ZTC For Faculty

Funds available according to federal and California regulations as outlined in California Education Code Article 4 of Section 78050-78052

Convert one SRJC course from a traditional textbook/resources to zero cost to students
Not all courses are eligible for these grant funds. Eligibility List: https://tinyurl.com/SRJC-ZTC-Eligible
Each award is 25 hours base rate of pay
Instructor is required to meet specific benchmarks including ZTC course tagging in the schedule of courses
Good faith commitment to continue towards ZTC in this course for 3 years
Each instructor may be eligible to convert up to three eligible courses
Available until funds are exhausted; or by December 2026 which ever is first

Update one ZTC-tagged course materials or assignments
Not all courses are eligible for these grant funds. Eligibility List: https://tinyurl.com/SRJC-ZTC-Eligible
Each award is 25 hours base rate of pay
Good faith commitment to continue towards ZTC in this course for 3 years
Instructors may be eligible to convert up to three eligible courses in total
Some materials are required to be sharable with Cool4Ed CCC repository
Available until funds are exhausted; or by December 2026 which ever is first

To avoid duplicative work within California Community Colleges, ZTC grant requires that the course must be offered at SRJC and be identified as a gap in the field by ASCCC OERI
Check to see if there is a need for OER authorship, as listed on Identified Gaps ASCCC OERI
Each award is 60 hours base rate of pay
OER must be licensed with an open Creative Commons License
According to grant requirements, OER must be licensed with an open Creative Commons License https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/cclicenses/
Grant requires material to be sharable with Cool4Ed CCC repository https://www.cool4ed.org/
Instructors are only eligible for one authorship grant for 2025 - 2026
According to the BOG Procedures and Standing Orders, section 318 (g), “Any published materials produced under an agreement or sub-agreement using public funds must be subject to a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY).”
Open Education Movement relies on Open Licensing and sharing of materials. Please be aware that there is no guarantee that artificial intelligence will not procure this work. Information can be found here: https://creativecommons.org/using-cc-licensed-works-for-ai-training-2/

Open to all courses taught through Santa Rosa Junior College
Goal is to support faculty through exploration of free resources for students
Each award is 15 hours base rate of pay
Faculty can suggest doing coursework or presenting professional development opportunities
Coursework are awarded a maximum of 15 hours
Presentations are awarded a total of 3 hours (2 hours preparation + 1 hour presentation)

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