Professional Development Center (PDC)/
Center for Faculty Development (CFD)

PDC/CFD provides staff and faculty professional development opportunties including, but not limited to, technology, cultural diversity and sensitivity, instruction, and student support services.

The PDC/CFD is designed to renew faculty and staff learning and to help institutionalize long term initiatives in and outside of the classroom.  The PDC/CFD provides organization, leadership, and support for faculty and staff in areas research has shown to be promising for improving student learning and success.  Community college faculty and staff may develop expertise; utilize resources and technical expertise to develop and fine tune curriculum, and teaching methodologies, including alternative student learning strategies.

Click here for PDC/CFD's Calendar.

Here are some useful links for faculty and staff:

• 4faculty.org - An online professional development network of resources and learning modules designed specifically for the needs of community college faculty.
• RCC's Faculty List Server - This list is for use by all RCC Faculty.
• Cornell University Teaching Evaluation Handbook - Recommended as a resource by the DAC.
• Mini-Digest of Education Statistics 2006 - This publication is a pocket-sized compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from kindergarten through graduate school. The statistical highlights are excerpts from the Digest of Education of Statistics, 2006.
• Association for the Study of Higher Education
• http://www.evergreen.edu/washcenter/home.asp
• http://www.crla.net
• http://www.nade.net
• http://www.collegetransition.org/
• http://www.ntatutor.org/
• http://www.ncde.appstate.edu/kellogg.htm - Kellog Institute (Faculty Development).
• http://www.wested.org/
• http://pedagogy.merlot.org
• http://onlinecourses.merlot.org

Through MVC's Title V Coop Grant, the PDC/CFD coordinates and provides resources for faculty and/or staff led initiatives in the areas of counseling, student services, supplemental instruction, articulation, technology, tutoring, alternative teaching strategies, curriculum development, and professional development.

FORMS:

• Faculty Special Project Detail and Outline - PDF*
• Project Proposal Guidelines - PDF*

SURVEYS:

• Faculty Survey 2009
• Workshop Evaluation

* Click here to download the free Adobe Reader, if needed.