Plan for a Successful Sabbatical or Fellowship

1. Plan for a Successful Sabbatical or Fellowship Professional Development Field Study Travel Research Formal Study Creative Project

2. Sabbaticals • One-semester paid leave • Applications will be evaluated using a single blind review process • District funds at least 8 sabbaticals per year Full time Faculty with at least 6 years of full time service. Who is eligible? Authors are NOT visible to reviewers

3. Types of Sabbaticals • Professional Development Study or experience designed to improve teaching effectiveness--not possible through normal workload assignment • Formal Study Course leading to increased mastery in subject fieldor development of additional area of specialization • Independent Research, Creative Project, or Field Study A project of a scope or nature not permitted by a normal workload assignment. • Professional Travel To acquire knowledge, skills, expertise, or specialization within a discipline. NOT activities part of regular assignment: curriculum development, updating syllabi/course packet NOT! Travel unrelated to student learning or professional development

4. The Sabbatical Application • Description Provide sufficient detail for readers to understand the importance your project. What results will you accomplish? Who will benefit? • Objectives Relationship to SMCs Mission, Vision and Goals • Specific Activities or Procedures to be performed • Timeline for Completing Sabbatical Activities Should constitute one semester’s work • Specific Outcomes, Skills or Competencies to be achieved • Documentation of Outcomes

5. Check List for Proposals I removed: Proposal aligns with current College goals, program SLO’s and/or ILO’s Is your plan comprehensive yet achievable? Does it include contingencies if things do not go as planned? Benefits colleagues, department and or college at large

6. Documenting Your Activities • Diaries • Multimedia tools: Slides, films • Travel receipts • Manuscript • Production of creative work

7. Disseminating Your Results • Sabbatical Report (required) • Web Page • Presentation/workshop • Paper

8. Do’s and Do not's • Review past proposals, both successful and unsuccessful (Abstracts available on Sabbaticals website) • Meet with past sabbatical recipients • Ask your colleagues to critique your application • Do not rely heavily on others to conduct key aspects of your sabbatical work. • Do not use jargon specific to your discipline that readers may not understand

9. Timeline Spring 2016 Sabbaticals

10. Sabbatical Examples “To complete, edit, and submit for publication a manuscript of my selected poetry from 1998 to the present” and “to review most recent works on eco-critical approach to literature, with particular emphasis on poetry.”Diana Engelmann, English “To increase my understanding of Authentic Learning practices in the sciences and to develop new laboratory exercises that follow the Authentic Learning model. Authentic Learning is a pedagogical approach that describes learning by applying knowledge in real-life contexts.” Oriana Kim-Rajab, Life Sciences

11. Sabbatical Examples “To gather authentic and up-to-date materials in Japan through audio/video recordings and digital photos which are related to the teaching topics of our Japanese program as well as related to the students’ interests in contemporary and traditional Japanese culture. I plan to create my own teaching materials based on the real-life recordings I collect in Japan.”Makoto Nishikawa, Modern Languages and Cultures “To explore other college, university, and transition programs for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) around the state and create updated training materials on best practices for serving ASD students that will be shared with SMC faculty.”Lisette Rabinow-Palley, Counseling

12. Fellowships • $1500 stipend or a one-semester professional development project • Applications will be evaluated using a single blind review process • District funds up to 7 fellowships per year Full Time and Adjunct Faculty Who is eligible?

13. Types of Fellowships • New Course Development • Development of Course Materials • Research related to teaching or student services within your area of expertise

14. The Fellowship Application • Description • Why is your project important? • What results will you accomplish? • Who will benefit? • Objectives • Specific Activities or Procedures to be performed • Timeline for Completing Activities • Should constitute one semester’s work • Specific Outcomes, Skills or Competencies to be achieved • Documentation of Outcomes

15. Timeline Spring 2015-2016 Fellowships

16. Fellowship Examples “To study the mechanism of recovery of corals from bleaching events and consider genetic selection of Symbiodinium species during this recovery. This study would address unknown variable that currently cannot be considered in prediction models that look at the effect of global warming in tropical regions.” The study is to be conducted at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology.”Garen Baghdasarian, Life Sciences “To completely update the web site for the Planetarium and transfer the pages onto the new web server.” Train an individual in the use of the new CMS so that the new site can be kept updated. Simon P. Balm, Earth Science

17. Fellowship Examples “To obtain advanced training on the issue of workplace incivility and counterproductive work behaviors (CWB) by attending a 3-day intensive professional training program provided at the Workplace Bullying Institute in Washington State, to provide presentations and a resource band for students and faculty at SMC and to share this information with students and faculty.”Lisa Farwell, Psychology “To perform research at the Robert Rauschenberg archives in New York in preparation for completing a book manuscript on Rauschenberg’s 1950’s Combines.” Thomas Folland, Art

18. Fellowship Examples • “To develop computer/web-based learning materials for the students of Japanese 1 and 2, also to assess the effectiveness of these (computer, web-based tools) for student learning. Assessments will be given both during and at the end of semester(s) through the analysis of exam results and student surveys.”Yuria Hashimoto, Modern Languages and Cultures • “To create a reference catalog of photographic images that show examples of how animal bones are damaged by stone tools, by carnivores and by natural processes. These images will be used for an electronic reference catalog that will be shared with other anthropology professors.”Catherine Haradon, Earth Science/Anthropology

19. Fellowship Examples “As a participant in the Da Wang’s Art residency program in Shenzhen China to produce a series of works on paper and learn about techniques and materials that are distinct to that region.” The applicant has been invited to work in a studio setting with access to materials and studio technicians.Carlson Hatton, Art

20. For More Information • Visit the Sabbaticals Committee Website • Contact Alan Buckley, Chair Sherri Lee-Lewis, Human Resources, also a Committee Member