Instructional Improvement (Flex)
Instructional Improvement (Flex) is required for all faculty with teaching assignments.
This requirement is based upon activities that faculty complete in lieu of instruction
for the days/weeks that classes would have been in session were the district not on
a 16-week compressed calendar (see Title 5, section 55724).
Recent changes to the faculty CBA (effective January 1, 2024) are outlined here:
- Contract faculty are required to complete 20-hours of flex per academic year
- Part-time faculty are required to complete flex hours based on the percentage of FTEF
they are teaching (roughly translating to the number of hours taught during the week)
- Part-time faculty complete their flex requirement each semester
- Part-time faculty who teach classes that are less than the regular term (8-week, 15-week,
etc.) are now required to complete flex and are compensenated accordingly
- Flex hours are required for overload assignments
To view your Flex contract, register for workshops, submit an independent project,
and find more information about Flex, please visit the District's Instructional Improvement (Flex) website. You can also login via your mySDCCD portal using the right hand navigation
Submit an Activity
Submit this form to add your professional learning activity to the District Flex calendar
and the Professional Learning Google calendar. Instructional improvement activities
(flex) are open to all employees at the college.
Upon submission of the form you will receive a confirmation email from Professional
Learning containing the flex number and other event details. Please note that flex
activities may take up to 5 days to be created. If you require immediate assistance,
or have questions about how to complete the form please call or email Justin Bigley, Administrative Assistant III, or Marco Anzures, Professional Learning Coordinator.
Submit Flex
All approved flex activities will have a five digit flex number associated with them
and appear in the flex system and our Professional Learning calendar.
Activities that count towards instructional improvement may include (per Title 5,
Section 55724):
- Course instruction and evaluation;
- Staff Development, in-service training and Instructional improvement;
- Program and course curriculum or learning resource development and evaluation;
- Student personnel services;
- Learning resource services;
- Related activities such as student advising, student orientation, matriculation services,
and student, faculty and staff diversity;
- Departmental meeting, conferences, workshops, and Institutional Research;
- Other duties as assigned by the district;
- The necessary supporting activities for above.
Add a Project for Flex
Independent projects can be any outside professional learning actitivy that meets
one or more of the nine (9) Title V Activity (55724) categories. You may submit an
independent project for flex credit through the
District Flex website. Please adhere to the deadlines for completion of your project. Professional Learning
faculty member, Don Long, coordinates the approvals and communications for independent
projects. Email Don at
[email protected].
We Are Here for You
General Help
If you are to require further assistance or have any questions regarding flex activities
please contact Marco Anzures, Professional Learning Coordinator, at [email protected].
You can also view:
Need Help Logging In?
To view your Flex contract, register for workshops, submit an independent project,
and find more information about Flex, please visit the District's Instructional Improvement (Flex) website. You can also login via your mySDCCD portal using the right hand navigation.
Please contact our District representative, Eli Jed Manalastas, Administrative Technician,
at [email protected]
Include your CSID a brief description of your issue in the body of the email.
All approved flex activities will have a five digit flex number associated with them
and appear in the flex system and our Professional Learning calendar.
Activities that count towards instructional improvement may include (per Title 5,
Section 55724):
- Course instruction and evaluation;
- Staff Development, in-service training and Instructional improvement;
- Program and course curriculum or learning resource development and evaluation;
- Student personnel services;
- Learning resource services;
- Related activities such as student advising, student orientation, matriculation services,
and student, faculty and staff diversity;
- Departmental meeting, conferences, workshops, and Institutional Research;
- Other duties as assigned by the district;
- The necessary supporting activities for above.
Contract Faculty
Yes, if the event or workshop you attended was in the same academic year in which
you need to claim flex credit.
Part-Time Faculty
Yes, if the event or workshop you attended was in the same semester that you are teaching you can receive credit.
All Faculty
Activities completed during the period between the Spring semester Flex deadline and
the fiscal year deadline (June 30) will not count towards Flex for either the previous
or upcoming year.
