Publications and Forms
If you have trouble accessing any of the forms below. Please contact Dena Whipple at dena.whipple@sunyorange.edu or (845) 341-4313.
How to Access Sources of Funding for Professional Development
Are you looking for resources to fund your professional development but are not sure how to proceed? The following is a summary of funding sources already available at SUNY Orange. The Faculty and Staff Development Committee (FSDC) oversees Hariman Grant for capital equipment purchases and grants for courses taken outside SUNY Orange. Tuition waivers are available for classes at SUNY Orange. Check each form for more information, eligibility, deadlines and contact information. To help find a funding source answer the questions below or follow the flowchart attached here (pdf).
Do you need funds for personal development (i.e. conferences or course work) or for a student-related project?
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT FORMS
Would you like to attend a conference or take a course?
Conferences
To apply for funding to attend a conference fill out the SUNY Orange Conference Funding Request forms (pdf or rtf) (also available on the campus Webshare in Academic Affairs). This form is used to request funds from your department. Once department funds have been exhausted, you can use the same form to request additional funds from your AVP or VP.
Coursework
For funding to take a course contact the Faculty and Staff Development Committee (FSDC) and fill out a Coursework Funding application. Full-time, permanent faculty and staff are eligible for up to $1,000 per year for course work. See the application form for full guidelines.
SUNY Orange Courses
- Faculty, staff, chairmen and adjuncts are eligible for tuitions waivers for SUNY Orange courses through Human Resources. Access these funds by filling out a SUNY Orange Credit or Non-credit Tuition Waiver (pdf, or rtf).
SUNY member college courses
- Use the application form B140W (MS Word file) for courses at other SUNY campuses. Complete Parts I and II fully (signatures required: applicant, Chair/Supervisor, HR and the President). Send Original and copies to the FSDC Chair. Successful applicants must notify the FSDC Chair via email when they receive their reimbursement from the "Instructing Campus."
Non-SUNY courses
- Application Form fillable pdf (updated August 2010)
- Professional Development Report fillable pdf (updated August 2010)
STUDENT-RELATED PROJECTS
You have two options to get funding for a student-related project depending on what you need to purchase. Does your project require the purchase of captial items (>$500)?
Harriman Grant Form
To purchase capital equipment for student use contact the Faculty and Staff Development Committee and fill out an application for a Harriman Grant.
- Harriman Grant application fillable pdf (updated August 2010)
Learning Innovation Grant
To fund a student-related project that does not require capital equipment apply for a Learning Innovation Grant through the CTL.
CTL Library
The CTL is developing a lending library. Please come in to browse! Also, if you have any books on teaching and learning that you would like to donate to the library we would be happy to keep them here. Books can be checked out through the library.
CTL Newsletter
Volume 1 Issue 2
Volume 1 Issue 1
Volume 2 Issue 1
Mapping a Route to Differentiated Instruction
While developed for K-12, Differentiated Instruction offers an intriguing approach for working with highly diverse classes—like the ones here at OCCC. See what you think!
Advice on Learning for Students
Robert Leamnson's fine article about learning. It is written for students but it is a nice reminder for faculty about how students learn.
Faculty and Staff Professional Development Needs Assessment Survey
The CTL task force created an online survey in the spring of 2006 to gauge what offerings the CTL should begin with in fall 2006. The results of the survey are in PDF or plain text format.
Results
Powerpoint Presentation
Summary of the Senior Faculty Mentoring Workshop May 31, 2006
One of the main initiatives of the Center for Teaching and Learning in 2006/2007 is to support new faculty and chairs through a mentoring program. In order to help define this program, all senior faculty members (full and associate professors) were invited to reflect on the teaching tradition at SUNY Orange and give ideas for how this tradition can best be passed on. This report summarizes the discussions held by those who attended the Senior Faculty Mentoring Workshop on May 31, 2006
Summary of Center for Teaching and Learning Focus Groups-Spring 2006
The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) was a new initiative at Orange County Community College for spring 2006. During that first semester, feedback was gathered from the college community to guide the development of the new CTL. An online survey was distributed college-wide to gather information about what general kinds of professional development opportunities people were most interested in (results of this survey are available at sunyorange.edu). A group of people who took the online survey volunteered to be interviewed further to gain a more detailed view of what they thought an effective CTL at SUNY Orange would look like. This report is a summary of the responses from three focus groups.