Professional Development & Service Enhancement Resources

Professional Development: Fostering a Culture of Professional Development at Selkirk

As an academic institution, Selkirk College fosters a culture of lifelong learning.

While we may all be very familiar with the formal learning that takes place in our classrooms, Selkirk College also supports and encourages individual professional development and organizational effectiveness for employees.

We are committed to supporting the professional development of all employees, and to creating opportunities for reflective learning that engages and benefits the mind, for all members of our organization. There are a wide variety of activities, we invite you to explore and find the resources best suited to your learning needs and discuss with your supervisor.

Professional Development Handbook

• Professional Development Handbook
• SCFA Handbook

Professional Development Resources

• Step by Step PD Application Process and Responsibilities
• Finance Forms - access Finance information here including the Professional Development Expense Claim form and Travel Guide with current diems and mileage
• PD Activity Report
• Terms of Reference Common PD Fund
• PPWC Credential Completion Guidelines
• Exempt Credential Completion Guidelines
• Tuition Remission for PPWC Employees
• Tuition Remission for Exempt Employee Group    

Professional Development Funding

Professional development (PD) opportunities may be employer directed or self directed – through available PD funds relevant to your bargaining unit.

The process and criteria for accessing these funds is outlined in the handbooks above for all employee groups we invite to access it. If you have any questions regarding your eligibility for PD funds contact your group administrator as listed below.

Professional Development Application

• Professional Development Fund Application

If you are having difficulty with this document, try doing the following steps:

1. If you save the pdf and open it up with Adobe Acrobat Reader, you should have no problems filling it out and saving it.
2. If you click on the link in Firefox and it opens in the browser, how it functions depends on your Firefox configuration. By default, Firefox has a build in pdf preview that doesn't allow you to use pdf forms very well. 

Your options are:

1. Download the pdf by right clicking on the link and selecting "Save link as" and save it to your computer.
2. Adjust your firefox settings to not use the built-in preview application and have it use Acrobat Reader.

To do this go to Tools, Options

• Click the Applications item -- in the search box type pdf.
• You will see under Content Type Heading -- Portable Document Format (PDF).
• Under the Action Heading, click the down arrow and select Use Adobe Acrobat.

Service Enhancement: BCGEU Service Enhancement Fund (SEF)

The BCGEU Service Enhancement Fund (SEF) was created to encourage and support innovation in instruction that will tangibly improve services to students at Selkirk College.

• All BCGEU members are eligible to apply for funding under the Funds Terms of Reference (TOR). For more information including the TOR and how to apply, see the SEF page on MySelkirk.