Professional Learning Committee

Mission and Purpose

The Professional Learning Committee is devoted to supporting the professional learning needed for Fullerton College educators—Faculty (full-time and adjunct), Classified Professionals and Managers—to improve student success.  Professional Learning Office support should contribute to this improvement not only in individual classrooms and student support areas, but across the campus as a whole.  The Professional Learning Office believes this will best be achieved by encouraging shared learning and a culture of collaboration in order to become a truly learning-focused institution.

In order to further these goals, the Professional Learning Committee determines Professional Learning Office policies and priorities based on communication with constituent groups;  provides campus-wide staff development activities and workshops to meet identified needs; disseminates Professional Learning Office funds and facilitates shared learning following committee-funded activities;  and provides oversight and facilitates the use of the Teaching Effectiveness Center.

Chair

Cynthia Guardado
Designated as the Professional Learning Coordinator and appointed by the Faculty Senate

Meetings

Second and Fourth Thursdays
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Composition

8 Faculty Senate Representatives
2 Management Representatives
2 Classified Representatives
2 Students

Voting Members


Cynthia Guardado (Chair, on Sabbatical)
Haley Mizushima (Acting Chair)
Gita Nilkanth 
Naveen Kanal
David Jacobsen
Amber Tsung Ju Kuo
Leticia Ramirez
Pending
Pending
Dani Wilson
Angela Henderson
Carina Valencia
Pending
Pending
Pending

 

 

Faculty, Humanities
Faculty, Library
Faculty, Natural Sciences
Faculty, Physical Education
Faculty, Social Science
Faculty, Counseling/SSS
Faculty, Administration of Justice
Faculty
Faculty
Manager, Dean LLRISPS
Manager, Interim Dean Natural Sciences
Classified, LLRISPS
Classified
Student
Student

2026-2029
Fall 2026
2025-2027
2025-2027
2025-2027
2025-2027
2026-2028

Resource Members


Stephanie Cheung
Darnell Kemp

Professional Learning Office Admin II
Distance Education Director