Professional Development Funds
When evaluating requests, the Teaching and Learning Committee Chairs will be considering the following criteria:
- How does the proposed professional development activity support the College's Vision, Mission, and Values, and Strategic Priorities?
- How will this improve your skills, knowledge, and ability to serve students, staff, and/or the community?
- The cost of activity, available budget, and equitable distribution of funds.*
- Willingness of the attendee to present on what they learned. See Step 13 below for more information.
*Please note that due to availability of funding, we may need to limit the number of attendees for conferences.
Apply for Professional Development Funds
- Discuss the Professional Development opportunity with your supervisor.
- Fill out the Professional Development Funds Inquiry Form
- The Chairs of the Teaching and Learning Committee will review and notify you regarding your inquiry. A member from the Teaching and Learning Committee will notify you of the status of your request via email with a copy to your supervisor.
- If approved, please proceed to steps 5-8.
- If you do not need to complete the Travel Memo, (your request only includes mileage,
parking and meals), please include the following:
- A print out from Google Maps for mileage (See Workday for current mileage reimbursement rate; current 2025 rate: .70 cents/mile).
- A print out from the conference website or other relevant site for estimated parking
- A print out of meals included in the registration fee (current 2025 rate: $60 per day per person)
- Contact Business Services for reimbursement rates, (i.e. meals, allowable expenses).
- Submit to appropriate administrators for signature.
- Paperwork will then be routed to Business Services.
- Attendee will present on the professional development activity in their preferred
modality and share it with the college or their department.
- Short write-up
- 10-15-minute video
- PowerPoint