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As you work to incorporate your goals into the classroom, the new FQAS process acknowledges the importance of an embedded growth mindset in successful professional development. The goals that you set at the beginning of the cycle may grow and adapt as you start to implement your newly acquired professional development skill set into the classroom. The redesigned Teaching Action Plan (TAP) allows you to capture the full process of professional development from skills development and renewal to classroom application, so that you can reflect on what worked well, what didn’t work, what no longer works, and what could work with some adjustments. CTE recognizes that effective teaching involves a quality review process that embraces all of these levels of self-reflection and feedback. The Center provides a safe and welcoming environment for you to receive support at any part of this process.
We encourage you to take a fresh approach to professional development, starting with this cycle’s TAP. The TAP is a living document that provides guidance and direction for the professional development activities that you choose to participate in throughout your FQAS cycle. It is designed to help you organize your goals, identify a peer coach, and chart your progress. Think of the TAP as a framework to build your professional development structure, so you can meet your own goals for fostering student success.
If you are a Full-Time Post-Probationary faculty, you will complete one TAP each year. These are labeled in your SumTotal FQAS cycle as TAP Year 1 and TAP Year 2. Because the TAP is updated throughout the process, it should only be submitted into SumTotal at the end of the academic year. Your suggested timeline is:
| Fall | ● Make a copy of the TAP form ● Choose your Peer Coach ● List your goals (minimum of 1) ● Plan some initial actions that you will take |
| Winter |
● List the actions that you’ve taken that relate to your goals in Part 2 of your TAP.
● Reflect on how the TAP acts as a guide for deciding which professional development activities to participate in and adjust accordingly. ● Check in with your Peer Coach - do they have any ideas or best practices to share with you? How are you progressing? |
| Spring | ● List any additional actions you’ve taken towards your goals. If the actions are also FQAS activities then submit them into SumTotal as well. ● Arrange for your final meeting with your Peer Coach, share your results and get written feedback and a signature from your Coach on your TAP form. ● Save the completed form and submit it to SumTotal under “TAP: Teaching Action Plan”. ● You are required to submit your completed form every year prior to June 30 |
If you are a Part-Time Post-Probationary, Part-Time Probationary, or Full-Time Probationary faculty, you will complete one TAP each FQAS cycle. Because the TAP is updated throughout the process, it should only be submitted into SumTotal at the end of the cycle. Your suggested timeline is:
PT Post-Probationary, FT Probationary and PT Probationary faculty TAP Timeline
| First year of FQAS cycle |
● Make a copy of the TAP form |
| Middle year(s) of FQAS cycle |
● List the actions that you’ve taken that relate to your goals in Part 2 of your TAP.
● Check in with your Peer Coach (PT post-probationary) or Faculty Development Coach (PT or FT Probationary) - do they have any ideas or best practices to share with you? How are you progressing? |
| Final year of FQAS cycle |
● List any additional actions you’ve taken towards your goals. For PT post-probationary: If the actions are also FQAS activities then submit them to SumTotal as well. |
All faculty are required to participate in this Peer Coaching process; any questions should be directed to cte@matc.edu.
For more information, you can:
● Make a copy of the TAP form
● Explore what makes up a S.M.A.R.T. goal
● Align your goals with MATC’s Standards of Teaching Excellence
● Watch this video on how to download and use the TAP form
● Watch this video on how to upload your TAP and other FQAS Activities that count towards Currency, Student Success/Teaching Excellence, and other activities into SumTotal
● Probationary faculty watch this video on how to upload your ZERD classes or other Probationary activities into SumTotal
● Review these written instructions on how to upload your TAP or other FQAS activities into SumTotal
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Are you receiving an error message when trying to upload your TAP?
With many web browsers the TAP form is now being downloaded as a html file type and this is causing issues when you try to upload the file. Watch this brief video for a way to troubleshoot this problem if you encounter it. Also remember that all file names need to be free of special characters like symbols, dashes, etc. |
| New Hire | Probationary | Post-Probationary (renewal) |
| Before the first semester |
3 years for FT faculty 5 years for PT faculty |
2 years for FT faculty 4 years for PT faculty |
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Probationary Requirements one-page summary
Post-Probationary Requirements one-page summary
New Faculty will see a special New Faculty Orientation "bucket" in SumTotal
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Probationary Faculty work with the CTE assigned Faculty Development Coach during their probationary period (if you don't know who your coach is please email cte@matc.edu). The process involves regular meetings with the coach, setting up goals, and a classroom observation with the purpose of coaching and mentoring.
Professional Development courses (ZERD) at MATC* How to register for ZERD courses List of Professional Development courses offered by WTCS (these are the alternatives to MATC courses but they are not free) |
Post-probationary faculty continue to demonstrate mastery of MATC Standards of Teaching Excellence through 40 hours of self-reported activities related to Teaching Excellence and Student Success and 20 hr of self-reported professional development in the discipline (Currency).
Faculty can demonstrate continuous commitment to the improvement of teaching and learning in many different ways. Here is a list of Approved FQAS Professional Growth Activities and other related resources:
The FQAS activities with a supporting document are submitted to a SumTotal** . Please note that only ONE document can be attached to each submission. |
*The CTE offers many professional development courses, but only ZERD 100-104 and 197 are the required ones.
**SumTotal is an employee development system where records of professional development are stored. It is not designed to replace any of the face-to-face interactions of the Peer Coaching process.
