Lunchtime Leadership
§ Learn about Leaders § Develop Leadership Skills and Strategies§ Apply to Your Work@ SBVC
January 22, 2010
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Location: LA - 202
Discussion Topic:
Leadership and Self Deception Part II & III
(This book is available in the SBVC Bookstore)
For more information contact:
S. Courtney Hunter – 8623 Troy Sheffield – 8585 Barbara Nichols – 8907 Dena Peters-8572
Click here to Register Online
San Bernardino Valley College
Flex Activity Q&A
How many hours do I need to complete this year?
All Full-time contract faculty are obligated to four days of flex activities (Article 13 WORKLOAD. Section A. of 2007-2010 agreement). Full-time faculty are required to complete at least 24 hours of appropriate flex activities in each academic year, herein defined as July 1 – June 30.
What activities and events can satisfy the Flex Requirements?
“Activities or events that contribute to “Staff, Student, and Instructional Improvement” are considered to be applicable toward satisfying the Flex Calendar Obligation. Professional development activities intended for instructional improvement include In-Service Training, Workshops, Conferences, Seminars, Individual or small group planned projects, and institutionally planned activities. Also, tutoring and mentoring students are great ways to achieve Flex Credit.
Note: Activities or events used to satisfy the Flex Calendar Obligation may not conflict with regularly scheduled class activities or other regularly scheduled activities considered to be part of the normal “workload.”
How do I turn in Flex Hours?
All fulltime faculty can complete an online Flex Activity Report through Flextrack (see attached instructions). Be sure to include activities you will complete prior to July 1, 2010.
What is the deadline to submit Flex Hours?
All Flex Hours must be submitted by May 21, 2010 (commencement).
After I submit Flex Hours, when will I hear from the Flex Committee?
The Flex Committee will review your Flex Activities submissions and follow up with you ASAP.
Who should I call with additional questions?
You can call S.Courtney Hunter at ext. 8623 or email: shunter@valleycollege.edu.
A reminder that the Professional Development division has many activities available on-campus for both faculty and staff.
To see what training is available during the month of December, please click on the link below:
Professional Development Activity Calendar
You may register online. If you have additional comments or questions, please contact myself or Courtney Hunter at 384-8623.
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We need more people like this in our lives!
Great Reasons to Attend
The SBVC Great Teachers’ Seminar
January 28-30, 2010
New Location:
San Bernardino Community College District
Professional Development Center
Facilitated by Mike McHargue,
Provocateur Emeritus,
Professional Development
ü This workshop has become one of the most popular professional growth activities on campus
ü One of the most powerful experiences a teacher can have
ü This is your opportunity to share successes and challenges with SBVC Colleagues
ü Focus on teaching and learning with your colleagues
ü Renew your own sense of being an “SBVC Great Teacher”
For more information contact:
S. Courtney Hunter
SBVC Office of Professional Development
384-8623 or mail to: shunter@valleycollege.edu
Great quote:
Once a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the world behind him. It's something we call heart power. Once a man has made this commitment, nothing will stop him short of success.
~Vince Lombardi
"To solve any problem, there are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, whom could I ask?" —Jim Rohn
Successful people also feel fear. Yet they don't let it get in the way of anything they want to do--or have to do. They understand that fear is something to be acknowledged, experienced, and taken along for the ride. They have learned, as author Susan Jeffers suggests in her must-read book, to "Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway®."
Fear is more of a signal that we should stay alert and cautious. We can feel fear, but we can still move forward anyway.
Think of fear as a 2-year-old child who doesn't want to go grocery shopping with you. Because you must buy groceries, you'll just have to take the two year old with you. Fear is no different. In other words, acknowledge that fear exists but don't let it keep you from doing important tasks.
Also realize that so many of our fears are self-created. We might frighten ourselves by fantasizing negative outcomes to any activity we might peruse or experience. Luckily, because we are the ones doing the fantasizing, we are also the ones who can stop the fear and bring ourselves into a state of clarity and peace by facing the actual facts, rather than giving in to our imaginations.
If a fear is too great for you to overcome, try breaking it down into smaller challenges.
Try starting out by doing the parts of the project that don't scare you so much. You need to give a speech in front of a large group? Try giving your speech in front of a small group of people who care for you. Work your way up until you are able to feel the fear but still move forward. As you do you will build your confidence and eventually you won't feel fear surrounding those issues because you'll have done them enough to count it as a skill.
As you move toward your goal, don't attach yourself so much to the outcomes.
Keep moving toward your dream doing everything you can to create what you want, then let it go and see what shows up. Sometimes the universe will have a better idea in mind for you and present a better opportunity when you were expecting something completely different. Don't let fear keep you from moving forward. Even if the horrible outcome that you imagined happens, the universe will always provide for you another way to succeed. So be on the look out!
Trust that no matter what occurs, you are smart enough and strong enough to keep looking for, and attracting, opportunities.
If you are willing to try new experiences in spite of your fears, then more new experiences will present themselves for you to try. And the more you try, the more you are likely to succeed!
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Consider this powerful resource to:
--The best advice I ever came across on the subject of concentration is: Wherever you are, be there.
--When you work, work. When you play, play. Don't mix the two.
--Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of attention.
--On the way to work, concentrate on the way - not the work.
--Pay attention. Don't just stagger through the day.
History of SBVC Professional Development
| | Past – 1980-1990 | Present – 2000-2008 | Future – 2009- |
| Campus | Great Teachers’ Seminar | Strength of Academic Senate supported professional development through elimination of PD funds | eLumen videostreaming ERIS Blackboard course management Jing |
| Professional Development | Mind-mapping in research development; not existing as Professional Development; flex activity | | ‘START’ by the nurse – is it an emergency? Jing |
| Community | 4CSD/NCSPOD assist in establishing program; AB1725, established training budget | | Offer workshops to the community |
| Technology/ Skills | | TTIP provided large amounts of $$ for technology training – LA-208 established as | |
