Full-time faculty must complete 12 hours of professional development per academic year. The academic year for PD runs from July 1 through June 30. Overload assignments may affect your obligation; contact OPOD or the Faculty Learning Coordinator to confirm your individual requirement.

The obligation depends on your Spring teaching assignment. It equals the hours you would ordinarily teach on the Friday of Spring PD Day, rounded down to the nearest half hour, with a maximum of 6 hours. For example, 3 hours and 20 minutes becomes a 3-hour obligation; 3 hours and 50 minutes becomes a 3.5-hour obligation. Contact OPOD or the Faculty Learning Coordinator if you need help confirming your assignment-based requirement.

No. Fall and Spring PD Days are opportunities to fulfill your obligation and learn with colleagues. You may also complete eligible professional development throughout the academic year, including sessions in the Vision Resource Center (VRC) and eligible activities documented through Submit External Training.

Yes. All sessions in the VRC count toward your PD obligation. Complete the session and check your completed transcript. The same activity cannot also be used for salary class advancement, and activities for which you receive additional pay or a stipend are not eligible.

Activities for which you receive additional pay or a stipend do not count. You also cannot count the same activity toward both your PD obligation and salary class advancement. For full-time faculty, required division meetings and activities that fall within the weekly 5.5-hour shared governance requirement do not count as PD.

For adjunct faculty, department or division meetings may count toward the PD obligation and can be documented through Submit External Training. For full-time faculty, division meetings are required duties or may fall within the 5.5 hours of shared governance required weekly; they do not count toward the annual PD obligation. If you are unsure how a particular meeting is classified, contact OPOD or the Faculty Learning Coordinator.

The paid-activity exclusion applies to additional pay or stipends for an activity. Regular compensation associated with an adjunct’s scheduled Spring teaching assignment is distinct from additional pay for attending a PD activity. Contact OPOD or the Faculty Learning Coordinator for questions about your compensation or obligation.

Faculty are responsible for tracking their professional development activities and hours. Keep a personal record of dates, session titles, presenters, and durations, along with relevant attendance records. Check the VRC regularly to make sure your completed activities appear.

Use the actual dates of the activity and check that they fall within the July 1–June 30 PD academic year you are reporting. Contact OPOD or the Faculty Learning Coordinator for any separate submission or reporting deadline.

On the VRC homepage, select Find Trainings. Use the available filters to narrow the results, including online or asynchronous options. You can also document eligible professional development outside the VRC through Submit External Training.

Look for online or asynchronous sessions through Find Trainings in the VRC. You may also complete other eligible professional development during the academic year. PD Day is one opportunity to meet your obligation; it is not the only option.

First, refresh your Report Dashboard and check for missing attendance or pending external training. If you still need hours, complete additional VRC sessions or document eligible activities you have already completed. Choose enough training to meet the remaining time. Department or division meetings are an option for adjuncts only.

Professional reading and related book club meetings may be documented as professional development. For reading time, use the closest available audiobook duration as a reference when one exists. Include time spent in related book club meetings. Agenda documents are sufficient supporting documentation. If no audiobook duration is available or you are unsure how to calculate the time, contact OPOD or the Faculty Learning Coordinator.

You can fulfill your obligation through other eligible activities during the academic year, including VRC sessions and eligible external training. Confirm your individual requirement and keep track of your completed hours.

Register for the session when registration is offered. At the event, scan the attendance QR code and fully complete and submit the form; look for the confirmation screen. Keep registration confirmations and a personal record of the sessions you attend. If a sign-in sheet is available, use it as an additional attendance record.

Allow 1–2 weeks for attendance credit to appear in your VRC transcript. After that time, check your completed transcript and refresh the Report Dashboard. Contact OPOD or the Faculty Learning Coordinator if a session is still missing.

No. Completing an evaluation is not required for PD credit. Make sure you complete the attendance process for the session.

Refer to the PCC academic calendar for the designated PD Day and class schedule for the current year. Do not rely on dates in an older announcement. If you have questions about how the day affects your teaching assignment, contact OPOD or the Faculty Learning Coordinator.

Adjunct faculty interested in participating should contact OPOD or the Faculty Learning Coordinator with questions about participation and compensation. An adjunct’s Spring PD obligation is based on the hours they would ordinarily teach that Friday, rounded down to the nearest half hour and capped at 6 hours. Do not assume that attending or facilitating creates additional compensation.

For PD reporting, external means outside the Vision Resource Center—not necessarily outside PCC. Eligible activities that are not already recorded in the VRC can be documented using Submit External Training. If a PCC workshop you attended is missing from your transcript, contact OPOD or the Faculty Learning Coordinator first.

1. On the VRC homepage, select Submit External Training.
2. Complete the form with the activity title, description, provider, actual dates, and requested hours. Check that the dates are within the PD academic year you are reporting and include supporting documentation as applicable.
3. Submit the form.
4. On your transcript, find the entry and select Mark Complete.
5. Allow time for review and approval, then check your completed transcript.

Submitting the form alone does not finish the process. You must mark the entry complete so it can be reviewed and approved for your completed transcript.

External training submissions are generally reviewed weekly. Allow several days for review after submitting the form and selecting Mark Complete. If an entry remains unresolved, contact OPOD or the Faculty Learning Coordinator.

No. Travel and funding requests are handled separately through Chrome River. Document eligible activities you want counted toward your PD obligation in the VRC. The PD eligibility exclusion concerns additional pay or stipends for an activity; for questions about a particular funding arrangement, contact OPOD or the Faculty Learning Coordinator.