Since everybody’s proposed PD contract is due in two weeks--by 9/15 to be exact, I would like to write about PD in this post.
Palomar is unique in that it doesn’t just offer PD in a flex-day format, like many other community college do. Instead, the PD Office arranges coded activities for faculty to take part in throughout the semester. Although some might argue that these “train as you go” events make it hard for the institution to launch a focused training campaign, these activities are nonetheless both robust and diverse, ranging from faculty plenary sessions that take place just before the start of a new school year to monthly fitness seminars hosted by the PE Dept.
But it is the activities not planned by the PD Office that have had folks everywhere hail Palomar’s PD program as truly faculty driven. In a nutshell, if you can match a self-designed activity with a code in one of the three categories listed here (http://www.palomar.edu/pd/SelfDesignedDetails.pdf), you can enter it on your PD contract and claim the hours you spend on it.
For example, the faculty in the Evening General ESL Programs in San Marcos met for three hours last weekend to review the new curriculum and revise their grammar exit tests. They were then able to claim three hours of PD using code “2i”—“examine educational/academic issues…in small groups on campus...”
Other codes for self-designed PD activities might be of particular interest to you, such as:
- 1d: write for publication
- 1c: create or learn to use computer-assisted instruction
- 2f: develop computer software skills
- 2p: develop instructional media
- 1b: attend professional conferences and workshops
- 1a: prepare for conference and workshop presentations
- 1f: acquire foreign language skills
- 2o: observe a colleague’s teaching to learn successful teaching techniques
So there should not be any shortage of PD activities that you can choose to undertake or design for yourself.
To make planning your PD even easier for you, let me list a few useful resources here in closing:
- Activities pre-planned by the PD Office for this semester: http://www.palomar.edu/pd/Fall_%202007_Calendar.htm
- Training provided by Academic Technology this semester:
http://www.palomar.edu/atrc/attraining.htm - Our first dept. meeting this semester: Friday, 9/7, from 9:30 to 11:30 in A-15
- Deadline to submit a presentation proposal for CATESOL 2007 San Diego Regional Conference: Friday, 9/7:
http://www.catesol.org/regional.html - Application for Rick Sullivan Stipend towards CATESOL 2008 State Conference expenses:
http://www.catesol.org/08ricksullivan.pdf - Application for limited travel funds now available for faculty--“first come, first served”:
http://www.palomar.edu/fiscal_services/Travel/Forms/TravelRequest_Claim_2007.pdf - Faculty eServices where you enter and revise your PD contract: https://pccdpswb01.palomar.edu/servlets/iclientservlet/pals8prdfaculty/?cmd=login
Enjoy the rest of your holiday weekend!
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