Overview
Los Rios is pleased to announce that instructional faculty will continue to have the opportunity to expand their expertise in online teaching by completing Foundations 2.0. In this program, faculty can choose from two compensation options: earning units for class salary advancement or accruing college service hours. It's your choice!
Building upon Foundations 1.0, Foundations 2.0 courses will help you further develop your online courses by developing a comprehensive plan for an online or hybrid course that demonstrates the following outcomes:
- Culturally responsive, equitable, and inclusive engagement, design, and pedagogy
- Best practices in formative and summative online assessments
- Universal design for learning principles and accessibility
- Strategies for regular and substantive interaction and contact with and among students
- Effective course design to support students through their entire learning experience
| Compensation Option for 40-Hour Training | Full-Time Faculty | Part-Time Faculty |
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Class Salary Advancement Units*
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Eligible
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Eligible
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| College Service Hours |
Eligible
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Not Eligible
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* Faculty may earn up to six (6.0) units of class salary advancement per semester.
Prequalification for the class salary advancement is not required, as the district has pre-approved the Foundations 2.0 courses. Class salary advancement is applied only once per year. Individuals who complete before August 12 will advance in the salary schedule in the Fall if they've earned enough units.
Faculty members who successfully complete a Foundations 2.0 course at ARC, CRC, FLC, or SCC can relax – there's no need for you to initiate the salary advancement process yourself. The colleges will take care of it by providing a list of completions to the district office for processing each August.
However, for those who opt for an approved @ONE course, there's a slight difference. You will need to email your certificate of completion to San Li at lis@losrios.edu by August 12 to ensure that the units are applied to the Fall semester.
For faculty who select college service credit as your compensation option, please consult with your Department Dean for guidance on how to record your hours.
Important exception: Class Salary Advancement and College Service Credit is only available to faculty who are taking the course(s) for the first time unless the training was completed under a former management system, such as D2L.
Training Options for Foundations 2.0
Faculty from any of our colleges have the flexibility to enroll in any of the following training options. To maximize the benefits of Foundations 2.0 courses, we highly recommend completing the 15-hour Foundations 1.0 or comparable training as a prerequisite.
Online Teaching Institute (OTI)
The ARC Online Teaching Institute (OTI) helps to prepare instructors for teaching online through exploration and hands-on activities that demonstrate effective practices in online instruction. At the end of the OTI, participants will have a customized and accessible Homepage, Syllabus and Orientation Modules, Welcome Letter, and Welcome Video.
- Total Hours: 6 sessions, 70 hours
- Class Salary Advancement Units: 3.0
Training dates TBD.
Accessible Course Creation Academy
The ARC Accessible Course Creation Academy (ACCA) guides participants in creating accessible course content in their own courses. This completely online course provides a thorough explanation of accessibility within online, hybrid, or web-enhanced courses.
- Total Hours: 4 sessions, 60 hours
- Class Salary Advancement Units: 2.0
Training dates TBD.
Assessment in Online Teaching and Learning Institute (AOTLI)
The ARC Assessment in Online Teaching and Learning Institute (AOTLI) supports instructors as they continue to build online teaching skills through exploration of the concept of assessment as a design tool to create a course centered around student learning.
- Total Hours: 40
- Class Salary Advancement Units: 1.33
Training dates TBD.
Equity and Culturally Responsive Online Teaching
The ARC Equity and Culturally Responsive Online Teaching course explores equity and culturally responsive teaching strategies to reduce the opportunity gap. Participants will have the opportunity to use the ARC Data-on-Demand Precision Campus tool to review area-specific success rate gaps as well as work with content such as ARC's commitment to social justice and equity, ARC's Institutional Equity Plan and DI reports, and USC's Equity Consciousness framework.
- Total Hours: 4 sessions, 60 hours
- Class Salary Advancement Units: 2.0
Training dates TBD.
Introduction to Course Design
The Introduction to Course Design at CRC explores universal design principles to purposefully design an engaging, high-quality online course that captures – and keeps – your students' attention.
- Total Hours: 40
- Class Salary Advancement Units: 1.33
Training dates TBD.
Advanced Techniques with Canvas
Advanced Techniques with Canvas is designed to help you make more sophisticated use of the Canvas environment to enhance student success.
- Total Hours: 40
- Class Salary Advancement Units: 1.33
Training dates TBD.
Equity and Culturally Responsive Teaching
In Equity and Culturally Responsive Teaching, participants engage in professional development with a cohort of peers exploring the role of equity and the application of Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning (CRTL) in an online environment.
- Total Hours: 40
- Class Salary Advancement Units: 1.33
Training dates TBD.
Assessment in Digital Learning
In Assessment in Digital Learning, participants engage in professional development with a cohort of peers preparing to become effective online teachers through exploration and hands-on practice at designing assessments for online courses.
- Total Hours: 40
- Class Salary Advancement Units: 1.33
Training dates TBD.
Humanizing Online Teaching and Learning
In Humanizing Online Teaching and Learning, participants engage in professional development with a cohort of peers preparing to become effective online teachers through exploration and hands-on practice at establishing their human presence and building an inclusive foundation for community in their classes.
- Total Hours: 40
- Class Salary Advancement Units: 1.33
Training dates TBD.
Creating Accessible Course Content
In Creating Accessible Course Content, participants engage in professional development focused on designing online courses that are aligned to the California Virtual Campus-Online Education Initiative's Course Design Rubric, with specific emphasis on accessibility, as outline in Section D of the rubric.
- Total Hours: 40
- Class Salary Advancement Units: 1.33
Training dates TBD.
Online Teaching Institute (OTI)
The FLC Online Teaching Institute (OTI) helps to prepare instructors for teaching online through exploration and hands-on demonstrations of effective practices in online instruction.
- Total Hours: 40
- Class Salary Advancement Units: 1.33
Training dates TBD.
Advanced Techniques with Canvas
Advanced Techniques with Canvas is designed to help you make more sophisticated use of the Canvas environment to enhance student success.
- Total Hours: 40
- Class Salary Advancement Units: 1.33
Training dates TBD.
Accessible Course Creation Academy
The course covers how to use online tools, including Canvas, to create accessible resources, remediate existing resources, and curate new resources. The focal point of the course is learning how to use editors – both in Canvas and in common software, such as Microsoft Word – to enhance accessibility.
Training dates:
- May 27 to June 23
Online Teaching and Learning Academy (OTLA) 2.0
With a focus on humanistic and culturally responsive teaching, OTLA 2.0 builds upon previous training by exploring and collaborating with peers to further develop student-centered classroom practices.
- Total Hours: 40
- Class Salary Advancement Units: 1.33
Training dates TBD.
Assessment in Digital Learning
Assessment is not just for testing anymore! This course explores the concept of assessment as a design tool that allows you to build a course centered around student learning. In this course, we'll explore a design process called the assessment loop, looking at the ways clear learning outcomes, thoughtfully designed assessments, and analysis of assessment results can help you engage your students and build a better course.
- Total Hours: 40
- Class Salary Advancement Units: 1.33
Training dates TBD.
Creating Accessible Course Content
The course covers how to use online tools, including your course management system (CMS), to create accessible resources, retrofit existing resources, and curate new resources. The focal point of the course is learning how to use editors (both in your CMS and in common software, such as Microsoft Word) to enhance accessibility.
- Total Hours: 40
- Class Salary Advancement Units: 1.33
Training dates TBD.
Introduction to Course Design
The power of an online course comes from careful planning and intentional design. Blending the concepts of backward design with universal design with hands-on practice, you'll gain mastery in the skills needed to purposefully design an engaging, high-quality online course that captures--and keeps--your students' attention. You'll leave with a robust plan and the solid foundation of your newly envisioned course.
- Total Hours: 40
- Class Salary Advancement Units: 1.33
Training dates TBD.
Equity and Culturally Responsive Online Teaching
This course will guide you through a critical journey of becoming an equity-minded educator with the goal of cultivating inclusive experiences that empower all students to achieve their full intellectual capacity. As a participant in this course, you will apply principles of Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning (CRTL) to your online course. In a collaborative peer-to-peer learning environment, you will analyze your core teaching values, interrogate your online teaching practices, and leave the course with an equity-minded syllabus and an action plan to continue to advance equity in your course and institution.
- Total Hours: 40
- Class Salary Advancement Units: 1.33
Training dates TBD.
Questions?
Contact the colleges with questions about the trainings.
- ARC: Alice Dieli, dielia@arc.losrios.edu
- CRC: Greg Beyrer, beyrerg@crc.losrios.edu
- FLC: Morgan Murphy, murphym@flc.losrios.edu
- SCC: Brian Pogue, brian.pogue@scc.losrios.edu
Contact San Li at lis@losrios.edu with general questions.