Individual Activities

Faculty are required to complete flex hours by attending Scheduled Activities or completing Individual Activities. These are paid hours, and forms must be submitted on time to receive the pay. For flex credit:

1. Submit the Individual Activity Proposal to Connie Elder by the end of Professional Development Week.
2. Complete the activity and submit the Completed Activity Form with evidence of completion during the allowed timeframe:
• Adjunct Faculty: between professional development week and the 5th week of class.
• Full Time Faculty: between July 1 and third Friday in May.

Online Activities

• Cuyamaca's Teaching with Blackboard online course will take you step-by-step through the basics of building an online course in Blackboard. Please attend an orientation during Professional Development Week or email rhonda.bauerlein@gcccd.edu to sign up any time.
• @ONE training helps California Community College faculty and staff use technology to enhance student learning and success. Programs include Lunch 'n Learn Desktop Seminars, Online Courses and more.

SuggesteD Individual Activites

The following are a few suggestions to fulfill your professional development requirements. All must be pre-approved by the Professional Development Committee (send in a Individual Activity Proposal by the end of Professional Development Week).

• Present a workshop during College Hour
• Take a class
• Sign up for on-going technology training by the Teaching and Learning Center
• Attend workshops and conferences at Grossmont College or other institutions
• Shadow a fellow Cuyamaca College employee at work. Get a taste of what it’s like to be, for instance, a counselor; or visit a colleague’s classroom (times to be agreed upon by you and the person you want to shadow)
• Build a Library Research Web Site. To set up an appointment, email jeri.resto@gcccd.edu.
• Get acquainted with the Library Homepage (make an appointment with one of our librarians for a virtual tour)
• Attend campus-sponsored events such as Speech Night or recognition ceremonies.
• Chair a campus committee for up to 5 hours of flex credit per semester (unless you are getting release time)

Activities That Do Not Qualify

Activities considered part of one’s instructional load and responsibility and do not qualify for professional development credit. Here are examples:

• Regular instructional and office hours.
• Regular department meetings held at any time during the semester, other than Professional Development Week.
• Standing committee meetings.
• Hiring committee meetings.
• Classroom preparation time (syllabus preparation, on-going web page development, preparation of instructional materials, gathering slides, etc.)
• Chair/Coordinator responsibilities, including those that occur during Professional Development Week (reassignment as a Chair/Coordinator is part of a full-time faculty load).