Vision:

The Professional Staff Leadership Team is the proactive, collaborative voice for professional staff

Mission:

The Professional Staff Leadership Team advocates:

• fostering inclusion in college governance
  
• facilitating recognition of professional milestones and achievement
  
• promoting professional advancement and growth
  
• encouraging a culture of collaboration, contribution, service, scholarship, and outreach

Our Purpose:

Developed in 2002, the Valencia Community College Professional Staff Leadership Team serves as a cohesive voice to promote and advocate the inclusion, recognition, and development of Professional Staff and to link Professional Staff with the governance structure of our learning-centered college.

Representatives:

The Leadership Team consists of 14 Professional Staff employees, representing all campuses and all parts of the college. The Leadership Team meets monthly to discuss relevant issues and to plan Professional Staff Forum meetings that include all staff members. This team is your direct contact to any policy questions you may have. A current member list is posted on the Professional Staff Forum Group on Atlas.

Annual Meetings

Fall Forum - September

Spring Luncheon - March

Spring Forum - April

Get Involved:

Many opportunities become available to serve on college-wide committees and to become involved in activities that help you meet fellow staff members. Look for an announcement about the next college-wide Professional Staff Forum Meeting!

The Professional Staff has appointed representatives on the following college-wide committees:

·Achieve the Dream Grant

·Budget and Financial Advisory Expanded Group

·Benefits Review Committee

·Professional Development Day

·Valencia Scholarship Review Committee

·Calendar and Scheduling Committee

·College Operations Council

·College Learning Council

·College Planning Council

·Leadership Valencia Task Force

·Learning Day Planning Committee

·Marketing Advisory Committee

·Sabbatical Leave Review Committee

·SPD Funding Committee

·Strategic Budget Initiative Review Group

·Sustainability and Energy Saving Committee

·40th Anniversary Committee (2007)

·FACSC

Professional Staff is also represented in the following groups that are open to all Valencia employees:

·American Association of Women in Community Colleges (AAWCC)

·Florida Association of Community Colleges (FACC)