About

Mission: The mission of the Faculty Resource Center (FRC) is to provide instructional consultation and support to educational program faculty and departments so that students can successfully achieve their course and institutional student learning outcomes (SLOs).

The FRC serves the mission of the college by providing the following services to faculty and staff: (Here’s a link to the FRC SLO descriptions).

1. Pedagogically-focused training for those faculty interested in improving teaching techniques or who want to make use of technology in any classroom environment – (SLO 1) - (David, Mark, Karen, Rob, Jeff, & Laurie)

2. Consultation and advisement about teaching strategies, technologies selection, and creation of universally-designed course materials – (SLO 2) – (Mark, Laurie, Karen, Rob & David)

3. Development or support of development of instructional materials for teachers - (SLO 3) – (David, Karen, Jeff & Rob)

4. Exploration of new technologies for teaching in the classroom. – (SLO 4) – (Mark, Laurie, David, & Karen)

5. Leadership in making recommendations to faculty and the administration about technology initiatives – (SLO 5) – (Mark, Laurie, David, & Karen) Mark and Laurie are represented on college committees, David on ITC and other college workgroups, and Karen on college workgroups.

LOCATION & HOURS OR OPERATION: Our hours of operation are: 8 am to 12 noon, 1 pm to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday Location: East Campus – Faculty Resource Center buildings 1 and 2 (see MAP to FRC) Phone: (805) 965-0581, X2860

STAFFING: Our organizational info follows or if you prefer, a link to our organizational chart..

Faculty:
	Mark Ferrer (100% FTE), FRC Co-Director & Professional Development Coordinator, FRC building 2, x 2660, ferrer@sbcc.edu Instructional Consultation; Development of Technology Assisted Course Materials & Web Pages; Training
	Laurie Vasquez (40% FTE–FRC, 60% FTE- DSPS), Assistive Technology Specialist, FRC building 2, x 2724, vasquez@sbcc.edu Accessibility & Universal Access; Assistive Technology & Equipment; Micrograde & Turnitin Training

Staff:
	David Wong, Director, Instructional Technology, and Co-Director, FRC (department manager), office R6, x 2862, wong@sbcc.edu Instructional Consultation; Online Course Training, Web development
	Jeff Barnes, FRC Technology Specialist, FRC building 2, x 2395, barnes@sbcc.edu Video and Audio Production/Compression/Streaming; DVD and CD mastering
	Karen Shannon, FRC Development Specialist, Sr., FRC building 2, X2861, shannon@sbcc.edu Web Page Development; Online Course & Campus Pipeline training.
	Robert Brown, FRC Development Specialist, FRC building 1, X2860, RLbrown2@sbcc.edu – Web page development, Graphics design, E-Lumen and Omni tool training, Campus Pipeline…
	Mary James, Principal Word Processor, office Humanities 318, x 2356, james@sbcc.edu Word Processing (classroom materials, syllabi, exams……)
	Gloria Baltz, — RETIRED as of 12/2008. We know you’ll miss Glo as much as we do…