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<b style="color: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size:16pt">Calling all Professional Technical Faculty Passionate about OER - Have
We Got an Opportunity for You!</span></b><br>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">SBCTC is developing three introductory open textbooks in the areas of Criminal Justice, Health Care, and Welding, sponsored by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) FY21 Open Textbooks Pilot grant. We’re
looking for committed, growth-minded faculty interested in upping their OER-game and contributing to this meaningful project.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">The project will begin January 2022 and run through December 2024. This is a performance-based grant with compensation of $10,000 per faculty participant. If you are interested in joining the faculty cohort of this project, please
consider applying using the information below:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/open-proftech-apply">Application Form</a></span></li><li class="x_x_x_x_x_MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; margin-left:0in">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Application Deadline: Monday, October 25, 2021 at 11:55 p.m.</span></li><li class="x_x_x_x_x_MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; margin-left:0in">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Information Webinar: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85656921061?pwd=RkFTWk5UQmx3UW8yUklWQm1zNXRIUT09">
Zoom Link</a> (Monday, October 11, 2021)</span></li><li class="x_x_x_x_x_MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; margin-left:0in">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/open-proftech-call">Project & Call Overview</a></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">For more information, please see the <a href="https://tinyurl.com/open-proftech-call">
Project & Call Overview</a>. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">If you have additional questions, feel free to contact me directly at
<a href="mailto:mbelair@sbctc.edu">mbelair@sbctc.edu</a>.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">So excited to get started creating OER with you!</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Most sincerely,</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Monique</span></p>
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<img width="60" height="113" align="left" hspace="12" alt="Title: SBCTC logo - Description: Compass " style="width:.625in; height:1.1736in" data-outlook-trace="F:5|T:5" src="cid:image002.png@01D7BA15.21C13A30"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#003764">Monique
Belair</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#003764"> she|her|hers</span><span style="color:#003764"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#003764">Program Manager - WA Open ProfTech </span>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#003764">Program Administrator</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#003764">EdTech & OpenEd | SBCTC</span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#44546A"><a href="mailto:mbelair@sbctc.edu"><span style="color:#44546A">mbelair@sbctc.edu</span></a></span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#003561">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#003764"> 360-704-3942 </span></p>
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<b>SBCTC Vision</b></p>
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“Leading with racial equity, our colleges maximize student potential and transform lives within a culture of belonging that advances racial, social, and economic justice in service to our diverse communities”</p>
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