Fall 2024 Convocation and Opening Day
Visit the CTTL WebsiteWelcome to Fall 2024
We look forward to being in community with our faculty and staff colleagues to celebrate a new academic year. Please join us in the Theater in Building 1 for the Convocation, followed by lunch and flex day sessions in Buildings 7 and 8.
The Center for Transformative Teaching & Learning (CTTL) is proud to offer flex day sessions around wellness, equity, excellence in teaching, student support, and important changes to curriculum.
Convocation Schedule at a Glance
Welcome, 8:30 - 9:00am | Registration and Breakfast | Theater
Convocation Ceremonies, 9:00 - 11:15 am | Theater
Lunch, 11:30 - 12:20pm | Fireside Dining - (TBA)
Flex Day Afternoon Sessions, 1 - 3:30pm | Building 7 and 8
Please note that the District Opening Day (Aug 12) has time set aside for division and department meetings.
All SMCCCD full-time faculty members have a total of 6 days (30 hours) of Flex obligations to complete, while day/evening obligations vary based on semester assignments. Failure by full-time faculty to fulfill this obligation may result in a reduction of pay.
The District Academic Senate issued a memo on Flex Day obligations for 2023-24 with the Flex Day Reporting Form 23-24. Full-time regular faculty should file this form with their dean. Part-time faculty wishing to be compensated for attending flex day(s) should fill out both the Flex Day Reporting Form and the Adjunct-OL Faculty Timesheet and submit them to their division assistant. Contact CTTL with any questions about flex reporting. Please see the Collective Bargaining Agreement for further details, Article 7.11.1 for full-time faculty and Article 7.11.2 for part-time faculty.
If you are a faculty member unable to participate in any of the planned on-campus Flex Day activities and would like to know about alternatives available to you, discuss your situation and options with your Division Dean.
SMCCCD provides a flexible calendar for staff development in accordance with California
Code of Regulations, Title 5,
Division 6, § 55724*. There are six (6) Flex Days in the 2024-2025 academic calendar:
● Monday and Tuesday, August 12 and 13, 2024, and Wednesday, October 9, 2024.
● Thursday and Friday, January 9 and 10, 2025, and Thursday, April 17, 2025.
Per Title 5, all Flex Day obligations are on “flexible time.” All faculty members
are encouraged to attend Opening Day
activities on Monday, August 12, 2024 and Convocation at Skyline College on Tuesday,
August 15, 2024. As of 2018,
SMCCCD requires mandatory attendance at two Flex Days for full-time faculty, while
the other four Flex Days remain on
flexible time. The mandatory Flex Days for full-time faculty are August 13, 2024 and
January 10, 2025.
You can click the Register buttons on the Agenda and Schedule tab for each session, or to bulk register:
1. Go to the SMCCCD Employee Portal and login with your SSO credentials:
2. After you enter your SMCCD credential you will see this page; click the Vision Resource Center tile:
3. Once there, click the Events Calendar Button link to go to the desired date. Be careful to select Skyline Events, CSM also uses the VRC to register for their events.
4.Click the name of each session you choose and Register by clicking the blue “Request” button.
You have now registered for the session. You will receive an email confirmation from skylinecttl@smccd.edu and a calendar invite.
ⓘ VRC Registration
If you are denied access, it means one of two things:
- You are not signed in with your employee Single Sign-On. Please sign in with SMCCCD OneLogin and try again.
- Your primary job needs to be updated to enable acess to the VRC. Please request this update, so we can promptly resolve the issue for you. NOTE: This can take up to 48 hours to resolve. After you submit the request to update your primary job, if this is not resolved by Opening Day, simply go ahead and attend the sessions you are interested in and make sure to write your name in the sign-in sheet. We can credit you retroactively in the VRC once your primary job is updated.
If you experience any issues or need an ADA accommodation, please contact Ricardo Flores (floresr@smccd.edu)
Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning - CTTL
Building 5, Room 5-118
Email: skylinecttl@smccd.edu
Phone: 650-738-7080
For professional learning/development inquiries contact:
Andrea Fuentes: fuentesandrea@smccd.edu
District Opening Day at Cañada College
This year's District Opening Day takes place at Cañada College, with livestream options available.
The day starts with Opening Day Ceremonies running through 11 am, followed by Brunch, Music and Garden activities. Flex sessions begin at noon, with time set aside for Division Meetings from 1:30 - 3:30 pm.
For more information, please visit the Opening Day website or contact Ellen Young, PD Coordinator, Cañada College.
Skyline College 2024 Convocation
- Convocation Ceremonies
- Continenial breakfast 8:00 - 8:30 am
- Ceremonies including Welcome Messages and Employee Recognition, plus the Education Master Plan.
- Lunch 11:30 - 12:15 in Fireside Dinings
- Flex Day sessions 12:30 -3:30 in Building 7/8.
- Click Register buttons for the sessions you choose; remember this takes you to the VRC (log in required).
- Note that some sessions are online only (camera icon). Click the Join button to enter the Zoom room.
- Please register for breakfast and lunch if attending in person!
- View the Schedule at a Glance
Breakfast and Check In | 8:00 - 8:30 AM
Breakfast - Please Register
Even if you are not attending the full Convocation ceremonies or the Flex Day sessions,
please take a moment to register if you are going to the continental breakfast. It
will be served in the lobby of the Theater in Building 1.
We so much appreciate it and look forward to being in community with you!
Convocation Ceremonies | 8:30-11:15 AM
Convocation Ceremonies
Dr. Newin Orante, Dr. Vinicio Lopez, and Ingrid Vargas
Theater, Building 1 (also livestreamed) | 8:30 - 11:15 AM
Agenda coming soon, but will include a President's Welcome Message, and Update on the Education Master Plan, Employee Recognition and Awards, Introduction of New Employees, and Welcomes from the CSEA, AFT, and both Senates. Please register for catering purposes!
Lunch - Please Register | 11:30 - 12:20 PM
Lunch and Community
CTTL and PRIE
Building 6, Fireside Dining | 11:30 - 12:20 PM
Join your colleagues for lunch and to catch up on your summer vacations. Check out the Comprehensive Program Review display from PRIE or listen to some amazing music from our Skyline orchestra. PLEASE REGISTER. Even if you are not staying for Flex Day sessions and are just grabbing lunch, we love to have you, but need a headcount for catering purposes. Thank you!!
Afternoon Flex Sessions Block 1 | 12:30 - 1:55 PM
Dancing for Wellness (Thriller Choreography)
Qimmah Tamu
Building 6, Fireside Dining | 12:30-1:55 PM
Join Qimmah for a fun dance workout, and learn the Thriller choreography. Interested participants will perform Thriller at the October Flex Day.
Unlocking Future Fellowship Program Fellows
Martin Marquez and Student Panel
6-202 | 12:30 - 1:55 PM
This workshop will provide the campus community an opportunity to gain knowledge on the Unlocking Futures Fellowship (UFF) program, a professional development and workforce opportunity provided to undocumented students of Skyline College through the Undocumented Community Center (UCC). The UFF program provides students professional mentorship, monthly enrichment seminars that support their growth and aspiring professionals, and the opportunity to obtain an income through service scholarship disbursements. This session will include 3 student speakers and the projects they developed in their first year of the UFF program (from Fall 2023 - Spring 2023) and will also share their plans in continuing the program through different departments on campus this new academic year. Community members are encouraged to attend so they can build awareness around this expanding program and refer students, specifically undocumented students, to the opportunity to join the 2024-2025 UFF Cohort.
Propose a Workshop for Flex Day
Have an idea or some experience to share? To support diverse programming that meets the needs of our campus community, the CTTL is requesting proposals for Flex Day sessions.
Now accepting Flex Day and Adjunct Symposium proposals for Fall 2024
We are looking for tracks around Excellence in Teaching, Community Building, Technology and Innovation (including Online Teaching), Health/Safety/Wellness, and Equity/Access.
Guidelines for Presenters
Prospective Presenters - The CTTL has adapted the Awareness, Knowledge, and Skills (AKS) framework by Connerley and Pedersen (2005) to develop our own framework of constructing and facilitating workshops/training.
The adaptation of AKS is as a way to identify if the workshop is building awareness (creating the foundational information about your topic such as definitions, historical timelines/context); relating knowledge (interpreting the research, policies, or other resources related to the topic); as well as implementing skills (applying best practices/strategies). Workshops should either focus on one or all of the adapted AKS framework to build upon the work currently being done within our college and across the district. Using this framework will also further inform the participants of the purpose and outcomes of the workshop.
Need support with developing a workshop proposal? Have questions or need additional information? ContactAndrea Fuentes, PD Coordinator.
Previous Flex Days
Access materials from earlier flex days in the CTTL Faculty Repository, Professional Development section.
Flex Day Archives
CTTL maintains copies of slide decks, handouts, and some video recordings from previous flex days. You can browse the CTTL Faculty Repository for this information. If you have any questions, please contact Andrea Fuentes in the CTTL.
PD and Flex Day Repository