The Event Calendar link offers our most up-to-date Professional Development Calendar. These activities cover a range of topics and will present useful information for your professional career. The workshops are free, fun, and, in most cases, count for PGA credit. Presenters will cover topics such as Student Learning Outcomes, assessment, teamwork, health, communication, and learning styles. New subjects and times are constantly being added to the schedule, so check back with us.

See also: District Staff Development Resources

As we began the new year, we have implemented a strategy to cope with budget challenges in the Professional Development Department. We have taken last years' statistics in faculty conference spending, and have applied them to our forecast for the coming year. In doing so, we have divided up quarterly funds available according to the percentage of total funds used last year. Hopefully this will allow us to budget for all 4 quarters according to past demand and necessity. Below are the Quarterly Funds available to Faculty:

• Summer: $4,032
• Fall: $16,623
• Winter: $17,640
• Spring: $12,096

The best way to secure a funding approval is to apply early!

Deadline Dates:

It is important to note for the academic year, we have adopted quarterly submission deadlines for faculty professional development travel and conference funds:

• Fall Quarter Travel/Conference Requests: October 10^th
• Winter Quarter Travel/Conference Requests: January 23^rd
• Spring and Summer Quarter Travel/Conferences Requests: April 24^th

The Travel & Conference Committee will meet following each deadline to review the applications. Every effort will be made to fully fund requests. Depending on the number of requests received, requests may be partially funded. Applicants will be notified via district email once the committee has met.

• Please download and complete application, then return original with Supervisor approval to the Office of Instruction and Institutional Researchf. The new application can also be submitted electronically by completing the form using Preview or Acrobat, getting Dean Signature, attaching your travel estimates, and emailing them to frankeberger@foothill.edu.

Conference and Travel Policy and Procedures

• Applicant is responsible for all costs and will be reimbursed for approved expenses upon return from the conference and the submission of a completed trip voucher. If advance funds are needed for conference registration fees, complete a check request and submit it to the Office of Faculty and Staff with your Application.
• Professional Conference Funds, Policies (pdf)
• Electronic Check Request (pdf)
• Upon return from your trip, complete a Trip Voucher and return it to us
  Note:If the travel expenses are charged to the District Pro Card, an expense transfer must be completed and submitted to the Dean of Faculty and Staff for signature. The expense transfer can only be completed once the expenses have been entered (appear) in the FR System. Copies of receipts should be attached. Reimbursement must be requested, and travel vouchers submitted, in the academic year within which the event occurs.

Conference Funding Application

• Notification of committee approval and all related correspondence will be sent through your District Email address.
• Faculty and Staff Conference Funding Application (pdf)

• Please download and complete application, then return original with Supervisor approval to the Office of Instruction and Institutional Research. The new application can also be submitted electronically by completing the form using Preview or Acrobat, getting Dean Signature, attaching your travel estimates, and emailing them to frankeberger@foothill.edu.