporation of what is
learned from these activities
into SCC staff development
activities.
College Goal 7: Engage the college community in the accreditation self-study process and in
comprehensive unit-based self evaluation.
OBJECTIVE
OUTCOME MEASURE
Work with the strategic
planning, student learning
outcomes and accreditation
committees to ensure that
appropriate training
opportunities are available to
all faculty and staff.
Workshops and seminars
provided in those topic areas.
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OUTCOMES
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College Goal 8: Identify and respond to the needs of the college community that is growing
increasingly diverse in terms of demographics and culture.
OBJECTIVE
OUTCOME MEASURE
To facilitate the continuation of
the Cultural Democracy
Initiative through use of
Beyond Diversity Workshops,
Courageous Conversations
and collaboration with the
Cultural Awareness Center,
International Studies Program,
Ethnic Theatre, and Office of
Planning, Research and
Institutional Effectiveness.
Through the teaching and
learning initiative, and in
collaboration with the
multimedia services, the
Ethnic Theatre Department
and Distance Education
Department, create a DVD of
best teaching practices for a
multicultural student body to
support understanding and
responsiveness to an
increasingly diverse college
community.
Attend workshops which
address the teaching, learning,
and support needs of our
increasingly diverse college
community.
Sponsor and facilitate Student
forums as a vehicle for
students to share knowledge
on ways that all staff can
create a more empowering
and welcoming learning
environment, both in and out
of the classroom.
Attendance and evaluation.
DOCUMENTED
OUTCOMES
Dissemination and evaluation
of the product.
Attendance by Staff Resource
Center staff at appropriate
conferences highlighting staff
development themes and
initiatives.
Information will shared by
inviting staff to attend the
forums.
Additionally, forums will be
held during Flex Week and
then all forums from both
during the semester and Flex
will be available for checkout
from the Library.
EVALUATION/OUTCOME MEASURES:
See above for outcome measures for 2008-2009 objectives.
Flex obligation reporting (conducted at the division level)
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RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS FY2008-2009:
Staff development support for FY2008-2009 comes from a number of sources:
1. CDF
2. PDF: $53348
3. PFE Classified Staff Development - $80000 (used to support LRCEA member
activities)
Because of the increased demands on record keeping and processing, one full time
clerk 2 will be requested for FY2008-2009. This clerk will also assist in maintaining
records associated with Information Technology.
Projected budget 2008-2009 (major categories):
Staff Development coordinator: $23000 salary and benefits (PDF)
Teaching and Learning coordinator: $23000 salary and benefits (PDF)
Classified staff temporary: $11200 (PDF)
Student help: $8200 (CDF)
Conference, workshop, travel: $38406 ($38406 PDF)
Speakers: $10000 (PDF)
Classified staff events: anticipated $80000 (LRCEA related)
College initiative support (NISOD, Great Teachers Seminar): $7600 (PDF)
For 2008-2009 it is anticipated that these sources, which include carryover will cover
projected expenses.
REVIEW CYCLE:
Yearly
SAMPLE FORMS:
CWT request forms and procedures; travel procedures
Request for flex participation
Flex accounting form
Speaker request form
Coordinator hiring procedure
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