Professional Learning Requests
Information, links and forms for FLEX, Conference and Travel, Professional Learning
Activity Funds, reserving a private room in the LRC/LOFT and reserving The Finish
Line Game.
Flex Requests
Mesa FLEX Request Form (submit online)
FLEX System Login
FLEX Guidelines
FLEX Handbook
Deadline Dates
- Adjunct Faculty: Fall 2024 @ 12 noon on December 10, 2024
- Adjunct Faculty: Spring 2025 @ 12 noon on May 27, 2025
- Contract Faculty: 2024-2025 Academic Year @ 12 noon on May 27, 2025
- Independent Projects: Fall 2024 @ 11:59 PM on November 4, 2024
- Independent Projects: Spring 2025 @ 11:59 PM on April 21, 2025
Contract faculty flex days
For 2023-2024, the Flex obligation for contract faculty is 20 hours.
There are five (5) designated Flex days on which Contract Faculty are required to
be on campus.
- Fall 2024: August 14-16, 2024
- Spring 2025: January 23-24, 2025
Sample of FLEX Activities
- Integrate/Develop Course Outline
- Develop new syllabus
- Revise existing instructional program
- Develop new instructional program
- Explore alternate instructional methods
- Revise existing course outline
- Create new learning/teaching materials
- Develop new instructional skills
- Visit program-related sites
- Review of instructional software
- Review new textbook
- Update/revise learning resources
- Participate in articulation/matriculation activity
- Interact with colleagues to improve instruction
conference & Travel
Request for Conference and Travel Funds are processed by the Conference and Travel
Committee.
All applications must be submitted at least six weeks prior to the conference and
travel. Requesters will receive a response to their submission in 12 business days.
Due to limited funding, applicants may bear some of the costs of the conference and
travel. Funding is not approved for tuition for classes or relaxation retreats.
Faculty applicants should first use their allocated departmental funds. Please contact
your chair about the availability of departmental funds. Department chairs, if you
have questions about your budget contact your school dean. Learn more about Travel and You.
Travel Pre-Authorization Form
Conference and Travel Funds Request Form
Professional Learning Activity Funds
Are you planning a professional learning event? Please review the CEL funding request form!
Professional Learning Activity Funds Request Form
private room reservations
Are you teaching on campus and need a room to teach an online course? We have rooms up in the LOFT (4th floor of the LRC) setup with computers, web cams, headsets, whiteboards, ethernet and wireless internet access! You may reserve a room here, otherwise, these rooms are first come first serve.
THE FINISH LINE
ATD’s Finish Line Game helps increase awareness of the barriers to student success. Community college faculty, administration, and trustees will have a richer understanding of the journey of today’s college student, particularly low-income students and students of color.
Reserve the Finish Line Game Here for your meeting or event!
