Student-Centered Instruction and Services
Maintain a Sustainable Infrastructure for Comprehensive Professional Development
This action plan will directly support classroom teaching across the college by humanizing and making department and division information and resources accessible to all. It allows for deepening knowledge of high-impact practices. Builds community among the faculty and staff; fosters learning communities among employees. Meets employees where they are in terms of equity knowledge and provides opportunity for continued growth. Includes specialized topics, such as OER ZTC and AB 1705 and how enhanced pedagogical practices can improve learning and success. This initiative will be a collaborative effort between the Office of Professional Development, the Office of Instruction and the Online Education Center.
Working with the Online Education Center, create workshops for faculty and staff members to develop videos that can be embedded into welcome emails, syllabi, modules and websites to humanize faculty and staff members and welcome students in a digital environment. This is a high-impact practice to introduce students to faculty members and support services through video content. This plan supports the Student-Centered Instruction and Services Initiative by training, encouraging and inspiring the use of videos to welcome students to a course and welcome students to a service or resource.
Plan Timeline
Winter 2024
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
- Develop a year-long schedule of professional development activities.
- Develop a cross-departmental calendar of Professional Development opportunities-- The calendar will include workshops by PD, OE, Library, Equity office, Student Services, etc.
Winter 2025
- Provide professional development workshops and activities.
- Conduct satisfaction surveys for each session.
- Online Education Dept. to expand training on creating and storing videos for other departments.
- Provide training on creating videos to humanize faculty and services that can be posted on syllabi and website.
- In collaboration with Foothill College Online Education Dept., continue and expand on Regular & Substantive Interaction (RSI) training
Spring 2025
- Provide professional development workshops and activities. Conduct satisfaction surveys for each session
- Conduct an employee professional development interest survey for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Expand the Calendar of PD opportunities to workshops provided by HR and ETS for more technical and foundational training
- Explore collaboration between PD offices at FH and DA
- Explore opportunities for flex day or events with senior leaders/unions such as inviting inspirational speakers such as Eric McIntosh, from Apple. Develop ways to gather teams / departments to review/develop curriculum and student success strategies based on the presentations subsequent to the presentation and develop action plans for incorporating high-impact practices into our everyday work.
Fall 2025
- Develop a year-long schedule of professional development activities based on survey responses.
- Provide professional development workshops and activities.
- Conduct satisfaction surveys for each session.
- Build a library of professional development videos-- (short videos)
- Additional integrations for PD opportunities via @ONE and Vision Resource Center
Winter 2026
- Provide professional development workshops and activities.
- Conduct satisfaction surveys for each session.
- Partner with Institutional Research to conduct "impact" studies on specific training (i.e. impact of RSI trainings on student success)
Spring 2026
- Conduct an employee professional development interest survey for the 2025-2026 academic year.
- Provide professional development workshops and activities. Conduct satisfaction surveys for each session.
Fall 2026
Develop a year-long schedule of professional development activities based on survey responses.
Provide professional development workshops and activities. Conduct satisfaction surveys for each session.
Winter 2027
Provide professional development workshops and activities. Conduct satisfaction surveys for each session.
Spring 2027
Provide professional development workshops and activities. Conduct satisfaction surveys for each session.
Conduct an employee professional development interest survey for the 2027-2028 academic year.
Fall 2027
Develop a year-long schedule of professional development activities based on survey responses.
Provide professional development workshops and activities. Conduct satisfaction surveys for each session.