THE INFORMER PAGE 6

OCTOBER 4, 1989

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT

B y REID

Toward a definition of Professional
Development:

The green paper recently discussed at a college-wide
meeting has now been revised in light of the comments of
those at the meeting and at other, preliminary meetings.
The new version is printed on white paper and dated
October 89; it will be mailed to all faculty on Friday,
October 6. This draft supercedes all earlier versions.

The Faculty Development Committee asks that each
department or programme discuss this draft document,
considering its key points and attempting to answer the
discussion questions attached. Coordinators are asked to
ensure that such a discussion takes place over the next
month or so and to send to the Committee a brief reaction
to the central concepts of the document. When these
comments are collated, they will form the genesis of a
final revision of the document, producing a proposed
definition which will be sent to the Administration and to
CCFA for discussions toward implementation.

Please find a moment to read through the proposed
definition and please participate in your local discussion.
The ideas in this document may become part of a future
Collective Agreement and will, certainly, have an impact
on each of our professional lives. The Committee is most
anxious that your opinions be reflected in the document.

Conference:

A two-day conference on “Ways of Knowing” will
be held at Evergreen State College on November 2-3,
1980. This conference will be of interest to those
exploring the teaching and learning process. Sessions
include: “Knowing, Teaching and Learning in
Community,” with Parker Palmer, “The Implications of
the “Women’s Ways of Knowing Study’ for Teaching
and Learning,” with Jill Tarule, “Cross-cultural
Knowing,” and “Mind-Mapping,” among others. For
information, please consult the brochure in the PD file in
the library; please enquire at Circulation. Registration is
due by October 16; the fee is US$90.

GILBERT

Faculty, Staff and Administrative Exchange:

Our next college-wide meeting will be held October
12 at 12:30 in M101 and it will be an information meeting
about faculty, staff and administrative exchange. Plan to
attend to learn about the Community College Exchange
Programme and how to arrange an exchange for yourself.
Exchanges allow for renewal in a variety of ways: they
provide a break from routine; they offer new surroundings,
new colleagues and new ideas; they sometimes provide
access to technologies or facilities which we do not enjoy,
and they sometimes allow us to share knowledge or
technologies we do have with others who do not. People
who have been on exchange consistently report personal
and professional benefits from the experience. Have you
been considering an exchange?

Upcoming dates of interest:

~ OCTOBER 12
12:30 - 2:30 M101
Faculty Exchange: the new CCEP
programme — oe

NOVEMBER 9
-12:30- 2:30. A117
Reports from Spring PD Grant:
~ Recipients: what did they do
-with your money?