Workplace Core Curriculum

As part of the current CCC-AAUP contract, faculty have agreed to participate in the Workplace Core Curricula. The Workplace Core Curricula consists of the seminars outlined below (see side letter SL-8 of the Agreement between Cuyahoga Community College and the CCC-AAUP). The content was jointly identified by the union and administration to be critical to the College’s workplace environment. 

The Workplace Core Curricula consist of the following:

1. Legal Issues/Harassment and Discrimination
2. Student Affairs Code of Conduct
3. Civility
4. Workplace Safety and Violence
5. Student Success
6. Refresher Course

Refresher Course: 

Faculty who completed all five (5) full modules during previous contract cycles do not need to take the full modules again. Check your transcript in Compass to determine which courses you have completed. Those faculty who completed the 5 full modules during previous contract cycles will only need to complete the Core Curriculum Refresher Course, which is offered asynchronously in Blackboard. The Refresher will take approximately three (3) hours and faculty will have two (2) weeks to complete. The Refresher will be offered four to six (4-6) times per semester beginning in spring 22, and faculty will have through the end of the 2022 – 2025 contract cycle to complete the course. The schedule for AY 22-23 will be published at the start of fall 22 semester, with several options to complete over the next 3 years.   Faculty will earn five (5) service credits for completing the Refresher Course.  

Summer 2024 Refresher Course Dates: 

• Monday, June 3 - Sunday, June 16
• Monday, June 17 - Sunday, June 30
• Monday, July 22 - Sunday, August 4

 
Instructions to Complete the Refresher Course: 

1. Register in Compass by searching FDEVW1016.  
2. The Refresher course will automatically populate in your Blackboard course list on start date.  
3. Complete the course during the two-week time frame. Successful completion is defined by completion of each video quiz with a score of at least 80%.   
4. Attendance will be updated in Compass after your completion.  
5. Following completion of the refresher course, faculty can choose to self-enroll into a course content Blackboard site to have continuous access to the materials for the academic year. 
6. Questions: Contact the course facilitator Stacey.Souther@tri-c.edu 

Questions:

Kara DePaul, Director, Academic Professional Development at Kara.DePaul@tri-c.edu

Stacey S. Souther, Professor, Psychology and College-wide Faculty Development Coordinator at Stacey.Souther@tri-c.edu