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Classified Professional Learning Day 2023
For access to online resources from select Classified Professional Learning Day sessions, go to Programs and Descriptions and scroll to the program you are interested in.
Programs and Descriptions (Fall 2023)
New Faculty Orientation Sessions
Online resources from select New Faculty Orientation Sessions:
COM Care Presentation
Flex Week Spring 2024
Flex Week Spring 2024 Program and Descriptions
Flex Week Fall 2023
For access to recorded sessions (including Convocation) and other online resources from select Flex Week Sessions, go to Programs and Descriptions and scroll to the program you are interested in.
Programs and Descriptions
Flex-at-a-Glance Schedule
For more upcoming Flex activities, view the ProLearning calendar and the COMmunity Hour calendar:
ProLearning Workshop Calendar
COMmunity Hour Calendar
Fall 2021 Flex Program
Fall 2018 Flex Week
Monday, Aug. 13 to Friday, Aug. 17
We have a great line-up of presentations and activities during Flex Week including first aid, technology training, art, benefits information and much more!
Convocation and department meetings will be on Wednesday, Aug. 15 - This is a mandatory day for full-time faculty.
Fall 2018 Flex At-a-Glance Calendar This handy one-page calendar gives you an overview of the week and includes the sessions, presenters, dates, and times.
Fall 2018 Flex Descriptions Open this for complete details about the Flex activities offered. Space in some sessions is limited, so please RSVP where indicated.
Fall 2018 Flex Verification Form - All faculty must complete, sign, and submit this fillable form by Friday, December 14. Check the form carefully to make sure that you include all required information including your name, department, full or part-time status, and numbers of units, and sign the third page.
The fillable form includes space to indicate activities attended during Fall Flex Week as well as individual professional development activities. If you complete the form electronically, make sure that you save your form before you send it. Otherwise, you might end up sending a blank form. Please note: You cannot claim Flex credit for activities such as curriculum development, syllabus design, or course materials that are a normal part of the work required for your classes. For more detail, view the 2018-19 Flex Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and the California Community Colleges Flex Guidelines below.
Information about the Flex Program
Flex Guidelines and Faculty Flex Obligations
2018-19 Flex Frequently Asked Questions - Important Information about the COM Flex program.
2018-19 Faculty Flex Obligation - Five-day Flex Obligation per semester. This chart shows the numbers of Flex hours required based on teaching load.
California Community Colleges Flex Guidelines
Fall 2018 Flex Proposal Form - Complete this form to suggest a Flex workshop or activity
Past Flex Activities
Clickers and More in the Classroom: Delivering Enhanced Learning to Facilitate Student Success
Are you looking for ways to make your classes more engaging and interactive? If so, please join us for this session presented by Steven Orton, a representative from Turning Technologies. He will share information about using clickers in the classroom and explore how TurningPoint applications can support key learning theories. We have clickers available to check out for classes and a number of teachers are already successfully using this technology. We invite both new and experienced users to join this session.
Monday, March 26, 12:10- 1:10 PM, Deedy Staff Lounge
Canvas Grades Workshop
Midterms are an excellent time to perform a check-up on your Canvas grades. This one-hour workshop provides faculty an opportunity to set up grades in Canvas or review their existing grade settings. Topics covered will include weighted categories, extra credit, treating zeros as ungraded, hiding and releasing grades to students. Participants should bring a copy of their syllabus or have uploaded their syllabus to Canvas prior to the workshop. Time will be allotted for faculty to work on their grade books and ask questions.
Monday, March 26, 3-4 PM, SMN 132
Questions? Contact Stacey Lince for more information: SLince@marin.edu
Classified Staff Professional Development Day Program
Thursday, March 22, 2018
8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Program Overview
View programs and descriptions.
8:30 am – 9:30 am
Coffee and Welcome, Fusselman Hall
Opening Session: 9:30 am – 11:45 am
Preparing for Campus Emergencies, FH 120
11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Lunch, Cafeteria
Session 1: 1 pm – 2:30 pm (Choose one to attend)
Our Role to Ensure Student Equity, FH 120
Art of Listening and Giving Feedback, AC 249
The Way We See It: Same Viewfinder, Different Perspectives, AC 255
De-escalating Emotionally Charged Conflicts, AC 240
Landscape Walking Tour, Meet in front of the Academic Center, Quad Area
Session 2: 2:40 pm – 4:10 pm (Choose one to attend)
Our Role to Ensure Student Equity, FH 120
Art of Listening and Giving Feedback, AC 249
The Way We See It: Same Viewfinder, Different Perspectives, AC 255
De-escalating Emotionally Charged Conflicts, AC 240
4:10 pm – 4:30 pm
Snacks, in front of the Academic Center, Quad Area
Wednesday, March 7, 3-5 PM, FH 120 - Movies for Mental Health workshop. Student Accessibility Services (SAS) and Psychological Services have partnered to offer this workshop by Art With Impact, a nonprofit that uses the power of film to reduce stigma around mental illness and raise awareness about mental health issues. This session is open to students, faculty, and staff. For more information, contact Stormy Miller at Scmiller@marin.edu or Danila Musante at Dmusante@marin.edu .
Tuesday, Feb. 13, 12-2 PM and 7-9 PM, AC 255 - Not in Our Town: Light in the Darkness. Join concerned civic leaders, community members, students, and parents for a film screening of Light in the Darkness and community discussion about how to stop hate in Marin. Click here to RSVP for the 12 pm screening and discussion. Click here to RSVP for the 7 pm screening and discussion.
Thursday, Feb. 8, 5-7 PM, James Dunn Theatre - In Honor of Black History Month: Ericka Huggins, educator, former Black Panther Party member, political prisoner, human rights activist, and poet. Click here for more details and to register.
Spring 2018 Flex Week
Tuesday, January 16 - Friday, January 19
Convocation and Department Meetings - Wednesday, January 17 – Mandatory for full-time faculty.
Spring 2018 Flex At-a-Glance Calendar This handy one-page calendar gives you an overview of the week and includes the sessions, presenters, dates, and times.
Spring 2018 Flex Descriptions Open this for complete details about the Flex activities offered. Space in some sessions is limited, so please RSVP where indicated.
Spring 2018 Flex Verification Form (PDF)
2017–18 Flex Information for Faculty
Important Flex Notice:
For fall 2017, there are six Flex days. Five days take place August 14-18, the week prior to school. The sixth Flex day is on Wednesday, October 4. This a non-instructional day, and there are NO classes. Because there are six Flex days this semester, the number of required Flex hours is higher than usual. In the spring, we will have four Flex days.
Fall 2017 Flex Verification Form
Fall 2017 Faculty Flex Obligation - Six-day Flex Obligation. This chart shows the numbers of Flex hours required based on teaching load.
Spring 2018 Faculty Flex Obligation - Four-day Flex Week.
Fall 2017 Flex Week
Monday, August 14 - Friday, August 18, 2017
Fall 2017 Flex-at-a-Glance Calendar
This handy one-page calendar gives you an overview of the week and includes the sessions, presenters, dates, and times.
Fall 2017 Flex Descriptions
Open this for complete details about the Flex activities offered. Space in the art and technology sessions is limited, so please RSVP where indicated.
Faculty and Staff Professional Development Day - Click here for program materials.
3CSN Equity Summit, Wednesday, Oct. 4.
During Flex week in August, we had a series of equity-related sessions that included information about hiring a diverse staff, reducing workplace harassment and discrimination, creating a safe space for LGBTQ members, COMCare, Student Accessibility Services, and more. Our Equity Summit was another opportunity to talk about equity, what we are already doing, and what we need to be doing to ensure that COM is a place where employees and students feel welcomed, supported, and valued. We will continue to focus on this issue throughout the year as we highlight COM programs and services and delve into areas such as implicit bias, microaggressions, and cultural competence.
Equity Resources and Readings - Check out this page, compiled by Arnita Porter and Paula Brown, 3CSN Equity coordinators, for links to videos and articles about equity.
3CSN - Habits of Mind Workshop
8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 3
SLO Training Sessions
SLOAC is participating in training sessions with Karen Wong, assessment coordinator at Skyline, and all are invited to participate.
Friday, Sept 22, 10-1 in AC 303. Focus is on reviewing SLOs and qualities of effective SLOs, assessment strategies and instruments, and strategies for closing the loop
Friday, Oct 20, 10-1 in AC 303. Focus is on developing effective rubrics for eLUMEN and reviewing rubric resources
Friday, Nov 3, 10-1 in AC 303. Focus is on program level SLO assessment strategies and mapping between course and program-level SLOs
Friday, Nov 17, 10-1 in AC 303. Focus is on developing workshops and materials for spring FLEX activities
Friday, Dec 8, 10-1 in AC 303. To be determined.
For more details, contact Logan Wood at RWood@marin.edu. Flex credit is available for these events.