Flex Information
The Equity and Inclusion Office coordinates professional learning and Flex activities through PDAC and LPG for Flex. Both groups are comprised of Faculty, Managers, Classified Professional and Students who review and approve all professional learning and Flex credit-eligible activities prior to implementation.
FLEX WEEK AND GROW@4CD
How to sign up for a flex workshop:
- Sign into InSite.
- Click on the "Professional Development" tile that has the "GROW@4CD" logo on it.
- Click the link for GROW@4CD
- Search for workshops in the "Workshop Calendar" under the "Learning Tab" or by title or FA23-XX identifier in the search bar.
- View Sessions and click "Request" to register.
Fall Flex 2023 Dates
- Tuesday, August 15, 2023 – Variable Day
- Wednesday, August 16, 2023 – Focused-Flex Day - 9:00 am – 1:00 pm // Flex Day (Optional)
- Thursday, August 17, 2023 – Flex Day (Optional)
- Friday, August 18, 2023 – All College Day & Department Meetings (Mandatory Faculty Service Day)
FA23-53 Focused Flex
Wednesday, August 16, 2023 -- 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Join for an interactive session building on the spring 2023 focused flex – focusing on the pedagogy of care and love.
Morning Meet & Greet/Breakfast 8:30 - 9:00 AM (optional)
More details coming soon.
Location: Student Union Conference Center
Fall 2023 Opening Day @LMC
Friday, August 18, 2023 | 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Morning Meet & Greet/Light Refreshments 8:00 - 8:30 AM (optional)
All-College Meeting 8:30 - 10:00 AM*
All-Faculty Meeting 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
The "All-College Meeting" for classified professionals, faculty, and managers is designed to:
- Kick off the new semester/academic year!
- Introduce the newest members of the LMC family.
- Update/preview key institutional initiatives.
Location: Student Union Conference Center
*In an effort to provide an opportunity for broader participation and engagement, particularly for classified professionals, departments/offices will remain closed until 10:00 AM.
Spring 2023 Focused Flex
SP23-02 LMC Success Utilizing Culturally Relevant Practices
Have you been brainstorming ways to make your learning space more culturally relevant? Curious what some of your local colleagues have been doing? Hungry for student feedback on your ideas?
Listen to this Zoom recording to learn about what LMC faculty have been doing to make their courses more engaging.
FAQs LMC Flex Information
2023-2024 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.
Fall 2023 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 Fall 2023, 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, 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.
Spring 2024 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 2024, 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.
Flex activities must be completed during the semester they are required. “C” and “A/C” contract faculty may not bank hours and use them in a different semester.
For UF-negotiated information, see lower right of calendar where the FLEX obligation for Fall and Spring semesters are outlined.Note: Non-instructional faculty (i.e., librarians and counselors) with no unit-bearing teaching load do not have a Flex obligation.
Forms
Variable Professional Learning-Flex Proposal Form - Use this form if you would like to host an activity during the semester and would like to offer Variable Flex credit (maximum 10 credits per Academic year) to faculty attendees. [Variable Flex - Instructions for Facilitators].
Special Projects Form - Use this form if you would like to attend an activity off campus or complete a special activity/project and would like to receive Variable (maximum 10 credits per academic year) Flex credit for it. The form will be sent to the Dean for their review and approval, then returned to you by your Dean for you to attach to your final report which the Dean will sign off on and return to you again. * Note in Spring 2022 we will work to revise this process through our LPG Committee.
You will attach the approved form to your Faculty Agreement form at the end of the Academic Year (Full-time faculty) and at the end of each semester (Adjunct Faculty).
Leave Request - There is a check-off box for Flex credit which the Dean can pre-approve Variable Flex credit (maximum 10 credits per Academic year) when you attend a conference off-site. The Leave Request should be submitted to your Dean.
Sign-in Sheet Template - Workshop Presenters: Have workshop participants sign-in at the activity. This sheet is used along with the required on-line registration names to verify attendance for Flex credit.
Faculty Flex Agreements
How to run a Transcript Flex Report from GROW video (4-minutes)
Submit these documents electronically to your Dean by emailing OfficeofInstruction@losmedanos.edu.
- Instructions to run your Flex Transcript in GROW @ 4CD
Contact Us
Local Planning Group for Flex (LPG) Chair, 2021-2023
Erlinda Jones, Child Development Faculty - ejones@losmedanos.edu
Equity and Inclusion Office:
Robert Delgado, Sr. Program Coordinator - PD@losmedanos.edu