Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges recommend to local faculty senates that a faculty member serving as Flexible Calendar/Flex Days Coordinator be provided appropriate reassigned time to perform duties associated with the task, and
Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges recommend that appropriate clerical support be furnished for the Flex Day Faculty Coordinator.
Whereas community colleges in California are facing a new and unprecedented series of challenges stemming from an influx of new students and rapidly changing social, political, economic and technical conditions, and
Whereas the faculty in the California Community Colleges face the following challenges: burnout, isolation, aging, transitions, and changing demographics, and
Whereas the Flex Calendar allows colleges to use up to 15 days of our 175 day instructional year for faculty development, and
Whereas the Flex Calendar does not require an institution to go to an "early start" academic year, and
Whereas well over half our community colleges are already on the Flex Calendar,
Whereas the Fund for Instructional Improvement has provided funds for instructional innovation for over a decade, and
Whereas in recent years the initial $1 million per year allocation has been cut substantially, and
Whereas the Chancellor's Office recently wrote a budget change proposal to increase the FII funding to over $6 million, and
Whereas the recent AS/CIO ACR-39 study evaluated the FII program highly and recommended that its funding be substantially increased,
Whereas AB1725 has added $5 million in staff development funding to our community colleges, and
Whereas the AS/CIO ACR-39 study recommended that staff development funding be raised to 2% of general fund budgets plus another 1/2% on a local 1:1 matching basis, and
Whereas the Chancellor's Office is currently conducting several studies concerning the eventual role of the Chancellor's Office in statewide staff development, and
Whereas the Berman-Weiler Staff Development Study found that community colleges spent less than 1% of their general fund budget for staff development, and
Whereas Berman-Weiler and the follow-up CPEC study recommend that staff development funding be increased to 2%, and
Whereas AB1725 also recommended that staff development funding be raised to 2%, and
Whereas the Academic Senate/Chief Instructional Officers ACR-39 Report recommended that staff development funding increase to 2%,
Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges instruct its Faculty Development Committee to work with CACC and the California Community College Council for Staff Development to establish a list of speakers and facilitators who can assist local staff development committees, and
Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges include, on the list of staff development speakers and facilitators, persons with expertise in affirmative action/new majority areas.
Whereas the Institute for Instructional Improvement and Innovation has demonstrated its effectiveness and support in providing faculty development services, and
Whereas the Flex Calendar Evaluation Project has identified several goals that must be accomplished to strengthen the flex program, and
Whereas the shortcomings of the UCLA/Moorpark Draft Report have demonstrated the need for a follow-up which is conducted by a community college entity like 4I's, which is more familiar with our professional development needs, and
Whereas AB 1725 includes landmark legislation to provide California Community Colleges with new direction and support for staff development, and
Whereas the initial $5,000,000 allocation for 1988-89 allotted money at slightly over $7.00 per funded ADA, and
Whereas the geographically isolated colleges are usually the smallest in ADA resulting in the minimum allocation of $5,000, and
Whereas the community colleges must broaden their pool of teachers from underrepresented groups, and
Whereas a community college internship program for high school teachers and graduate students could help increase the pool of qualified community college teachers,
Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges recommend that the Board of Governors adopt regulations and procedures for, and urge financial support of, a program to encourage internship programs for high school teachers and graduate students who seek to become community college teachers.