IVC's new center for professional learning, IVC Hub, aims to streamline and support collaborative professional learning that equips all campus constituents with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to meet the evolving needs of IVC’s diverse student body inside and outside the classroom. The Hub will help IVC realize a vision of continuous and inclusive professional learning that is valued, accessible, and focused on the goal of fostering student success and support.
Note: Please contact Summer Serpas to add new presentations and Celia Perez for changes or updates to session information.
New Faculty Orientation
First-year tenure track faculty will participate in this year-long college orientation program, which counts for their college service and provides them with the tools they need as they begin their careers at IVC. Includes monthly themes such as Governance at the Community College, Supporting Students Inside the Classroom and Outside of the Classroom, and Our Student Population.
- For First-Year Tenure-Track Faculty
Tech Thursdays
Join IVC Tech Services to learn more about integrating technology into your work at IVC. Workshop topics include AI support, accessibility, Canvas support, and more! Drop-in support will also be provided.
Future-Ready IVC
The Future-Ready IVC series, based on the principles of Community College 3.0, will provide workshops to equip faculty, classified professionals, and administrators with tools to advance the success of students beyond completion through strong transfer outcomes, career readiness, and social mobility. Workshops include a Community of Practice (housed in the DEIA Council) and role-specific training. Additional workshops to be added in Spring 2026.
- For All IVC Employees
Book Club
Our Spring 2026 Book Club will read Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman. The book will be provided to participants.
- For All IVC Employees
Walking Club
Get some movement, connection, and friendly competition into your day by creating a Walking Club with your colleagues. Walking Clubs of 3-5 IVC employees must register themselves and can earn points by taking a walk of 15-minute (or more) on workdays. The team with the most points wins!
- For All IVC Employees
Register your Walking Club by completing the online form.
AI Workshop Series
This year, our AI workshop series will focus on providing hands-on workshops to support the campus community to gain practical skills for AI use in their roles on campus. In addition, the AI Taskforce will host a book club for the book The Opposite of Cheating: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI by Tricia Bertram Galland and David A. Rettinger.
- For All IVC Employees
Faculty & Student Lunches
Join us for a casual, free lunch where students and faculty can connect beyond the classroom. Each session offers conversation, community-building, and a chance to learn from one another in a relaxed setting. Come meet new people, share experiences, and strengthen the relationships that create a culture of care at IVC.
Games & Grub
Join your colleagues for a relaxing and fun evening learning and playing board games and enjoying some great appetizers! No experience required. Games will be provided and taught and will range from light, party-style to complex, strategic games. Take a break and have some fun!
- For All IVC Employees
Summer Send-Off
Coming at the end of Spring 2026! The Online Education Task Force and The Hub will be teaming up to offer a Summer Send-Off event to help you enjoy your summer with confidence, knowing you have some great tricks up your sleeve for your return in fall. This laid-back day of PD is designed to give you some ideas to mull over during the summer so that you can apply them to your classes for the fall.
- For Part-Time and Full-Time Faculty
Adjunct Ambassadors
Are you a new (or new-ish) part-time instructor who wants to connect with other part-time faculty and learn more about the IVC campus? Join our Adjunct Ambassador program which pairs new and seasoned part-time faculty to build connections and provide a safe space to ask questions about IVC.
- For Part-Time Faculty (new part-time faculty will have priority)
Teaching Squares
Teaching squares are a way to observe other faculty on campus in their classes, learn more about their students’ experience across campus, and earn PD hours. Faculty sign up to be put into cross-disciplinary groups of 4 instructors. They each visit each other’s classes for a 1-hour observation and meet for a “square share” to share something great they saw in each class and something they will take back to their own teaching practice, with a focus on the positive. Inspired by Leeward College.
- For Part-Time and Full-Time Faculty
Emerging Leaders “We See You!”
Created by IVC’s team at the 2024 Leadership Institute for Tomorrow (LIFT), this event will bring together classified professionals and full- and part-time faculty to build upon their individual strengths to envision their leadership potential. Activities include reflection and collaboration workshops and a panel discussion with IVC and district leaders who will share their leadership journeys. Lunch included!
- For All IVC Employees
Lunch & Learn
Lunch & Learn sessions will be added throughout the year to allow us to learn from colleagues who are sharing best practices, important takeaways from conferences they have attended, updates on projects, and more!
- For All IVC Employees
- Have an idea for a Lunch & Learn? Share it by completing our online form.
The South Orange County Community College District does not discriminate against individuals on the basis of disability in its services, programs or activities. Contact Cindy Barron at least 72 hours in advance at 949-582-4984 for requests for reasonable accommodations under Title 1 of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Fair Employment and Housing Act.
