General

• A program for full-time faculty professional development related to staff, student, or instructional improvement administered by a Flex Program Coordinator through the Faculty Professional Growth (FPG) Committee.
  
  
• Full-time faculty are obligated to complete 20 hours of professional development activities in lieu of 5 instructional days (4 days x 5 hrs/day = 20 hrs) each year*. 
  
  * For the 2009-2010 academic year, the Flex year will begin on the first Mandatory Flex Day (August 14, 2009) and end on the last day of the fiscal year (June 30, 2010).  Beginning July 1, 2010, the Flex year will coincide with the fiscal year.
  
  
• 20 hour obligation to be completed as follows: minimum of 5 hrs during in-service day, 15 additional hours after your duty hours or on non-duty days.
  
  
• According to the new Chancellor's guidelines, flex hours may no longer be carried over from one academic year to another.  Consequently, any hours over the 20 hour requirement completed in 2008-09 cannot be used to satisfy your 2009-10 flex obligation.

Process

• Each faculty member fills out the proposed Flex Contract form with the hours of activities and submits it electronically to the Faculty Professional Growth Committee by October 1 of the current year for FPG approval. Faculty members are contacted by email regarding unapproved contracts or activities.
  
  
• Upon completion of the activities the faculty member prints and signs the completed Flex Contract certifying fulfillment of the obligation and submits the form to the Academic Senate Office, Locke 119, for final approval by the FPG Committee by September 10 of the following year.

Activities
A variety of activities are eligible for flex credit. Examples include:

• On-campus workshops
• Department activities such as program reviews
• Individual projects such as new course/module development
• Professional association conferences
• Course work not for salary advancement

For Additional Flex Information

• Academic Senate Office, Locke 119, x5486
• Email: Sharon Allen, Secretary I, Academic Senate at sallen@deltacollege.edu