Need to know what counts and what does not count towards Professional Development\/Learning (PD)? Here is all the info you will need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For activities\/events\/workshops\/trainings to qualify for PD they must pass the following criteria outlined in Title 5 and guidelines established from the Chancellor’s Office:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe activities which college personnel will be engaged in during their designated staff, student and instructional improvement days. Activities for college personnel may also include, but need not be limited to, the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Effective with the 2011-2012 academic year, the California Community Colleges Chancellor\u2019s Office has stated that there can be no \u201cdouble-dipping\u201d for professional development.\u00a0 Any paid work is not eligible for PD hours.\u00a0 You cannot accept additional compensation of any kind for something you are already paid to do (stipends, honoraria, gifts, advancement on salary scale, deferred compensation, etc.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n PD eligible activities does not include any part of your classroom\/teaching preparation<\/span> since that is compensated as part of your teaching load<\/em>. For example, routine preparation and\/or updating of classroom structures, schedules, readings, handouts, PowerPoint slides, presentations, lectures (including video) and syllabi does not count as professional development. Likewise, mentoring students during office hours is a routine activity and does not qualify as professional development. Making travel arrangements for a field trip that is part of course requirements or setting up for events are not professional development activities (just some examples). Note there are some Curricula or Review Articulation of Courses and Mentor and\/or Advise Students\u00a0and other categories that do count as PD, read more on what does qualify in the External Training \u2022\u00a0Self-Designed PD Activities<\/a> guide featured on this page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Using the guidelines above all workshops and events in the P3<\/sup>D portal are already preapproved and vetted to fit into one of the aforementioned categories. Are you looking for some more flexibility for your Professional Development?<\/p>\n\n\n\n There is also a plethora of Self-Designed External Training!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you would rather learn on your own time, you can choose from numerous self-designed PD opportunities. In our P3<\/sup>D portal, self-designed training is termed External Training<\/em><\/strong>. To add External Training<\/em><\/strong> to your Learning Transcript<\/strong> <\/em>you have to go to the P3<\/sup>D Portal<\/strong><\/em> and go to My Transcript<\/strong><\/em>, then choose Options<\/strong> <\/em>and select Add External Training. <\/em><\/strong> You will then be able to add the details of the self-designed external training and select the appropriate self-designed professional learning category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Important Note: \u00a0You cannot mark an External Training complete until the end date you entered has past! \u00a0Faculty- Be sure the end date for your External Training is at least a couple days before the PD deadline so you have time to mark it as complete. In addition, no more than 6 hours of Professional Development can be counted in a single day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Note: Deadlines for Faculty PD Completion can be viewed in the most current CBA<\/a> (Collective Bargaining Agreement) between PFF and the District as well as your Portal Welcome Page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n VIDEO TUTORIAL: Watch a video that will walk you through the steps<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Here are the Pre-Approved External Training (Self-Designed) Training Categories<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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