Professional Development
Resources for Faculty and Staff Professional Learning
Professional Learning Newsletter
The Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion distributes a monthly newsletter highlighting upcoming in-house and external equity-minded professional learning opportunities.
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Vision Resource Center
Check out the many resources available in the Vision Resource Center provided by the California Community Colleges Chancellors Office.
The Vision Resource Center offers:
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- Thousands of learning modules, including content specifically created for the California Community Colleges.
- Systemwide online communities available to 137,000 professionals, making it the largest collaboration space in the system.
- The only systemwide calendar with the intention to list all professional development events open to California Community College professionals.
To access the VRC log into MyPortal and select the "Employee Training" app.
@ONE Online Network of Educators
@ONE is a collaborative, system-wide network of California Community College faculty, staff, and administrators, is coordinated by the professional development team of the CCC Online Education Initiative (OEI). @ONE provides training and professional development to support the effective use of digital tools and platforms.
@ONE provides:
- Courses and webinars - earn digital badges and design your personalized online professional development pathway
- Community - learn with your peers across the state without leaving your laptop
- Blog - explore reflections, tips, and practices
- Canvas resources
CCC Canvas Home Base - @ONE and OEI resources and community
Safety, Emergency, Legal Issues
- Saftey and Emergency - Active shooter, earthquake, heart attack, flu...
- FERPA - Family Educational Rights and Privacy act of 1974 (2:44 min)
- Understanding FERPA - An overview of the restriction on access to student records (2:50 min)
- FERPA and Student Record Privacy Rights - FERPA Tutorial (Foothil-De Anza College District)
- Open Licensing for Educators - Learn more about open education resources, copyright, and creative commons licenses
- Legal Issues: Truth is Stranger than Fiction - Webinar addressing top legal issues educators face
iStream Multimedia Portal
League for Innovation in the Community College
- Conference Presentations – keynote and special session videos, PowerPoint presentations from the League's international conferences
- Professional Development Modules – programs that provide faculty and staff comprehensive teaching and learning practices with online and hybrid materials, real- and any-time progressive learning activities, and assessment strategies (From LENs and Getting Results)
- Webinars – front-row, free seating to practical, thought-provoking workshops and webinars that are relevant to community colleges today
- eLearning Courses – open access, or discounted options, focused on Open Educational Resource courses and programs, featuring an array of workforce and specialty online learning programs
Create Your Own Account and Log In Today!
- Go to League for Innovation in the Community College
- Scroll down and find Foothill College on the dropdown menu
- Click on Found my Institution
- Enter your first and last name, department, institutional email address, and create a password
- Click on Submit
Professional Resources
- Student Support Redefined: 10 Ways Everyone Can Help Support Student Success - Key points from keynote speaker, Dr. Darla Cooper, at Foothill Opening Day 2014 (pdf)
- Edublogs Teacher Challenges - Educators step through weekly tasks that increase skills while being supported by mentors
- Open Learning Initiative (OLI) - Open and free courses
- Active Learning - University of Minnesota's tutorial
- Mindset - Teaching a growth mindset creates motivation and productivity in the worlds of business, education, and sports
- The Power of Believing that You Can Improve - Ted Talk by Carol Dweck
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Professional Development
(650) 949-7943