We are POD.
We support you so that you can support our students.

Current Events & Professional Development Highlights for All Employee Groups 

• The New Employee Success Program (Mentoring)
• ACUE: Effective Teaching Practices and Teaching 101
• NEW! Spring 2026 Flex Day
• The Mt. SAC Podcast
• CCCCO's Anti-Racist Curriculum: Implicit Bias and Cultural Competency
• Center for Organizational Responsibility and Advancement (CORA) Courses for Mt. SAC Employees
• CCC | DEI Playlist 2024
• The Presenter's Resource Guide
• SanFACC Mentor Program
• The Healing Centered Engagement Program

Something for Everyone

• Professional Development Committees: 
  • Classified Professional Development Committee (CPDC); 
  • Faculty Professional Development Council (FPDC)
  • Management Professional Development Committee (MPDC)
• Captioning & Accessibility
• Employee Technology Skills Guides
• Employee Wellness
• Faculty Toolkits
• Mt. SAC Library Research Guides
• Why Professional Development?
• Old POD Calendar System
• The Presenter's Resource Guide
• Professional Development Plan (2024-2026)
• Resources for Teaching & Working Remotely
• Schedule a POD Event 
• Qualtrics (Surveys)
• VOICES (Employee Recognition)

Our new Self-Paced Trainings and Playlists page is a great place to find new playlists catered for Mt. SAC employees.

Some our current content includes:

• Mt. SAC Pride Certification
• CCCCO's 2024 DEI Playlists
• Center for Organizational Responsibility and Advancement (CORA) Certificate Courses
• Artificial Intelligence
• Applications Playlist Training
  
  • Microsoft (Word, Excel, Outlook)
  • Adobe
  • Smartsheet
• Project Management
• And more will be added soon!

You can click here to access the dedicated POD Self-Paced Trainings and Playlists page.

Resources for Advancing Professional Skills & Opportunities

• Professional Growth Benefit Application (.pdf)
• Captioning & Accessibility
• Classified Professional Development Committee (CPDC)
• Employee Technology Skills Guides
• Employee Wellness
• Microsoft OneDrive and OneNote CPD Day Training Recording
• The New Employee Success Program (Mentoring)
• Request Funding for Classified Conference and Travel
• Interactive Classified  Professional Reference Guide (Coming Soon)

Would you like to recommend a training for classified and/or confidential employees? Suggest a training to the Classified Professoinal Development Committee (CPDC)!

Resources for Instructional Excellence & Innovation

• ACUE's Effective Teaching Practices
• Canvas Faculty Center
• Salary and Leaves Committee (PGI/PGH/Sabbaticals/Column Crossover)
• Equity-Minded Curriculum Cohort (EMCC)
• Adjunct Faculty Resources (Coming Soon) 
• Distance Learning Faculty Resources
• Faculty Center for Learning Technology Website (FCLT)
• NEW! Spring 2026 Flex Day
• FCLT Self-Paced Workshops
• FCLT Weekly Blog
• Faculty Professional Development Council (FPDC)
• Faculty Toolkits
• New Faculty Seminar 2025-26
• The New Employee Success Program (Mentoring)
• SPOT Training Compensation 
• SPOT Recertification
• Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

Resources for Leadership Growth Development 

• 2025-2026 Professional Development Reimbursement Application
• 529 Educational Savings Plan Reimbursement Application
• Management e-Learning Modules
• Management Professional Development Committee (MPDC)
• The New Employee Success Program (Mentoring)
• The Management Steering Committee