Professional Development Opportunities

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25Live Basics!

Technology & Innovation PD Tired of sending countless emails back and forth trying to find a location for your event? Wondering why other people's Zoom workshops are on the campus calendars and yours is not? Join us for a hands-on workshop where you will learn to use the basics of 25Live including: Searching for a location , Booking an event , Tagging events to campus calendars , This workshop is designed for new 25Live users or users who just want a refresher on the functions of the program. (If you are new to 25Live and want to have user access, please email mmalandr@glendale.edu before the workshop so your access can be set up.). Organization: Professional Development. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Technology & Innovation. Categories: FLEX, CPGU. Which campus is your event taking place? Verdugo. Monday, March 30, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM. San Rafael Building 312.

Safe Zone Refresher Lever 1 + 2

Building Belonging PD , Safe Zone Refresher Level 1 + 2, Join us for a Safe Zone Refresher workshop designed for participants who have previously completed Level 1 and/or Level 2 training. Revisit key concepts, engage in meaningful dialogue, and strengthen your ability to support LGBTQ+ students and create inclusive, affirming spaces across campus. Organization: Pride Center. Registration Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeWaXDqqejIZ6aAtcldsxTMAFc8g2Lpdrmhh-p6mB3S_-a36w/viewform?usp=header. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Building Belonging. Categories: FLEX. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Romy Griepp-McRee. Thursday, April 2, 2026, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM. Zoom.

Innovation Expo: Info Session

Technology & Innovation PD Innovation Expo Information Session, Are you considering developing a poster presentation for the Innovation Expo on May 13, 2026?  Come to this info session to get started or just ask questions and find out more about what the innovation expo is about.   Fill out the Interest Form or check this Info Guide if you want a preview! Stay Tuned for More Events coming up to help with poster development, including some design sessions with Ann Simon! Organization: Faculty Development, Professional Development. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Technology & Innovation. Categories: FLEX. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Arpi Amirian and Tiffany Ingle. Which campus is your event taking place? Verdugo. Zoom Invite Link (if applicable): https://glendale-edu.zoom.us/j/98523315406?pwd=deFNca1sWDYQEaUx7wXWbd5w3W5jcQ.1. Thursday, April 2, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM. Sierra Vista 105 - Faculty Innovation Center, Zoom.

Insights: Where Learning Happens

Data, Feedback, & Assessment PD Insights is our new assessment tool used in Canvas. This training will provide directions on setting up assessment rubrics, scoring students, and accessing your data. All faculty must be trained because, starting in spring 2026, all courses will need to be assessed using Insights.  The outcomes for this training are as follows: Implement your assessment strategy seamlessly within Canvas. , Increase engagement between students and faculty. , Access richer, more actionable data. Organization: Student Learning Outcomes. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Data, Feedback & Assessment. Zoom Meeting Link (if applicable): https://glendale-edu.zoom.us/j/89299531265. Categories: FLEX. Zoom Invite Link (if applicable): https://glendale-edu.zoom.us/j/89299531265. Thursday, April 2, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM. Zoom.

End The Stigma-System Impacted Club

Building Belonging PD Get to know Rising Scholars Students and Program! Please join us for the opportunity for faculty and staff to gain a better understanding of our Rising Scholars Student and how stigma impacts their academic success. You will hear personal stories and how students overcame their obstacles. Organization: Rising Scholars. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Building Belonging. Categories: FLEX. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Students From SII Club. Wednesday, April 8, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. Sierra Vista Building 233.

Insights: Where Learning Happens

Data, Feedback, & Assessment PD Insights is our new assessment tool used in Canvas. This training will provide directions on setting up assessment rubrics, scoring students, and accessing your data. All faculty must be trained because, starting in spring 2026, all courses will need to be assessed using Insights.  The outcomes for this training are as follows: Implement your assessment strategy seamlessly within Canvas. , Increase engagement between students and faculty. , Access richer, more actionable data. Organization: Student Learning Outcomes. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Data, Feedback & Assessment. Zoom Meeting Link (if applicable): https://glendale-edu.zoom.us/j/89299531265. Categories: FLEX. Zoom Invite Link (if applicable): https://glendale-edu.zoom.us/j/89299531265. Wednesday, April 8, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM. Zoom.

25Live Basics!

Technology & Innovation PD Tired of sending countless emails back and forth trying to find a location for your event? Wondering why other people's Zoom workshops are on the campus calendars and yours is not? Join us for a hands-on workshop where you will learn to use the basics of 25Live including: Searching for a location , Booking an event , Tagging events to campus calendars , This workshop is designed for new 25Live users or users who just want a refresher on the functions of the program. (If you are new to 25Live and want to have user access, please email mmalandr@glendale.edu before the workshop so your access can be set up.). Organization: Professional Development. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Technology & Innovation. Categories: FLEX, CPGU. Which campus is your event taking place? Verdugo. Monday, April 13, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM. San Rafael Building 312.

California Engineering Liaison Council (ELC) Meeting

Engaging Students PD Spring 2026 meeting for faculty, counselors, administrators, students and professionals of California Community Colleges, CSU's and UC's to discuss issues related to engineering student pathways and support including transfer, curriculum, articulation, teaching and learning, underrepresented engineering student support and other related issues. Registration is required but open to all. Organization: Engineering, MESA - Mathematics, Engineering, Science. Registration Link: https://caelc.org/who-we-are/. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Engaging Students. Categories: For the Love of Learning! Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: N/A. Which campus is your event taking place? Verdugo. Thursday, April 16, 2026, 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM. Student Center 212, Student Center 212 Patio.

Reclaiming Joy: Human-First Teaching in the AI Era

Technology & Innovation PD Reclaiming Joy! Human-First Teaching in the AI Era, This is offered by the state, and you must log in through the registration link here!  Learn more and register   —   (This is NOT IN THE VRC), We know this moment in teaching is heavy. The fatigue is real. The uncertainty is real. And yet—our work still matters. This statewide webinar was intentionally designed to bring us back to what makes teaching meaningful. Together, we’ll reconnect with the deeply human core of education—through community, creativity, and practices that make student thinking visible, invite lived experience into learning, and reduce the grind of repetitive tasks so teaching can feel relational again. The agenda is not about adding more to your plate. It’s about giving something back—space to think, to tinker, and to reimagine your course in ways that feel sustainable and aligned with who you are as an educator. Because if we lose joy, we’ve already lost. Yes—this is happening during Spring Break.And that’s exactly why it… Organization: Faculty Development, GLOW UP. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Technology & Innovation. Categories: FLEX, GLOW UP. Please list External Presenter: Statewide Panel. Zoom Invite Link (if applicable): https://californiacommunitycolleges.cventevents.com/event/ReclaimingJoy/home. Friday, April 17, 2026, 8:45 AM – 3:00 PM. Zoom.

Short Film Screening Series: 2D Animation

Building Belonging PD , This short film series put on by FTVM department offers an opportunity to learn more about minority filmmakers and for students and faculty to connect on cinema/art and how it relates to our present experiences. Organization: Film, Television, and Media. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Building Belonging. Categories: FLEX. Which campus is your event taking place? Verdugo. Thursday, April 23, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. San Gabriel Building 334*.

CPL and Statewide Recommendations

Engaging Students PD Learn about Credit for Prior Learning (CPL) and how to review the statewide recommendations from Mapping Articulated Pathways (MAP). In this workshop we'll introduce/review what CPL is, what can count as CPL, and then how to start by comparing your own discipline courses to the statewide recommendations. We'll focus on the education and job experiences that veterans often have, as well as other working professionals who may have industry-level certifications or licenses, and then how faculty can compare the knowledge and skills from these experiences to our own Course Outlines of Record (COR)s and C-ID descriptors. If you attend in-person, bring your laptop! Organization: Curriculum & Instruction Committee. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Engaging Students. Zoom Meeting Link (if applicable): https://glendale-edu.zoom.us/j/88381788912. Categories: FLEX. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Erin Calderone, Bridget Bershad bbershad@glendale.edu, Paul Vera pvera@glendale. Which campus is your event taking place? Verdugo. Zoom Invite Link (if applicable): https://glendale-edu.zoom.us/j/88381788912. Thursday, April 23, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. Sierra Vista Building 234, Zoom.

A Conversation with the Stars - Planetarium Presentation

Growing Your Potential PD , , A fun evening, with a chance to converse with a professional astronomy about their area of expertise.  While this event is free, space is limited, so registration is required.  Please register at brown paper tickets. Organization: Planetarium. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Growing Your Potential. Categories: FLEX. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Faculty and staff. Please list External Presenter: Not yet known. Thursday, April 23, 2026, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM. Cimmarusti Science Center 257*.

Language and Communication Tea: Araksya Karapetyan

Engaging Students PD Join us for the annual Language and Communication Tea. Our featured keynote speaker this year will be Araksya Karapetyan from Good LA/Fox 11 in Los Angeles. More details to come! Organization: English. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Engaging Students. Categories: FLEX, CPGU. Please list External Presenter: Araksya Karapetyan. Tuesday, April 28, 2026, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM. Main Auditorium - Auditorium Building 100.

Community Creative Writing Night

Growing Your Potential PD Come join us for an evening of community, learning and fun at the 2nd annual Community Creative Writing Night hosted by the English Division at GCC. All are invited; no experience necessary! GCC staff, faculty, students and larger community members welcome. You can expect light refreshments, time to mingle and a safe space to explore and express your creativity. You'll also have the chance to participate in a mini-writing workshop taught by GCC faculty, including short story, screenwriting, exploratory writing, playwriting and poetry. Organization: English. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Growing Your Potential. Categories: FLEX. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Elizabeth Bryer, Gannon Daniels, Gabrielle Mitchell-Merell, John Lynch + 2 more. Wednesday, April 29, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM. Student Center 212.

Counselor Conference

Engaging Students PD The Student Services Division will be hosting its 3rd Annual Counselor Conference.  We are expecting over 150 counselor from all over the Los Angeles, and Orange County region. Organization: Academic Counseling. Registration Link: https://www.glendale.edu/students/counseling/counselor-conference. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Engaging Students. Categories: FLEX, CPGU. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Info not available yet. Which campus is your event taking place? Verdugo. Please list External Presenter: Info Not Available Yet. Friday, May 1, 2026, 7:30 AM – 3:00 PM. San Rafael Building 138 - Kreider Hall, Cimmarusti Science Center 177, Health Science Building 325, Health Science Building 326, Sierra Vista Building 223*, Sierra Vista Building 225, Student Center 212.

Student Research Symposium

Engaging Students PD , GCC is hosting our 4th-annual Research Symposium to highlight exemplary student work on May 4, 2026! Students are invited to present their work as a poster, presentation, or another visual modality. To check out the awesome presenters and topics at last year's symposium, view our webpage. Interested students who would like to present this year can complete this form by Sunday, April 5. Got questions? Contact: Heather Ramos at hramos@glendale.edu, Symposium Committee: Susie Chin, Brittany Hampton, Reid Kerr, Eva Janeckova, Heather Ramos, and Rachel Ridgway. Organization: Library, English, Science Technology Engineering Math, Visual & Performing Arts Division. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Engaging Students. Categories: FLEX, CPGU. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Student Researchers. Monday, May 4, 2026, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM. Student Center 212.

Tech-Tastic Retreat II: Working Smarter with AI, Canvas, Canva & Outlook

Technology & Innovation PD Join us for a hands-on professional development day focused on practical tools that streamline workflow and enhance teaching. Participants will explore AI, Canvas 2.0, Canva, and Outlook while gaining ready-to-use strategies to improve efficiency, engagement, and daily productivity. This half-day retreat is designed to move beyond theory and into action. Participants will leave with practical tools, ready-to-use resources, and fresh ideas that can be implemented immediately in their classrooms and daily workflows. Agenda includes light breakfast at 8am followed by two, self-selected break out sessions and concluding with a lunchtime social. Breakout session topics include: AI that Actually Saves You Time Hands on Canvas 2.0 Canva for Beginners Canva for Intermediates Work Smarter with Outlook on the Web , By the end of the event, participants will be able to: Apply at least one AI tool or strategy to streamline instructional or administrative tasks Utilize Canvas 2.0 features to enhance… Organization: E S L Noncredit Division, Noncredit Bus & Life Skills Division. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Technology & Innovation. Categories: PD Credit Pending Approval. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Jeff Foulkes. Please list External Presenter: Yesica Tello, Farzana Cassim, Penny Pearson all OTAN Trainers. Friday, May 8, 2026, 8:00 AM – 1:30 PM. Mariposa Building 103 - Community Room.

Faculty Meeting

Building Belonging PD Faculty Meeting, *Flex Available for Adjunct Faculty. Organization: Faculty. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Building Belonging. Categories: FLEX. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Richard Kamei. Tuesday, May 12, 2026, 12:20 PM – 1:20 PM. San Rafael Building 138 - Kreider Hall.

Faculty Meeting

Building Belonging PD Faculty meeting: Required for full time faculty.  FLEX is available for adjunct faculty. Organization: Academic Senate. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Building Belonging. Zoom Meeting Link (if applicable): https://glendale-edu.zoom.us/j/3903645817?pwd=dkk3ZWJMZVI2ek56aUZtVzg4SEViZz09&omn=83837411896 Meeting ID: 390 364 5817 Passcode: GCC. Categories: FLEX. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Cameron Hastings. Zoom Invite Link (if applicable): https://glendale-edu.zoom.us/j/3903645817?pwd=dkk3ZWJMZVI2ek56aUZtVzg4SEViZz09&omn=83837411896 Meeting ID: 390 364 5817 Passcode: GCC. Tuesday, May 12, 2026, 12:20 PM – 1:30 PM. San Rafael Building 138 - Kreider Hall.

Innovation Expo

Engaging Students PD This is the annual celebration of our professional learning. Share what you have learned by creating a poster and helping others connect to your learning in this open house style poster session. Organization: Professional Development. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Engaging Students. Categories: FLEX, CPGU, GLOW UP. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Various. Wednesday, May 13, 2026, 11:00 AM – 3:30 PM. Student Center 212.

A Conversation with the Stars - Planetarium Presentation

Growing Your Potential PD , , A fun evening, with a chance to converse with a professional astronomy about their area of expertise.  While this event is free, space is limited, so registration is required.  Please register at brown paper tickets. Organization: Planetarium. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Growing Your Potential. Categories: FLEX. Internal Presenter(s) [including yourself, if applicable]: Faculty and staff. Please list External Presenter: Not yet known. Friday, May 15, 2026, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM. Cimmarusti Science Center 257*.

25Live Basics!

Technology & Innovation PD Tired of sending countless emails back and forth trying to find a location for your event? Wondering why other people's Zoom workshops are on the campus calendars and yours is not? Join us for a hands-on workshop where you will learn to use the basics of 25Live including: Searching for a location , Booking an event , Tagging events to campus calendars , This workshop is designed for new 25Live users or users who just want a refresher on the functions of the program. (If you are new to 25Live and want to have user access, please email mmalandr@glendale.edu before the workshop so your access can be set up.). Organization: Professional Development. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Technology & Innovation. Categories: FLEX, CPGU. Which campus is your event taking place? Verdugo. Monday, May 18, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM. San Rafael Building 312.

Academic Senate Electorate

Building Belonging PD Annual Academic Senate Electorate Meeting- open to all faculty. Organization: Academic Senate. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Building Belonging. Categories: FLEX. Which campus is your event taking place? Verdugo. Thursday, May 21, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. Library Building 222.

Short Film Screening Series: ANZAC

Building Belonging PD , This short film series put on by FTVM department offers an opportunity to learn more about minority filmmakers and for students and faculty to connect on cinema/art and how it relates to our present experiences. This event will focus on filmmakers from Australia/New Zealand. Organization: Film, Television, and Media. Primary Professional Development Focus Area: Building Belonging. Categories: FLEX. Which campus is your event taking place? Verdugo. Thursday, May 28, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. San Gabriel Building 334*.