Section II

3.7.3. The institution provides evidence of ongoing professional development of faculty as teachers, scholars, and practitioners.

Northeast Alabama Community College demonstrates compliance in the engagement of faculty in ongoing professional development. Goal Four of the college mission includes the provision for professional development opportunities for faculty. Instructors are afforded professional development opportunities through workshops scheduled both locally and by the Alabama College System. In addition, faculty receive strong support for independent professional development activities undertaken individually or with colleagues, as encouraged by State Board of Education Policy 612.01 and evidenced by approved leave requests and faculty reports of individual professional development activities (Table 5).

Professional development days are identified within the college calendar. A total of five days are scheduled for academic year 2003-2004. Five to eight days have been scheduled yearly over the past decade (Table 1). Both local and Alabama College System professional development programs are consistently represented. System professional development is coordinated by the Alabama College Association (ACA) and conducted at a centralized location, such as Birmingham. Workshop topics offered by ACA for November 2003 included Reaffirmation of Accreditation, ADHD in Adults, Adult Basic Education, Retention, Distance Education Programs, Teaching Using Technology, The One-Stop Career Center, Improving Student Outcomes, Planning College Events, and Career Training.

Scheduled Professional Development Days, 1990-2004
Year	Local Professional Development Days	State Professional Development Days
1990-1991	Sept. 4	Nov. 19-20-21
1991-1992	Sept. 5, Jun 1-2-3	Nov. 25-26-27
1992-1993	Sept. 3, Mar 31, Apr 1-2	Nov. 23-24-25
1993-1994	Sept. 2, Mar 10, Jun 2	Nov. 22-23-24
1994-1995	Sept. 1, Mar 9, Jun 1	Nov. 21-22-23
1995-1996	Aug. 31, Mar 7, May 30	Nov. 20-21-22
1996-1997	Sept. 4-5, Mar 6	Nov. 25-26-27
1997-1998	Sept. 4, May 28	Nov. 24-25, May 1
1998-1999	Aug. 19, Jan 6	Oct. 29-30, Mar 24-25-26
1999-2000	Aug. 18, Jan 5	Oct. 29, Mar 21-22-23
2000-2001	Aug. 21, Mar 19	Mar. 20, 21, 22, 23
2001-2002	Aug. 21, Jan 2, Mar 18, May 23	Mar. 19, 20, 21, 22
2002-2003	Aug. 19, Jan 2, Mar 17	Nov. 25-26-27
2003-2004	Aug. 18, Jan 5	Nov. 24-25-26
Source: NACC college calendars of respective years

The college Professional Development Committee, charged with designing local professional development programs, was initiated during the 2002-2003 academic year (Table 2). Prior to the inception of this committee, local activities were planned by administrative personnel. The Professional Development Committee, chaired by a faculty member, includes six faculty members, both academic and technical, as well as one representative each from administration and staff. In making plans for upcoming activities, the committee takes into account the current needs of faculty as well as the faculty evaluation of the previous year’s activities (Table 4). As a result of excellent planning, the committee has coordinated a technology fair and workshops on Access, Excel, PowerPoint, and e-mail management (Table 3).

Membership of Professional Development Committee 2003-2004
Name	Position
Burke, Dr. Joe	Dir Admissions and Student Services
Bruce, Donna	Nursing Instructor
Dobbs, Kathy	Speech Instructor
Griggs, Nancy	Administrative Assistant
Knox, Dr. Dan (Chair)	Music Instructor, Band Director
Patterson, Denise	Biology Instructor
Reeves, Joan	English Instructor, Div Chair, Student Activities Coordinator
Wootten, Roger	EMS Instructor & Coordinator
Source: Fall 2003 Committee Listings, Asst. to Dean of Instruction

Recent Institutional Professional Development Activities
Date of Activity	Description	Provider
March 19, 2002	Demonstration of Distance Learning (video teleconferencing) equipment	Mark Camp, Jacksonville State University
March 19, 2002	"Hispanics in Northeast Alabama and Hispanic Culture"	Hernán Prada, Alabama Latin American Association
March 21, 2002	"Using Technology in Education"	Bruce Kuerten and John DiJulio, Auburn University Department of Telecommunications and Educational Television
March 17, 2003	Technology Fair · VideoTeleconferencing · Grant Opportunities · Wireless Projectors/Smart Boards · Blackboard (A Platform for Development of Online Course) · Flat Panel Plasma Displays · Individual Demonstrations · Question & Answer Session	Daniel Communications
March 25, 2003	Reaffirmation of Accreditation Orientation	Martha Banks, Accreditation Liaison
January 5, 2004	Access Workshop	Jeannie Woods, Office of College and High School Relations
January 5, 2004	Excel Workshop	Robert Davis, Division of Business and Computer Science
January 5, 2004	PowerPoint Workshop	Julia Everett, Director, Learning Resources Center
January 5, 2004	E-mail Workshop	Sam Dobbs, Office of Technology Support
January 5, 2004	Demonstration of PLATO Learning System	Dr. Ruth Culver, PLATO Learning System
Source: Documentation on file in Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Faculty Evaluation of Recent On-Campus Professional
Development Activities
Demo of Distance Learning Equipment
March 19, 2002
Item	strongly agree		agree					neutral		disagree					strongly disagree
Addressed a valid issue	10		5					0		0					0
Presentation was effective	5		9					0		0					0
Was a good use of our professional development time	5		8					1		0					0
"Hispanics in Northeast Alabama and Hispanic Culture"
March 19, 2002
Item	strongly agree		agree					neutral		disagree					strongly disagree
Addressed a valid issue	11		6					0		0					0
Presentation was effective	10		5					1		0					1
Was a good use of our professional development time	6		9					0		0					0
"Using Technology in Education"
March 21, 2002
Item		strongly agree		agree					neutral		disagree			strongly disagree
Addressed a valid issue		7		9					1		0			0
Presentation was effective		5		9					1		1
Was a good use of our professional development time		5		9					1		1			0
Technology Fair
March 17, 2003
Item		strongly agree				agree		neutral				disagree	strongly disagree
Presentation was effective		3				3		0				1	0
Was a good use of our professional development time		3				3		2				1	0
Reaffirmation of Accreditation Orientation
March 25, 2003
Item		strongly agree			agree		neutral					disagree	strongly disagree
Addressed a valid issue		16			2		0					0	0
Presentation was effective		15			2		0					0	0
Was a good use of our professional development time		14			3		0					0	0
Source: Office of Institutional Effectiveness, Faculty Survey 2003

Following is a listing of Year 2002-2003 individual professional development activities, assembled from approved leave requests and survey of faculty:

Northeast Alabama Community College

Sample Off-Campus Professional Development Activities, 2002-2003

ACA Human Resource Management, Diversity Conference

ACARNEP Fall Meeting (Nursing)

ACSDRA Executive Committee Meeting (Nursing)

ADLC Steering Committee

Alabama Association of Foreign Language Teachers Conference

Alabama Board of Nursing, Fall Summit

Alabama College Association Conference

Alabama Community College Leadership Academy

Alabama Humanities Foundation Luncheon

Alabama Industrial Development Training Workshop

Alabama Student Loan Workshop

Alabama Student Nurses Association Convention

ALAIR Workshop

All-USA Academic Team Workshop

American Lung Association of Alabama

ARC Telecommunications Workshop

Associate Degree Nursing Annual Retreat

Bank Seminar

Bibliographic Training Workshop

Bibliographic User Group Meeting

Board of Directors Alabama League for Nursing Meeting

Chancellor’s Awards Banquet

Data Managers Meeting

Dean of Student Affairs Meeting

Diagnosis & Management of Respiratory Disease

Distance Learning Conference

DPE Management Information Workshop

EDAA Winter Conference

EMS Education Committee Meeting/Medications Control

English & Communications Workshop

Fast Track Training (EMS)

Financial Aid Workshop

GED Examiners' Workshop

International Association of Jazz Educators Conference

International Student Advisors Workshop (DPE)

KHEAA Loan Program Workshop

Library Collection Development Workshop

Library Management Network (LMN) Meeting

LMN Board Meeting

LMN Cataloging Workshop

LMN Executive Committee

Meeting with Athens State personnel

Microsoft Workshop

MIS Meeting with DPE personnel

North Ala Industrial Dev Task Force Meeting

Nursing Legal Issues

OSHA Safety Training

Postsecondary Diversity Conference

Records Disposal Authority Meeting

Research Associates Grant Development Workshop

Revised EMS Protocol Roll-out

SACS Commission on Colleges Annual Meeting

SACS Commission on Colleges Leadership Orientation

SACS Commission on Colleges Regional Meeting

Scholar's Bowl Meeting

Sigma Kappa Delta National Board

Student Database Workshop

Test Construction & Evaluation

Title IV Institutional Responsibility Workshop

Training Expo (Nursing)

Training for Business and Industry Meeting

Training for Business and Industry Network Conference

TYCA-Southeast Conference

UA Transfer Luncheon

Wireless Equipment Training Conference

Source: Approved professional development leave requests and faculty survey April 2003; Office of Institutional Effectiveness

During Fall Semester 2003-2004, planning efforts of the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) Development Committee led to the institution’s membership in the National Association of Developmental Education, including individual memberships for the members of the QEP committee as well as the college president, Dr. David Campbell. Two faculty members will attend the 2004 NADE conference scheduled for March 10-14 in St. Louis. In addition, three faculty members joined the Alabama Association of Developmental Education and attended the annual conference held November 5-7, 2003, in Mobile. The QEP committee worked with the college Professional Development Committee to organize a workshop about the PLATO Learning System, which is under consideration as a component of the QEP, the focus of which is the creation of a program for the promotion of success of students in developmental studies.