Instructional Unit Members. Each full-time unit member shall complete twelve (12) hours of appropriate professional development (Title 5) individual activities each fiscal year to be tracked by the District electronic system. Full-time unit members shall also participate and receive in flex credit four (4) common days (6 hours each day) each fiscal year, which will be designated as common days for district, college, division, or departmental activities. Full-time instructors will be required to be on campus on these common designated days. Department activities have priority on one of the two common days each semester. Any changes in procedures or timelines for plan submission will be prepared in consultation with the Association and distributed by the District. The appropriate administrator shall review and approve each unit member’s flex activities as submitted on the electronic system plan to ensure that each unit member is in accordance with Title 5 regulations and district policies. If the activities are not approved by the appropriate administrator, a unit member may, within twenty (20) days, appeal the decision in writing to the appropriate College President or his/her designee. Notwithstanding the right of the District not to release instructors from teaching or other assigned responsibilities if it is deemed in the best interest of the District, the College President or his/her designee will approve the professional development activities if it is in accordance with Title 5 regulations, district policies, and district needs. The decision of the College President or his/her designee is final. The approved professional development activities are legally binding. Professional development activities submitted by contract unit members shall constitute contractual obligations as outlined in the unit contract. Specifically, instructors shall have a thirty (30) hour scheduled commitment per week. Failure to submit the professional development activities on time, or failure to complete part or all the professional development activities, will result in a proportionate reduction in compensation. A pro-rated number of staff development days will be computed for unit members on reduced contract, partial contract, and sabbatical leave assignment.
Instructional Unit Members. Staff development days are divided between those scheduled for institutional activities, and those dates and activities agreed upon by management and individual instructional contractual unit members. The day before the start of each semester is a scheduled flex day dedicated to instructional preparation. The District will not require attendance at a scheduled flex activity on this day. Staff development activities may include, but need not be limited to, the following:
