Professional Development Institute (PDI)
Meeting Schedule
- September - December / February - May
- Day: 1st Tuesdays
- Time: 11 - 11:30am
- Location: Online
Mandate
The Professional Development Institute (PDI) promotes professional growth for faculty members
represented by the Coast Federation of Educators (CFE) through procedures that allow for:
- Reimbursement for approved participation in educational activities such as workshops,
seminars, and conferences for faculty with 7.5+ LHE - Salary advancement credit through options described in the CFE contract for full-time
faculty members - Sabbatical leave for tenured full-time faculty members.
What can PDI fund?
Activities (most commonly conferences) that support learning and development for one or more of the following:
- The faculty member's content area / field(s) of concentration
- Interdisciplinary teaching practices to support student learning and achievement
What does PDI not fund?
- Accompanying students to an event
- Membership for professional organizations
- Activities related to serving as an officer or advisor for a professional organization
- Committee-related work
- Courses for licensing or doctoral work
- Courses or activities for salary advancement
- Political activities
Members (6) 2024-25
- Academic Senate Representative (David Lee)
- Academic Senate Representative (Angela Gomez-Holbrook)
- Academic Senate Representative (Ken Leighton)
- Academic Senate Representative (Danny Pittaway)
- Academic Senate Representative (Laurie Runk, Ph.D.)
- Academic Senate Representative (Justin White, Ph.D.)
Co-chairs
- Ken Leighton
- Danny Pittaway
Administrative Liaison
Dr. Isela Ocegueda, Vice President of Instruction
Committee Support
Santos Alvarado Alcocer, salvarado13@cccd.edu
Steps to Request Funding for Professional Conferences/Workshops
Be a PDI Superstar!
After attending a PDI-funded event, send a brief writeup (100-200 words) along with a photo or two for publication in our Academic Senate News & Views! Send your submission to Correspondence Secretary Professor and PDI member David Lee (dmlee@coastline.edu).
- Share what you're learning with the Coastline community!
- Represent your discipline/department!
- Enhance your CV/resume!
- Highlight this achievement in your program/department review report!
Salary Advancement For Full-Time Faculty
PDI provides methods for salary advancement for full-time faculty members. Full details are provided in the current CFE contract in the chapter for Professional Development Institute. For information, please contact PDI Co-chair Professor Danny Pittaway (dpittaway@coastline.edu).
Sabbatical Leave
PDI helps full-time faculty members apply for sabbatical leave, which is also explained in the CFE contract chapter for Professional Development Institute. Each fall semester an email is sent during Week 1 with information about the application process, including the intent to file form.