Training/Faculty Development/Course Modification/Course Development Sample Clauses

Training/Faculty Development/Course Modification/Course Development. A. The College shall provide periodic general training for the various DE formats for faculty on all campuses. B. The College Distance Education Committee shall be charged with establishing guidelines to determine the level of technological proficiency required by a faculty member in order to teach a course in any one of the DE formats. C. From January 1, 1999 through August 31, 2006, a pilot project shall be created to encourage faculty to develop synchronous and asynchronous courses and other innovative technological instructional materials/tools. Under this pilot project the following provisions shall be instituted: 1. The first time a faculty member is selected to teach a synchronous or asynchronous DE course, he/she shall receive three (3) credit hours of either release time or overload compensation the semester prior to the DE assignment for the purposes of training and/or course modification. Such training may also include proficiency training for the DE format of the course. 2. Under Article V,D, 5 up to $10,000 per year of the total amount allotted to Faculty Development and Retraining Leaves shall be set aside for faculty members to take courses pursuant to each applicant's plan to enable said applicant to teach or develop DE courses. Tuition for courses taken for this approved purpose shall be reimbursed at the 100% level.