Professional Development Institute (PDI)
Meeting Schedule
- September - December / February - May
- Day: 1st Tuesdays
- Time: 11 - 11:30am
- Location: Online
Mandate
The Professional Development Institute (PDI) promotes professional growth for faculty members
represented by the Coast Federation of Educators (CFE) through procedures that allow for:
- Reimbursement for approved participation in educational activities such as workshops,
seminars, and conferences for faculty with 7.5+ LHE - Salary advancement credit through options described in the CFE contract for full-time
faculty members - Sabbatical leave for tenured full-time faculty members.
What can PDI fund?
Activities (most commonly conferences) that support learning and development for one or more of the following:
- The faculty member's content area / field(s) of concentration
- Interdisciplinary teaching practices to support student learning and achievement
What does PDI not fund?
- Accompanying students to an event
- Membership for professional organizations
- Activities related to serving as an officer or advisor for a professional organization
- Committee-related work
- Courses for licensing or doctoral work
- Courses or activities for salary advancement
- Political activities
Members (6) 2025-26
- Academic Senate Representative (Amy Evangelista)
- Academic Senate Representative (David Lee)
- Academic Senate Representative (Lisa Lee)
- Academic Senate Representative (Christina Nguyen)
- Academic Senate Representative (Danny Pittaway)
- Academic Senate Representative (Laurie Runk, Ph.D.)
Co-chairs
- Danny Pittaway
- Laurie Runk, Ph.D.
Administrative Liaison
Dr. Isela Ocegueda, Vice President of Instruction
Committee Support
Santos Alvarado Alcocer, salvarado13@cccd.edu
Apply for PDI Funding
At least six weeks before your event, please submit the PDI application, CAR (do not sign until it is sent back to you), and an event announcement to your dean's assistant. Eligible faculty are allowed $2000 of approved expenses per fiscal year.
General instructions for the CAR and the reimbursement form (after travel is approved and event is concluded) are also below for download.
Be a PDI Superstar!
After attending a PDI-funded event, send a brief writeup (100-200 words) along with a photo or two for publication in our Academic Senate News & Views! Send your submission to Correspondence Secretary Professor and PDI member David Lee (dmlee@coastline.edu).
- Share what you're learning with the Coastline community!
- Represent your discipline/department!
- Enhance your CV/resume!
- Highlight this achievement in your program/department review report!
Salary Advancement For Full-Time Faculty
PDI provides methods for salary advancement for full-time faculty members. Full details are provided in the current CFE contract in the chapter for Professional Development Institute. For information, please contact PDI Co-chair Professor Danny Pittaway (dpittaway@coastline.edu).
Sabbatical Leave
PDI helps full-time faculty members apply for sabbatical leave, which is also explained in the CFE contract chapter for Professional Development Institute. Each fall semester an email is sent during Week 1 with information about the application process, including the intent to file form.