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Las Positas College

New Faculty Orientation

New Faculty 2022


New Faculty Class of 2023-2024

Left to Right: Andreas Preponis (Music), Anita Bhatia (CIS), Michael Frith (EMS), Angel Contreras-Cardenas (Biology), Dani Blatter (Geology), Ryan Eckles (Counseling), Amr Elkady (CS), Jeff Seaton (Fire Tech)

The Faculty Association, Office of Academic Services, and Professional Development Committee collaborate each year to provide a New Faculty Orientation program for newly hired faculty. More detailed information about these orientations, along with resources for newly hired faculty, may be found below.

Full Time (Contract, Regular, Temporary Leave Replacement) Faculty
Part-Time (Adjunct) Faculty 


Full-Time (Contract, Regular, Temporary Leave Replacement) Faculty

Faculty Handbook

Faculty Handbook

New Faculty Orientation Program

In lieu of a first year committee assignment, newly hired faculty must complete the New Faculty Orientation Program. Meetings for the 2023-2024 Academic Year are scheduled in the Room 21347 from 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM on the second Wednesday of each month. 

Current Program

Date Topic Presenter(s)
9/13/23

The Tenure Process

Stuart McElderry 
Heike Gecox 

10/11/23

Classroom Behavior and Incident Management  (PDF)

Joel Gagnon 
Amy Mattern

11/8/23

DSPS

Chris Crone
Amanda Castelli
Jessica Romo
Shriya Shah

2/14/24

Curriculum 

Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)

Erick Bell
Liz McWhorter
John Rosen

3/13/24

Academic Senate, FACCC, and CCCI (PDF)

Sarah Thompson

4/10/24

Program Review

Library Resources

Nadiyah Taylor
Frances Hui
Tina Inzerilla
Kali Rippel
Collin Thormoto

5/8/24

Resource Allocation Committee
Undocually
Faculty Hiring Prioritization Committee
President's Send-Off

Titian Lish
Alain Olavarrieta
Heike Gecox
Dyrell Foster

Past Programs

Date Topic Presenter(s)
9/14/22

The Tenure Process

Stuart McElderry 
Thomas Orf

10/12/22

Classroom Behavior and Incident Management (PDF) (PPT)

Joel Gagnon 
Nan Ho
11/9/22

Guided Pathways

Jeff Judd
Jim Ott
Kristy Woods 

2/8/23 Undocually 
DSPS

Alain Olavarrieta
Christopher Crone
Amanda Castelli

3/8/23

Curriculum 

Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)

Erick Bell
Liz McWhorter
John Rosen
Jennie Graham

4/12/23

LGBTQ+ Task Force

 

Academic Senate (PDF) (PPT)

Program Review 
Facilities & Sustainability Committee

Joanna Jen 
John Ruys 
Melissa Korber 
Tina Inzerilla 
Irena Keller 
Russell Jensen

5/10/23

Student Equity and Achievement
Distance Education Committee
Library Resources
President's Send-Off

Shawn Taylor
Scott Vigallon
Tina Inzerilla
Dyrell Foster

Other Resources

Part-Time (Adjunct) Faculty

Faculty Handbook

Faculty Handbook

Adjunct Faculty Responsibility Hours (FA Information)

FA Newsletter Information