We are POD.
We support you so that you can support our students.

Current Events & Professional Development Highlights for All Employee Groups 

• ACUE: Fostering a Culture of Belonging & Effective Teaching Practices- Fall 2024
• Spring 2025 Flex Day - Coming Soon!
• The Mt. SAC Podcast
• CCCCO's Anti-Racist Curriculum: Implicit Bias and Cultural Competency
• Center for Organizational Responsibility and Advancement (CORA) Courses for Mt. SAC Employees
• CCC | DEI Playlist 2024
• The New Employee Success Program (Mentoring)
  Coming Soon!
• The Presenter's Resource Guide
• SanFACC Mentor Program

Something for Everyone

• Professional Development Committees: 
  • Classified Professional Development Committee (CPDC); 
  • Faculty Professional Development Council (FPDC)
  • Management Professional Development Committee (MPDC)
• Captioning & Accessibility
• Employee Technology Skills Guides
• Employee Wellness
• Faculty Toolkits
• Mt. SAC Library Research Guides
• Why Professional Development?
• Old POD Calendar System
• The Presenter's Resource Guide
• Professional Development Plan (2022-24)
• Resources for Teaching & Working Remotely
• Schedule a POD Event 
• Qualtrics (Surveys)
• VOICES (Employee Recognition)

Our new Self-Paced Trainings and Playlists page is a great place to find new playlists catered for Mt. SAC employees. Some our current content includes:

• CCCCO's 2024 DEI Playlists
• Center for Organizational Responsibility and Advancement (CORA) Certificate Courses
• Starting with A.I.
• Applications Playlist Training
  
  • Microsoft (Word, Excel, Outlook)
  • Adobe
  • Smartsheet
• Time, Task, and Project Management
• And more will be added soon!

You can click here to access the dedicated POD Self-Paced Trainings and Playlists page.

Resources for Advancing Professional Skills & Opportunities

• Professional Growth Benefit Application (.pdf)
• Captioning & Accessibility
• Classified Professional Development Committee (CPDC)
• Employee Technology Skills Guides
• Employee Wellness
• Microsoft OneDrive and OneNote CPD Day Training Recording
• Request Funding for Classified Conference and Travel
• New Employee Reference Guide 2023-2024
• The New Employee Success Program (Mentoring)
  Coming Soon!

Resources for Instructional Excellence & Innovation

• ACUE's Effective Teaching Practices 2024-2025
• 7 Things You Should Know About Generative Ai (Educause)
• Equity-Minded Curriculum Cohort (EMCC)
• Adjunct Faculty Resources (Coming Soon) 
• Distance Learning Faculty Resources
• Faculty Center for Learning Technology Website (FCLT)
• Spring 2025 Flex Day - Coming Soon!
• FCLT Weekly Blog
• Faculty Professional Development Council (FPDC)
• Faculty Toolkits
• New Faculty Seminar 2024-25
• The New Employee Success Program (Mentoring)
• Coming Soon!
• Professional Growth Forms & Info
  (PGI & PGH)
• SPOT Training Compensation 
• SPOT Recertification
• Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

Resources for Leadership Growth Development 

• ACUE's Fostering a Culture of Belonging
• 2024-25 Professional Development Reimbursement Application
• 529 Educational Savings Plan Reimbursement Application
• Management e-Learning Modules
• The Management Essentials Canvas Hub Coming Soon!
• Manager "Hi-Five" 
• Management Professional Development Committee (MPDC)
• The New Employee Success Program (Mentoring)
  Coming Soon!
• Unused Management Conference & Travel Funds Transfer