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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)
9/11/24

The Tenure Process

Stuart McElderry 
Heike Gecox 

10/9/24

 

 

11/13/24

 

 

12/11/24

 

 

2/12/25

 

 

3/12/25

 

 

4/9/25

 

 

5/14/25

 

 

Past Programs

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

Other Resources

Part-Time (Adjunct) Faculty

Faculty Handbook

Faculty Handbook

Adjunct Faculty Responsibility Hours (FA Information)

FA Newsletter Information