We have assigned this several times but I do not think the paper revision has gone anywhere.
Whereas, The Student Success Task Force final report acknowledges that sustained, ongoing professional development activities are essential to improving student success in the California Community College system;
Whereas, The Chancellor’s Office Professional Development Committee acknowledges the ever present need for professional development; and
Whereas, Title 5 §53200 designates faculty professional development activities as one of the 10+1 academic and professional matters under the purview of local academic senates;
Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges survey local senates about their current best practices in faculty development; and
Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges update the 2000 paper, Faculty Development: A Senate Issue to enable local senates to best respond to the current educational and economic climate.
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