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Cabrillo College Staff Development, under the coordination of the Teaching & Learning Center offers faculty, staff and administrators activities and resources for professional development. The Staff Development Committee oversees Flex Week.

What is Flex Week?
The flex calendar affords faculty the time and format in which to examine instructional concerns outside the traditional classroom setting. It offers an appropriate prelude to the school year as well as a checkpoint between semesters to refresh our sense of educational mission. The flex calendar is posted online and distributed in print format. Read the Frequently Asked Questions.

Required flex time:
Faculty may fulfill their flex requirement by attending workshops on flex days, participating in advisement at registration, or performing individual projects on designated flex days. Any exceptions to this policy must be approved by your Division Dean.*

Full-time faculty have a minimum time commitment of 24 flexible hours per year plus two fall semester mandatory days and one spring semester mandatory day.

Partial contract faculty are required to participate in a specific number of days, which is prorated on a percentage basis of an individual's contract. Adjunct faculty are required to participate in at least one hour of flex activity per teaching unit each semester.

For more information, contact: Francine Van Meter, Director, Teaching & Learning Center - (831)479-5030

* State FLEX guidelines prohibit carry over of FLEX hours from year to year. In other words, they cannot be banked.

Staff Development Forms

[Most PDF forms can be filled out online and printed out for signatures]

Flex Forms

• Flex Agreement Form [Can be filled out online and printed out]
• Individualized Flex Agreement Form [Can be filled out online and printed out]

Conference Attendance Request Form

• Conference Attendance Request Form [Excel]
  click on red FORMS and select
  Conference Attendance and Reimbursement

Interested in Participating as a Flex Presenter?

Preparing a presentation can require considerable preparation time. Faculty who conduct on-campus workshops as their flex activity will receive two hours flex credit for every hour of presentation time.

Guidelines for Flexible Calendar

Approved Program Activities

See page 15 of the Chancellor's Office Guidelines
California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office, Flex Calendar Guidelines [Full text]

Education code

California Code of Regulations
To get to the Ed Code regarding the Flex Calendar, follow this path: California Code of Regulations > Title 5 > Division 6 > Chapter 6 > Subchapter 8 > Article 2. Flexible Calendar

Staff Development Resources

Faculty Association for the California Community Colleges (FACCC) 

Foundation for the California Community Colleges

California Community College Chancellor's Office -Instructional Programs and Services Unit

California Community College Council for Staff and Organizational Development (4C/SD)

@ONE- Professional Development Resources for California Community College Educators