Faculty Development Committee

The Faculty Development Committee (FDC) is a group of faculty members at Everett Community College who are tasked with allocating EvCC’s Professional Development Fund. The funding of professional development comes primarily from College in the High School revenue. The EvCC Foundation has also contributed to this fund (as their funding levels allow). Hannah Lovett, Director of Educational Technology, is the fund’s budget authority. The current Faculty Development Committee is Marianne Le (chair), Aaron Barrell, Andrea Cahan, Michael Nevins, Kerri Schwab, and Mike VanQuickenborne.

FDC applications reopen the first week of June 2025 for professional development opportunities from November 1, 2025 through March 15, 2026.

Structure for Allocating Professional Development Funds

Starting with awards granted after September 2025, each Faculty member is limited to $2000 per academic year (AY). 

The FDC reviews applications the third week of each quarter for professional development activities occuring durring the following time periods:

  • Fall Quarter: November 1 to March 15 
  • Winter Quarter: February 15 to June 30
  • Spring Quarter: July 1 to December 31 

The FDC does not provide professional development funding outside of this funding structure. Division deans may be able to provide small amounts of funding for professional development activities. Also, the Foundation may fund faculty members who are planning to present at a workshop or conference.

Ranking FDC Applications

The FDC uses the following structure to rank and fund applications, to the levels allowed by the fund balance.

  1. Applications will first be split into three groups, Tier 1, 2 and 3.
    • Tier 1:  Applications from faculty who were awarded less than $1500 in the two previous academic years combined.
    • Tier 2: Applications from faculty who were awarded $1500 to $2500 in the two previous academic years combined.
    • Tier 3:  Applications from faculty who were awarded more than $2500 in the two previous academic years combined.
  2. Committee members will then rank applications within these tiers based on the following ranking system.  Each member of the committee will rate (from 0 to 2) how well the application meets each of the following objectives.
    • To help faculty increase knowledge of their subject matter or service to the college.
    • To help faculty develop their instructional, counseling and library-media skills.
    • To foster an intellectual community in the faculty member’s field.
  3. The committee will then meet and use the above ratings to rank applications within their tier groups.  If an application earns a zero in all categories from most members of the committee, the committee will consider denying the funding request.
  4. Beginning with Tier 1, applications will be funded based on their ordered ranking, as funding levels allow.  If more funding is available after all qualified Tier 1 applications are funded, qualified applications in Tier 2 will be funded in their ranked order, as funding levels allow. Finally, after Tier 1 and 2 applications are funded, the qualified applications in Tier 3 will be funded in their ranked order, as funding levels allow.

The FDC always appreciates feedback on the process used to allocate professional development funds.

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