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 | 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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| Stipend: Adjunct Faculty Professional Development Pilot Program |
Not Eligible
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Eligible
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Class Salary Advancement Units
Faculty at Class IV and Class V of the salary schedule do not qualify for class salary advancement, and faculty can only earn up to six (6) units of class salary advancement per semester.
Contact HR to check your eligibility:
- Class level verification:
- Full-time faculty: HR-FTFaculty@losrios.edu
- Adjunct faculty: HR-PTFaculty@losrios.edu
- Units earned verification: hrsalaryadvancement@losrios.edu
Prequalification for the class salary advancement units is not required, as the district has pre-approved the Foundations 2.0 courses.
Class salary advancement is applied only once a year. Each August, the colleges will submit a list of Foundation 2.0 completers who have selected salary advancement as their compensation option to the district office for processing. Individuals will advance in the salary schedule in the fall if they've earned enough units.
If you've taken an approved @ONE course, then 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.
College Service Hours
If you select college service hours as your compensation option, then consult with your department dean for guidance on how to record your hours.
Stipend: Adjunct Faculty College Service and Professional Development Pilot Program
Adjunct faculty who select the stipend must receive prior approval from their dean before taking the course. Please complete the Adjunct Faculty College Service Professional Development Pilot Program Form, following the instructions on page 3. Stipends are processed by the faculty member's instructional department. Faculty will only be compensated for a maximum of 27 hours in a single academic year.
Important: Compensation 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 weeks, 70 hours
- Class Salary Advancement Units: 3.0
Training dates:
- February 7 through March 28, 2025
Accessible Course Creation Academy (ACCA)
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 weeks, 60 hours
- Class Salary Advancement Units: 2.0
Training dates:
- February 7 through March 7, 2025
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: 4 weeks, 40 hours
- Class Salary Advancement Units: 1.33
Training dates:
- March 28 through April 25, 2025
Register for ARC Assessment in Online Teaching and Learning Institute (AOTLI)
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 weeks, 60 hours
- Class Salary Advancement Units: 2.0
Training dates:
- March 28 through May 2, 2025
Register for Equity and Culturally Responsive Online Teaching at ARC
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.
Introduction to Course Design
The Introduction to Course Design at FLC 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:
- March 24 through April 20, 2025
Accessible Course Creation Academy
The FLC Accessible Course Creation Academy guides participants in creating accessible course content in their courses. The class covers how to use online tools to create accessible resources, remediate existing resources, and curate new resources, including OER.
- Total Hours: 40
- Class Salary Advancement Units: 1.33
Training dates:
- February 25 through April 1, 2025
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.
- Total Hours: 40
- Class Salary Advancement Units: 1.33
Training dates:
- May 27 through June 23, 2025
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:
- February 3 through March 2, 2025
- April 7 through May 4, 2025
Registration is closed. Check back soon for new sessions.
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:
- February 3 through March 2, 2025
- April 7 through May 4, 2025
Registration is closed. Check back soon for new sessions.
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 master 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 a solid foundation for your newly envisioned course.
- Total Hours: 40
- Class Salary Advancement Units: 1.33
Training dates:
- February 3 through March 2, 2025
- April 7 through May 4, 2025
Registration is closed. Check back soon for new sessions.
Equity and Culturally Responsive Online Teaching
This course will guide you through a critical journey of becoming an equity-minded educator to cultivate 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:
- February 3 through March 2, 2025
- April 7 through May 4, 2025
Registration is closed. Check back soon for new sessions.
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.