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 * Due for each meeting:** meeting minutes (templete online at above address)
 * Due Feb 28:** Portrait of Practice Part 1 - (template online at above address)
 * Due Apr 28:** Portrait of Practice Part 2
 * April 28-30, 2010:** Attend Pacific Northwest Teaching Learning Conference

The following is required of the FLC:

**//What are the expectations of FLCs and individual members of FLCs?//**
We expect a commitment from the FLC, as a group, to work collaboratively, to seek new perspectives on teaching and learning, to share new learning, and to serve as resources to the state-wide higher education community. We expect a commitment from individual members to actively engage in the FLC for the full academic year. FLCs will share what they’ve learned, and contribute digital resources as resources to other educators. These digital resources could be of two types: 1) resources about how the FLC worked, learned and achieved (Portraits of Practice) and 2) assessment, teaching and learning-related digital resources. FLC e-portfolios will be accessible through the SBCTC website. Digital resources might include websites; project planning strategies, videos, insight papers that led to your community’s effectiveness, problem-solving capacity, and successes; audio and podcasts; learning objects of all kinds; policy documents; partnership agreements; modules; rubrics; student assessments; surveys; data analysis; and online courses or programs. In the spirit of collaboration and sharing of resources, all works created through SBCTC grant-funded FLCs will carry Creative Commons CC BY licenses. We recommend that //all FLC members// complete the free, online Elluminate Moderator I training (one hour). FLC //facilitators// must complete Elluminate Moderator I - III trainings (one hour each), in order to have their own Elluminate room in which to host FLC meetings. SBCTC staff will provide additional training and coaching, as needed.

**//Is attendance at any events required?//**
Yes, communities will be expected to attend the following Washington State Community and Technical College’s system-wide events: the online Fall 2009 Faculty Learning Communities Kickoff; and the Spring 2010 Pacific Northwest Higher Education Assessment, Teaching and Learning Conference, to report and share their experiences and outcomes. If other commitments preclude the attendance of all FLC members, the group may choose to send a smaller number of members to represent the full group. Participation in system-wide events allows FLC members to fulfill their commitment to share their learning and serve as resources to others. Also, participants reap the benefits of meeting new colleagues, communicating with other learning communities, sharing resources, and learning about solutions to similar challenges that other FLCs and institutions have faced.

**//Where do I find evidence of FLC learning?//**
The following items are included in each FLC e-portfolio, and can be accessed through the [|**Faculty Learning Communities**] page of the SBCTC website: Each community member will complete an online assessment of their FLC experience at the end of the academic year. This will be sent by the SBCTC Assessment, Teaching and Learning staff, in the form of a short survey. The results will be posted on the Faculty Learning Communities web page.
 * A short “Meeting Summary” for each meeting
 * A two- part “Portraits of Practice”report (See the OLN [|2006-2007] or [|2002-2006]Learning Community Profiles for examples of “Portraits of Practice.”)
 * A short (5-10 minute) video or narrated PowerPoint summarizing the learning that occurred during the year
 * Links to any other digital resources created by the FLC