{"id":304401,"date":"2020-05-21T12:21:46","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T19:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bcit.ca\/?page_id=304401"},"modified":"2025-11-12T14:03:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T22:03:52","slug":"professional-development-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bcit.ca\/faculty-staff\/professional-development-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Development Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a member of the BCIT community you have access to a range of Professional Development (PD) activities.<\/p>\n<h2>BCGEU instructors<\/h2>\n<h3>Resources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcit.ca\/human-resources\/professional-development\/\">BCIT Human Resources Department Learning Opportunities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/human-resources\/employee-resources\/forms\/#pd\">BCIT Human Resources Department Professional Development Forms<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/human-resources\/employee-resources\/policies-collective-agreements\/\">BCGEU Instructors Collective Agreement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/instructional-development\/tuition-reimbursement\/\">Provincial Instructor Diploma Program (PIDP)<\/a> &#8211; The Provincial Instructor Diploma Program is required to advance on the salary scale.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/instructional-development\/\">FSA Instructional Development Committee<\/a> &#8211; provides information for Special Interest Grants, Instructional Enhancement Grants.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcit.ca\/files\/facultystaff\/pdf\/survivial_kit_may_08.pdf\">New Vocational Instructor Survival Kit [PDF]<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcit.ca\/files\/facultystaff\/doc\/virg_app07.doc\">BCIT Vocational Instructor Research Grant Application Form [DOC]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>BCGEU Vocational Instructors Career Skills and Development (CSD) Fund\/Committee<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sharespace.bcit.ca\/bcgeupd\/SitePages\/Home.aspx\">sharespace.bcit.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please note: you will need your BCIT email address and password to login.<\/p>\n<p>Committee members include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Randy Sandhu<\/li>\n<li>Chi Wong<\/li>\n<li>Sam Susanthan<\/li>\n<li>Stephen Sallaway<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Funding Applications<\/h3>\n<p>For assistance with the application and reimbursement process, please contact your Associate Dean&#8217;s Administrative Assistant.<\/p>\n<h2>BCGEU support staff<\/h2>\n<h3>Resources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcit.ca\/human-resources\/professional-development\/\">BCIT Human Resources Department Learning Opportunities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcit.ca\/human-resources\/employee-resources\/forms\/#pd\">BCIT Human Resources Department Professional Development Forms<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcit.ca\/human-resources\/employee-resources\/policies-collective-agreements\/\">BCGEU Support Collective Agreement<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>FSA members<\/h2>\n<h3>Resources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcit.ca\/human-resources\/professional-development\/\">BCIT Human Resources Department Learning Opportunities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcit.ca\/human-resources\/employee-resources\/forms\/#pd\">BCIT Human Resources Department Professional Development Forms<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcit.ca\/human-resources\/employee-resources\/policies-collective-agreements\/\">FSA Collective Agreement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcit.ca\/files\/hr\/pdf\/10-3_pd-expense-fund-guidelines.pdf\">Article 10.3 PD Expense Fund Guidelines [PDF]<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcit.ca\/files\/hr\/pdf\/10-3_pd-expense-fund-claim.pdf\">10.3 PD Expense Fund Claim [PDF]<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcit.ca\/files\/hr\/pdf\/10-3_pd-referral-lmc.pdf\">10.3 PD Referral to LMC [PDF]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcitfsa.ca\/_resources\/guides\/BCIT-FSA-guide-paid-prof-leave-v01.pdf\">Member Education \u2013 Article 10.5<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcit.ca\/instructional-development\/\">BCIT Instructional Development Committee<\/a> (information for Special Interest Grants, Instructional Enhancement Grants, and Provincial Instructional Diploma Program funding)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcit.ca\/learning-teaching-centre\/\">BCIT Learning and Teaching Centre<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a member of the BCIT community you have access to a range of Professional Development (PD) activities. 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