On April 9, 2019, the Board of Trustees approved the following sabbaticals that had been reviewed and selected by each college’s Professional Development committee:
Sabbatical Awarded to | College | Discipline | Proposal | Scope of Work |
Alicia Caballero-Christenson | Laney | Mexican/Latin American Studies and Ethnic Studies | Ancestral Sacred Traditions | Create a course on curanderismo, a series of workshops on healing for Laney, and build a study abroad network to study these traditions. |
Jackie Graves | Laney | English | Why We Wake Up: A Memoir | Complete revision and seek publication of her memoir that shares the near death of her sister, the untangling of family trauma, and their journey of healing. |
Scott Hoshida | BCC | English | Research to Propose Changes to PD in Peralta | Interview PD practitioners and experts in the field, develop an annotated bibliography of research, and draft and present a proposal for changes to professional development in Peralta |
Cora Leighton | BCC | Communication | Harnessing the Power of Mediated Communication to Increase Success in Online Communication Courses | Publish a Canvas Database of best practices for online communication courses; revise course outlines to reflect recent pedagogical practices in online communication courses; prepare and schedule a Flex Day Workshop on best practices in online courses that involve or could employ communication activities (in other words any course); outline the needed infrastructure, technology and staffing required to create a Communication Workshop for the future. |
Mary Shaughnessy | COA | Counseling — EOPS | Develop Proficiency in Spanish | Achieve Spanish proficiency in order to serve COA’s Latinx students and families who are undocumented. |
Stefanie Ulrey | COA | English | Create Non-Credit Transition Classes for ESOL and Bilingual Students | Research transition programs for ESOL and bilingual students, develop non-credit courses for COAs students, and launch three courses upon her return. |