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Professional Commitment

Competency

Valencia educators will stay current and continually improve their knowledge and understanding of their discipline.  They will participate in activities that promote Valencia’s learning mission, including serving on campus and college-wide groups, attending professional conferences, and involvement with community or other organizations.  


Indicators

  • stay current in discipline (professional organizations, conferences, journals and other literature)
  • contribute to discipline/academic field
  • participate actively on department, campus and college meetings/committees/task forces
  • engage with faculty governing bodies
  • access faculty development programs and resources
  • collaborate with colleagues in department/discipline
  • expand knowledge of college connections to wider communities (Focus on the Workplace; student development activities; trends in business and government…)

    Indicators provide examples of how competencies can be demonstrated in an Individualized Learning Plan. While all competencies need to be demonstrated, only some  indicators need to be employed in the ILP process.

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