Office of Instruction

Faculty Information 

Please contact us at officeofinstruction@losmedanos.edu if you need further assistance.

  • Absences
    1.  Call the Cancellation line:  (925) 473-6699
    2. Leave your name, reason (sick/personal), class(es) you are canceling, including the time, date(s), and section number.
    3. Complete the Leave Request Form to officially report your absence, or to request a future leave request for planned days off. 

    Note: You MUST be logged into InSite first before clicking the link.
    Note: Faculty who anticipate an absence must immediately advise an appropriate manager of the college. It is the responsibility of the manager to secure a substitute competent in the subject area. Absent faculty are expected to provide assignments for those class sessions to be missed.
    If a substitute is not available, the class shall be met by a staff member, assignments made when applicable,
    and the class officially canceled

  • Academic Dishonesty & Student Code of Conduct

    Academic Honesty:

    As an instructor, you serve as the primary source of authority in your classroom, and we encourage you to take a proactive approach to setting the expectations for academic honesty in your classroom by establishing written standards that are consistent with the Student Code of Conduct in your course materials, and by discussing them with all of your students. 
    To ensure that your classroom policies are consistent with college expectations, you can refer to the Student Code of Conduct.

    Academic Dishonesty:

    Legal opinion states that a failing grade can be assigned to a particular exam or assignment (not the entire course) in the case of academic dishonesty. 

    This may be the first time the student has been “caught” engaging in academic dishonesty.  As such, you are encouraged to hold a developmental discussion with the student about the repercussions for such actions in your class, college, and beyond, in addition to any specific penalty that you might impose.

    You are also encouraged to inform the Counseling Office of incidents of students engaging in academic dishonesty.  The Counseling Office will note the student and incident in order to track specific student’s future patterns of behavior, and may pursue additional action related to the Student Code of Conduct depending on the nature of the situation.

  • Available Forms

    Online Forms

    Please log into your InSite, then click the appropriate link:

    Census Roster
    Event-Video Support Request
    Field Trip Request
    Grade Change
    Incomplete Grade Contract
    Independent Study
    Instructor Reinstate
    Late Add Petition by Instructor
    Leave Request
    Office Hours Reporting
    Schedule Revision

    Alternatively, you may also access these forms through InSite, by clicking the LMC Faculty Forms Tile. 

    Red square with "LMC Faculty Forms" written in white.

     

       

    Downloadable Forms

    Please download, fill, sign, and submit the form to Officeofinstruction@losmedanos.edu

    Expense Claim
    Equivalency Form
    Key Request
    Evaluation Stipend (Appendix J)
    Student Travel Agreement (Liability Waiver)

    Forms Coming Soon


    The following topics do not have a form yet. Please email us at Officeofinstruction@losmedanos.edu if you would like assistance with the following:

    Temporary Parking Permit Request

    Please include the following information in your email:

    Date(s) of Visit to Campus
    Campus 
    Location of Meeting/Event
    Reason for Visit
    Company/Organization
    Guest Name

  • Census: Establishing Attendance for Distance Education

    Before the Census Date

    We make the following recommendations:

    ● Inform students in your Welcome Email before the course begins and remind them in your orientation module about what they need to submit (Canvas quiz, assignment,
    discussion, etc.) in order to count as present on the first days/week and to avoid
    being dropped as a “no show.” Build these submissions into your orientation module
    and be clear with students about the due date.
    ● Before dropping a student before the census date, make at least one attempt to
    contact the student by email, Canvas Inbox, or Canvas Gradebook (using the
    “Message Students Who” feature). They may need your help getting started in your
    course. Allow 24 hours for the student to respond before dropping them.
    ● Students should not be dropped for failing to attend optional synchronous meetings.
    Instead of making your synchronous meetings “required” or “mandatory,” make
    them “optional but encouraged.”

    View the PDF version of the DE Best Practices- Establishing Attendance by clicking here. 

    After the Census Date

    The LMC Catalog states,
    Los Medanos College instructors have the following rights:

    1. The right to drop students who fail to attend the first meeting of any course.
    2. The right to deny permission to use an audio/video recorder in class.
    3. The right to drop the student when he/she is absent during two consecutive
    weeks of lab or lecture or when students are tardy to the degree that classes and
    learning opportunities are disrupted.
    4. The right to drop a student at any point that the instructor concludes that
    absences have irretrievably affected a student’s progress in a course.

    After the census date, we recommend:

    ● When students have accumulated more than two weeks' worth of missing assessments and activities (Canvas assignments, quizzes, discussions, etc.) in your course, (a two-week block of absence or two weeks over the full semester) make two attempts to contact the student by email, Canvas Inbox, or Canvas Gradebook (using the “Message Students Who” feature). Allow 24 hours for the student to respond before dropping them.
    ● The same types of the US Department of Education’s examples of ‘‘academic
    attendance’’ and ‘‘attendance at an academically-related activity’’ listed above should
    be used to determine the last day of attendance, not simply the student’s last login.

  • Contact Policy for Distance Education
    Introduction
    Starting the course
    Faculty initiated contact during the course
    Student-to-student initiated contact in a course

    Regular and effective contact between instructor and student and among students in online classes significantly increases student success and humanizes the online learning
    experience.

    Instructor initiated contact, is a key feature of distance education courses, and it is what makes it different from other types of courses, such as correspondence courses.
    Student-to-student interaction is also a key feature of distance education, and it is what makes it different from other types of courses, such as a self-paced course.

    These forms of contact are also required by federal regulatory requirements, state education codes, and the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC), and are recommended by the Statewide Academic Senate for Community Colleges. Regular and effective contact is a California Title V educational requirement that requires instructors to incorporate instructor-initiated, regular, effective contact into online and hybrid course design and delivery. This means that it is the responsibility of the instructor to initiate contact with students, make announcements, question and involve them in
    discussions, reach out to them when they are absent or missing work, and monitor their overall progress. It is also the responsibility of the instructor to design opportunities for students to interact with other students in the course via discussion boards, group collaboration, peer review, and other student-to-student engaged activities. This procedure
    outlines requirements for “Starting the Course” and creating opportunities for “Faculty Initiated” and “Student-to student Initiated” contact.

    View the PDF version of the Contact Policy for Distance Education by clicking here.

    Introductions
    The following elements help students orient to the course syllabus and the course learning
    management system and assist the student in starting the class successfully:

    ● A “Welcome Letter” or other introduction to the course helps establish contact between instructor and student and guides the student to start the course. It is recommended that the welcome letter be sent two weeks prior to class start date.
    ● An instructor-created Home Page provides a starting point, establishes instructor presence, and helps students navigate to course materials.
    ● An orientation shows students how to navigate the course, contact the instructor, and interact with course elements. 

    Syllabus
    In addition to regular syllabus policies as recommended on the LMC Syllabus Guidelines, the following policies can clarify means and modes of instructor contact.
    ● Online Response Times
    ○ Indicate how a student can contact the instructor and when the instructor is available. Instructor response times are provided to clarify when students should anticipate a reply.
    ● Online Office Hours
    ○ Designate availability and instructions for when and how to access online office hours
    ● Online Communication Policies
    ○ Create ground rules for online communication that align with the student code of conduct and the college’s policies on student privacy, protection, and technology use.
    ● Online Student Support Services
    ○ Identify how to access online student support services

    Announcements
    ● Regular course announcements reflect on activities taking place in the course or around the wider college campus.
    ● Regular use of the announcement tool (recommended at least once a week) helps guide students through the learning process and clarifies the course content and expectations.
    ●The announcement remains in the course LMS and keeps a permanent record of that contact.

    Emails
    ● Instructors keep a record of any communication that occurs via email. It is highly recommended to use the Canvas email since it is linked with the coursework and can be tracked in the Canvas course analytics.
    ● Instructors respond to student emails within a reasonable timeframe (24-48 hours on weekdays) and state the expected response time in the syllabus. A communication plan for weekend responses is recommended.
    ● Instructors will inform students of extended absence due to a conference, leave (jury duty, etc.), or other unforeseen circumstances

    Faculty Participation on Discussion Boards
    ● Faculty participates in discussion boards by posting replies to student work, adding comments, or asking questions to further student thinking. While some faculty find that their presence on the discussion can help direct or deepen the conversation, other faculty choose not to respond directly on the discussion board but do provide substantive interaction and commentary through the gradebook feedback areas.
    ● Other options for participating on discussion boards include providing all class feedback providing instructor model posts as best practices and inviting further reflection.

    Assignment Feedback
    ● Instructor incorporates assignments that include opportunities for individualized descriptive and specific feedback and go beyond automatically graded quizzes.
    ● When appropriate, instructor can include rubrics to enhance targeted feedback
    ● Assignment feedback is timely as determined by the nature of the content.

    Office Hours & Conferences
    ● Regularly occurring office hours or special study sessions provide
    instructor-to-student and student-to-student contact.
    ● ConferZoom or other video conferencing can enhance this interaction as well as provide a record or document of the video-conference session.

    Faculty Contact via Publisher Packs or Third-Party Tools
    ● Instructors who use third party tools, such as publisher packs or other digital apps, must authenticate students through the college’s learning management system (LMS).
    ● When third party tools are used for instructor-to-student contact, instructors should use the LMS to document this interaction.

    Peer-to-Peer Replies on Discussion Boards
    ● Instructors encourage student-to-student interactions on Discussion Boards by enabling threaded replies or otherwise indicating through instructions or rubrics that peer replies are expected.

    Small Group Collaborations & Group Projects
    ● Instructors create opportunities for small groups and allow students to work collaboratively.
    ● Instructors provide expectations or a rubric outlining participants’ contributions to a group.
    ● Instructor regularly monitors the groups and provides feedback.

    Peer Review
    ● Instructors assign students to peer review groups to evaluate and give feedback, observations, and suggestions on peers’ assignments or projects.

    Student-to-Student Q & A
    ● Instructor provides a peer-discussion forum, cyber lounge/ cafe, or threaded discussion that is not graded. In these forums, students can share their learning, such as concepts they learned well and concepts that they find difficult to understand.
    ● Instructor monitors the forum regularly.

    Third Party Tools for Student-to-Student Interaction
    ● When third party tools are used for student-to-student contact, instructors should use the LMS to document the interaction

  • CSLO Course Assessment and Updating Course Outlines

    CSLO Course Assessment:

    1. The course should be one where only an adjunct is able to teach.
    2. The course assessment is sent to the Department Chair and Beth Ann Stone, and copied to the Dean. Department Chair informs the Office of Instruction via email: officeofinstruction@losmedanos.edu the course assessment completion.
    3. The adjunct instructor submits:
          OAS Timecard
          Time & Effort
    a) The “other Academic Service” box should be checked, and the course should be listed on the timecard and reflect “course assessment”
    (i.e. SIGN-050 Course Assessment)
    b) Position number is L1193-N4.
    c) Three hours are allotted per course assessment.
    d) Email the time card and Time and Effort Log form to the Office of Instruction via email: officeofinstruction@losmedanos.edu
    4. The Office of Instruction Staff will forward the time card to the Dean to sign and then to the VPI for signature. The signed time card will be sent to the Business Office for processing.
    5. Shondra West will keep a record of payment and track time cards submitted. In addition, she will provide this information to TLC and the VPI.

    Updating a Course Outline:

    1. The course should be one where only an adjunct is able to teach.
    2. The updated course outline is entered into eLumen.
    3. The adjunct instructor submits:
          OAS Timecard
          Time & Effort
    a. The “other Academic Service” box should be checked, and the course should be listed on the timecard and reflect “COOR update.”
    (i.e. SIGN-050 COOR update)
    b. Position number is L1193-N4.
    c. Three hours are allotted per course outline update.
    d. Email the time card and the Time and Effort Log form to the Office of Instruction via email: officeofinstruction@losmedanos.edu
    4. Upon approval of the revised course outline by the Curriculum Committee, the timecard(s) will be processed for payment.
    5. The Office of Instruction Staff will forward the time card to the Dean to sign and then to the VPI for signature. The signed time card will be sent to the Business Office for processing. Shondra West will keep a record of payment and track time cards submitted. In addition, she will provide this information to TLC and the VPI.

    Adjunct Faculty Stipend Process for CSLO Course Assessment and Updating Course Outlines

  • Curriculum & eLumen

    Curriculum


    Note: Please visit the Curriculum Committee web page to access additional information .

    eLumen 

    For further assistance, please contact:
    Grace Villegas, the Curriculum Management Specialist
    gvillegas@losmedanos.edu
    (925)-473-7407

  • Department Chairs List
    Department Department Chair(s) Department Chair(s)' 
    Phone Number    		 Department Chair(s)' 
    Email
    Art, Humanities & Philosophy Eric Sanchez
    Lucy Snow    		 (925)-473-7826
    (925)-473-7821    		 esanchez@losmedanos.edu
    lsnow@losmedanos.edu
    Athletics 
    (Director)    		 Marty Storti (925)-473-7755 mstorti@losmedanos.edu
    Behavioral Sciences 
    (Anthropology, Psychology, Sociology)    		 Liana Padilla-Wilson (925)-473-7850 lpadillawilson@losmedanos.edu
    Biological Sciences Jill Bouchard
    Roy (Kyle) Hanks    		 (925)-476-6909
    (925)-473-7689    		 jbouchard@losmedanos.edu
    rhanks@losmedanos.edu
    Business
    (Business, Management)    		 Penny Wilkins (925)-473-7781 pwilkins@losmedanos.edu
    Child Development / Early Childhood Education Randi Osburn (925)-473-7630 rosburn@losmedanos.edu
    Communications
    (Journalism, Speech)    		 Cindy McGrath (925)-473-7827 cmcgrath@losmedanos.edu
    Computer Science Ali Asghary Karahroudy (925)-473-7792 aasghary@losmedanos.edu
    Counseling Rudolf Rose
    Sharlice Wright    		 (925)-473-7463
    (925)-473-7465    		 rrose@losmedanos.edu
    swright@losmedanos.edu
    Drama Nick Garcia (925)-473-7801 ngarcia@losmedanos.edu
    English Morgan Lynn
    Caitlin Mitchell    		 (925)-473-7866
    (925)-473-7867    		 mlynn@losmedanos.edu
    cmitchell@losmedanos.edu
    English as a Second Language Paula Gunder (925)-473-7882 pgunder@losmedanos.edu
    EMS/Fire Academy/Fire Technology Anthony Blakeley
    Mike Grillo    		 (925)-473-7752
    (925)-473-7750    		 ablakeley@losmedanos.edu
    mgrillo@losmedanos.edu
    Ethnic Studies and Social Justice Adrianna Simone (925)-473-7874 asimone@losmedanos.edu
    Industrial Technology (ETEC) Jose Quesada (925)-473-7862 jquesada@losmedanos.edu
    Industrial Technology (PTEC Coordinator) Michael Kean (925)-473-7733 mkean@losmedanos.edu
    Kinesiology Richard Villegas (925)-473-7605 rvillegas@losmedanos.edu
    Library Studies  Kim Wentworth (925)-473-7573 kwentworth@losmedanos.edu
    Mathematics Diwa Ramos (925)-473-7603 dramos@losmedanos.edu
    Music and Recording Arts Kyle Cheong Chuah (925)-473-7808 kchuah@losmedanos.edu
    Non-Departmentalized Faculty Group (Brentwood Math) Matthew Stricker (925)-476-6912 mstricker@losmedanos.edu
    Nursing  Linda Riley (925)-473-7765 lriley@losmedanos.edu
    Physical Sciences
    (Astronomy, Chemistry, Engineering, Physical Sciences, Physics)    		 Francesca Briggs (925)-473-7780 fbriggs@losmedanos.edu
    Social Sciences
    (Administration of Justice, Economics, History, Political Science)    		 Ryan Hiscocks (925)-473-7843 rhiscocks@losmedanos.edu
    Vocational Technical
    (Automotive Tech, Construction, Drone Tech, Logistic Tech, Welding)    		 Jason Dearman (925)-473-7739 jdearman@losmedanos.edu
    World Languages Victor Coronado-Barraza  (925)-473-7888 vcoronado@losmedanos.edu
  • Evaluations

    Evaluation Forms

    Summary Evaluation Form for Faculty

    Classroom Observation Plan

    Classroom Observation Form for On-Line Teaching Faculty 

    Classroom Observation Form for  Classroom Teaching Faculty 

    Evaluation Stipend Form - email it to OfficeofInstruction@losmedanos.edu

     

     

    Evaluation Resources

    Please review the additional resources below by clicking the highlighted area to open it in a new window. 

    Evaluation Instructions

    Evaluation Checklist

    How to add or remove evaluators from a Canvas course

  • FLEX

    Reporting Your FLEX Hours 

    1. Obtain your GROW 4 CD Transcript. 
          How to run  a GROW 4 CD Transcript

    2. Verify that your total hours satisfy your FLEX obligation. 

    3. Email your transcript to officeofinstriction@losmedanos.edu 
          Please have your subject set to "FLEX Transcript SemesterYear LastName, First Name"
         Example: FLEX transcript FA24 Appleseed, John

    Note: If a session on your transcript does not have hours published, please contact the host of the workshop/session.

    Professional Development & FLEX 

    Fall 2024 FLEX Schedule

    Visit the Professional Development & Learning page to learn more.

    Flex Obligation for Full-time Faculty

    There is a total 30-hour obligation for tenured full-time faculty, a 40-hour obligation for second year tenure track faculty, and a 50-hour obligation for first year tenure track faculty (usually completed in Nexus).

    There are 5 hours of Mandatory Flex each semester for a total of 10 mandatory hours per year.

    Full-time “A” contract faculty may choose to complete their Flex obligation over the entire fiscal year, July 1 through June 30.

    Flex credit cannot be “banked” or “made up” from one academic year to another.

    Flex Obligation for Part-time “C” and “AC” Faculty

    Part-time faculty have a Flex obligation that is directly related to compensation and the number of instructional days in the semester. Flex obligation is based on the academic calendar, more specifically to the day of the week on which classes begin and end. Consequently, the Flex obligation is adjusted each semester.  The semester start or end date can prevent a full 16-week semester of class meetings. Part-time Flex obligation applies only to adjunct faculty who are teaching a full-term (16-week) class with synchronous meetings (either on campus or online via Zoom; it does not apply to asynchronous online classes, short-term or late start classes).

    For Spring 2025, part-time instructors (and full-time faculty on AC contract) teaching a semester length class with synchronous meetings, have a flex obligation that is equal to the number of scheduled instructional hours taught in a week on Sundays, Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays. In short, if you teach a full term class with scheduled meetings on any day mentioned here, the number of hours of your flex obligation are equal to the number of hours you teach on those days in one week. So if you teach 3 hours on Monday, and 3 hours on Wednesday, you only owe 3 hours. If you only teach on Tuesday and Wednesday you do not have a flex obligation for spring.

    For Fall 2025, part-time instructors (and full-time faculty on AC contract) teaching a semester length class with synchronous meetings, have a flex obligation that is equal to the number of scheduled instructional hours taught in a week on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. In short, if you teach a full term class with scheduled meetings on any day mentioned here, the number of hours of your flex obligation are equal to the number of hours you teach on those days in one week. So if you teach 3 hours on Monday, and 3 hours on Wednesday, you only owe 3 hours. If you only teach on Tuesday and Wednesday you do not have a flex obligation for fall.

    For Spring 2026, part-time instructors (and full-time faculty on AC contract) teaching a semester length class with synchronous meetings, have a flex obligation that is equal to the number of scheduled instructional hours taught in a week on Sundays, Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays. In short, if you teach a full term class with scheduled meetings on any day mentioned here, the number of hours of your flex obligation are equal to the number of hours you teach on those days in one week. So if you teach 3 hours on Monday, and 3 hours on Wednesday, you only owe 3 hours. If you only teach on Tuesday and Wednesday you do not have a flex obligation for spring.

     

  • Grades

    Final Grade Assignment

    Submit final grades through InSite within three business days from the end of the term for full-term courses. 

    Submit final grades through InSite within three business days from the last day of class for the short-term courses.

    After the last day to drop with a “W”, all students on the final grade roster must receive a letter grade of A, B, C, D, F or P/NP/SP.

    Students may not be dropped on the final grade roster. If you have a student that you believe you dropped and they are still appearing on the roster, at this point they must receive a final grade as the drop was not processed by the published deadline. 

    How to submit final grades

    1.  Log into InSite

    2. Select the Classes tile

    3. Select Multi-Purpose Roster

    4. Select your course and section

    5. Click on the Grading tab

    6. Select Final Grade

    7. Use the drop down arrow under the Final Grade column to select a grade for each student. 

    Please note that there is no submit button as the system saves the grades upon entry.

    Incomplete Grades

    An 'I' (Incomplete) may be given in lieu of a grade if there are incomplete assignments, projects or tests, as a result of an unforeseen emergency beyond the control of the student toward the end of a semester. Students have up to one year to complete the coursework in order to receive a grade. Incomplete Grade Contracts are located in the red “LMC Faculty Forms” tile. Students cannot re-enroll in a course in which they receive an "I" or incomplete and they cannot continue to the next level course in a series (MATH-155 to MATH-210 for example) until a grade (A, B or C) has been submitted.

     

    If the student does nothing to complete the course within the year timeframe (or timeframe you select at grading), the grade you have assigned at the completion of the course (IB, IC, ID, IF) will automatically populate on the student’s record (B, C, D, F). You must also assign an “expiration date” to every Incomplete. On the date you enter, the grade automatically converts if the student does nothing to complete the work. When you post the incomplete grade, you will receive an email with a reminder to submit the Incomplete Grade Contract.

    How to submit an Incomplete Grade Contract

    1. Sign into InSite.

    2.  Select LMC Faculty tile.

    3. Select Incomplete Grade Contract.

    4. State the requirements for the completion of the course.

    5. List the explanation as to what situation warranted the "Incomplete".

    6. The student must sign, or you must attach an email from the student requesting an "Incomplete".

    7. Your area's Dean must sign the Incomplete Grade Contract.

    8. Once the student has completed the course, you can fill out a Grade Change Request form using the red “LMC Faculty Forms” tile in InSite and indicate “completed work” as your reason.

     

    Note: The contract is due no later than one week after the incomplete grade has been assigned.

    Note: Under no circumstances can you assign an incomplete grade without communication from the student.

     

     

  • Instructional Areas Personnel List
    Department/Area Name Title Phone # Email
    Art, Drama, and Journalism Cesar Reyes Lab Coordinator, Sr. (925)-473-7826 creyes@losmedanos.edu
    Biology Lab (Brentwood) Sandhya Bhatnagar Science Lab Coordinator, Sr. (925)-476-9065 sbhatnagar@losmedanos.edu
    Biology Lab (Pittsburg) Jenifer Fay
    Julie Lucca    		 Science Lab Coordinator, Sr.
    Science Lab Coordinator    		 (925)-473-7694
    (925)-473-7693    		 jfay@losmedanos.edu
    jlucca@losmedanos.edu
    Center for Academic Support Sandra Mills Program Coordinator, Sr. (925)-473-7591 smills@losmedanos.edu
    Chemistry Lab (Pittsburg) Julie Hubbard Science Lab Coordinator, Sr. (925)-473-7700 jhubbard@losmedanos.edu
    Child Study Center Angela Fantuzzi
    LMC Preschool
    Enrollment Desk    		 Director of Child Study Center
    LMC Preschool
    Enrollment Desk    		 (925)-473-7628
    (925)-473-7635
    (925)-473-7540    		 afantuzzi@losmedanos.edu
    EMS Lab Gretchen Medel Lab Coordinator (925)-473-7751 gmedel@losmedanos.edu
    English Tennille McEwen Computer Lab Coordinator (925)-473-7869 tmcewen@losmedanos.edu
    ETEC/PTEC Buzz (Sebastian) Enea Instructional Assistant (925)-473-7728 senea@losmedanos.edu
    Foster & Kinship Care Ed. Program Trudi Scampani  College Program Assistant, V (925)-473-7636 tscampini558@losmedanos.edu
    Inst. Tech Training & Development Courtney Diputado Technology Training and Development Coordinator (925)-473-7712 cdiputado@losmedanos.edu
    Library Christina Goff
    Catt Wood (Brentwood)
    Teresa Ferguson (Pittsburg)    		 Library Director
    Library Technician, Sr.
    Library Technician, Sr.    		 (925)-473-7571
    (925)-476-9080
    (925)-473-7568    		 cgoff@losmedanos.edu
    cwood@losmedanos.edu
    tferguson@losmedanos.edu
    Math Abigail Duldulao Administrative Assistant, III (pm) (925)-473-7660 aduldulao@losmedanos.edu
    Math Lab (Brentwood) Joghinda Gangar Math Lab Coordinator (925)-476-6925 jgangar@losmedanos.edu
    Math Lab (Pittsburg) Myles Crain Math Lab Coordinator, Sr. (925)-473-7662 mcrain@losmedanos.edu
    MESA Abigail Duldulao Administrative Assistant, III (am) (925)-473-7660 aduldulao@losmedanos.edu
    Music & Recording Arts Aaron Nakaji Music Lab Coordinator (925)-473-7805 anakaji@losmedanos.edu
    Nursing Maryanne Hicks
    Erika Messenger    		 Associate Dean of Nursing 
    Administrative Assistant, III    		 (925)-473-7766
    (925)-473-7756    		 mhicks@losmedanos.edu
    emessenger@losmedanos.edu
    Office of Instruction A'kilah Smith
    Sheri Woltz
    Irene Sukhu
    Eileen Valenzuela
    Grace Villegas
    Dennis Franco
    Tanita Richardson
    Rachel Anicetti
    Michele Laruta
    Nicole Trager
    Lyssa Shabusheva    		 Vice President of Instruction, Interim
    Administrative Assistant, Sr., Interim
    Academic Scheduling Specialist, Sr.
    Office of Instruction Supervisor
    Curriculum Management Specialist 
    Dean of Instruction
    Administrative Assistant, III
    Dean of Instruction, Interim
    Administrative Assistant, III
    Dean of Instruction
    Administrative Assistant, III    		 (925)-473-7401
    (925)-473-7806
    (925)-473-7408
    (925)-473-7406
    (925)-473-7407
    (925)-473-7410
    (925)-473-7424
    (925)-473-7443
    (925)-473-7319
    (925)-473-7404
    (925)-473-7409    		 asmith@losmedanos.edu
    swoltz@losmedanos.edu
    isukhu@losmedanos.edu
    evalenzuela@losmedanos.edu
    gvillegas@losmedanos.edu
    dfranco@losmedanos.edu
    tarichardson@losmedanos.edu
    ranicetti@losmedanos.edu
    mlaruta@losmedanos.edu
    ntrager@losmedanos.edu
    eshabusheva@losmedanos.edu
    Physical Sciences Lab (Brentwood) Tuvshin Nanzad Science Lab Technician (925)-473-6400 tnanzad@losmedanos.edu
    Physical Sciences Lab (Pittsburg) TBD TBD TBD TBD
    Vocational Technology Lab Clark Muir (day)
    Sourosh Faridehrani (evening)    		 Vocational Equipment Technician
    Vocational Equipment Assistant    		 (925)-473-7741
    (925)-473-7741    		 cmuir@losmedanos.edu
    sfaridtehrani@losmedanos.edu
    Workforce & Eco Development Bill Bankhead Manager, Workforce & Eco Development (925)-473-7415 bbankhead@losmedanos.edu
  • Office Hours

      Office Hours Guidelines for all

    1. Office hours are to be scheduled in the same manner that load is
    scheduled, with the understanding that office hours are designed to benefit and assist students and that arbitrary rearrangement of hours to accomplish other objectives is not desirable.

    2. Any faculty member may designate up to 1 hour of regular office hours as an “on-line office hour.”

    3. Faculty teaching online courses may, at their option, hold scheduled office hours online in the same ration as their online courses are to their total semester load.

    Office Hours Guidelines for Full-Time Faculty

    1. Required five (5) Scheduled office hours per week.

    2. Scheduled no more than one and one-half (1 1/2) hour per day.

    3. Optional one half (1/2) per week unscheduled for electronic communications with students and other work with students outside of class.

    Office Hours Guidelines for Part-Time Faculty

    1. Required to hold regularly scheduled office hours in proportion to their teaching assignments: one hour per week for every 20% load, rounded to the nearest half hour, up to a maximum of 5 office hours. 

    How to submit your Office Hours

    1. Open Jotform or scroll below.

    2. Fill out the requested information. Use your loadsheet as a reference. 

    Note: The time entry uses Military Time.  If your office hour is at 6pm, you will enter 18:00. Please  do not use the 12 hour clock, or your students will be waiting for you at 6am. 

    Note: Reach out to your Department Chair, or Dean, for assistance with your load, or check out the Load Sheet Tutorial. 

    Note: If you are unsure of which space is available for use to hold Office Hours, please contact your Department Chair. 

    Note: If your submission is incorrect, or you require an update, please email OfficeofInstruction@losmedanos.edu with the new information, and please let us know if it is a complete overwrite, or an addition to your submitted hours. 

     

    View your entry below:

  • Substitution

    Human Resources Procedure 2090.06

    Faculty who anticipate an absence must immediately advise an appropriate manager of the college.  Absent faculty are
    expected to provide assignments for those class sessions to be missed.

    How to fill out a Substitution TimeCard

    1. Add your name, starting with your LAST name. 

    2. Enter your ID.

    3. Provide the Month/year during which you are submitting the TimeCard.

    4. Choose LMC on the top right corner. 

    5. For service performed, always choose "Substitute (Hourly) for".

    6. Provide the name of the person you are substituting for, starting with the LAST name.

    7. Add the course prefix (Ex. MATH-110)

    8. Add course section # (Ex. 5638)

    9. List the days of the week the class runs, and you substituted during. (Ex. M, T, W, Th, F, S)

    10. List the exact time during which class is in session. Breaks are to be excluded. 

    11. Enter the month during which you substituted.

    12. Position number, commonly referred to as "PID" can be obtained by request to the Office of Instruction, or
    by using the PID Calculator. 

    13. Find the date when you performed the substitution, and under it, enter the exact amount of hours you substituted in decimal point. Make sure you add the total hours on the far right. 

    14. Sign and date the TimeCard.

    15. Email the TimeCard to the Office of Instruction for processing. 

     

  • Syllabus

    Upload Guide

    1. Open the LMC Faculty Syllabi Sharepoint

    2. Log in using your District 4CD email

    3. Select the applicable Academic Year folder

    4. Upload your syllabus 

    Note: you must correctly name your document to avoid confusion.  
    Please title your syllabus file using the following format:

    PREFIX-COURSENUMBER-SECTION LastName, FirstName TERMYear

    Example: MATH-010-1147 Brown, Casey FA24

    Checklist, Index, & Examples

    First Day Handouts (Syllabus) Checklist & Index

    Check out examples of syllabus from our faculty:

    Paula Gunder, ESL FA23

  • Time Cards

    Please download, fill, sign, and submit the timecards to officeofinstruction@losmedanos.edu soon after completing the services. 

    Types of Time Cards available:

    1. Substitution

    2. Other Academic Service (Must also submit a Time & Effort Log)

    3. Professional Expert (Must also submit a Time & Effort Log)

    4. Student Worker 

    5. Time & Effort Log

    Note: Time Cards submitted after the 15th of each month may not be processed until after the current pay cycle.

  • Personnel Hiring and Faculty Evaluation Information & Forms

      Personnel Forms and Hiring Information

    Evaluation Information and Forms

     

  • 25 Live

    Signing into 25Live:

    Log into InSite​
    Click on the 25Live Tile​
    Click Sign-in and go to the Dashboard.​
    Search for locations (naming conventions, specific days, etc.)​
    Submit an Event Request​
    Fill in the form​
    Change status to "tentative"​

    Note: if the event stays as "Draft", the approvers are not notified, and your request will not be reviewed.

    Approvers & Areas

    Room Approver
    All LMC classrooms & All BRT (including classrooms, labs, and conference rooms) Irene Sukhu
    LMC Conference rooms (L109, L106, L105, SS3-332, SS4-409 etc.)​
    *Student Union conference rooms require a different reservation process    		 Mika Sugahara
    English Area (CC2-280 laptop cart, CC2-281 computer lab, CC2-283 computer lab, and CC2-293 part-time office) Tennille McEwen
    Student Union 2nd Floor Student Life Conference Room (SU2-231) Robert Delgado
    Professional Development Room (LIB-215) Justin Nogarr
    Library Computer Labs (LIB-213 & 214) Teresa Ferguson
    Recital Hall (MU3-720) Aaron Nakaji
    Student Success Center (computer lab CO-200) Letta Greene

     

 
Frequently Accessed Information

1. United Faculty Collective Bargaining Agreement 2022-2025

2. Faculty Handbook 2024-25

3. Adjunct Faculty Handbook, 4th Edition. 

4. Academic Calendar 2024-2025

5. Load Sheet Tutorial

6. Resource Allocation Process (RAP)

7. Sharepoint