1. Sabbatical Orientation
2018
Sabbatical Orientation
Writing the Outline, Proposal and Report

2. General Information  Timeline
 Sabbatical activities must be related to the SRJC Strategic plan and your job assignment.
 Outline, proposal and report must be submitted as MS Word documents.
 Use the following format when submitting your sabbatical documents:
last name_first initial_date_SabPro (Example: Smith_J_012218_SabPro.doc).
last name_first initial_date_SabOutline (Example: Smith_J_012218_Outlinedoc.).
last name_first initial_date_SabRpt (Example: Smith_J_012218_SabRpt.doc).

3. One Page Sabbatical Snapshot Due: April 4, 2018
The Outline
One Page Sabbatical Snapshot Due: April 4, 2018
 State Type of Leave:
Formal Coursework
Independent Study
Project
 Identify your outcome: Your Sabbatical Goal/Purpose.
 Objectives: List specific activities you will complete to achieve your outcome.
 List at least one tangible result of your efforts (i.e., written report based on research, revised course curriculum or re-written textbook chapters).
 All documents must be submitted in an MS Word format.

5. Writing The Proposal Due: September 7, 2018
 Follow format, font, length and style requirements.
 Re-state the purpose and be prepared to explain how it relates to the SRJC strategic plan and your job assignment.
 Describe leave objectives: Include brief statements of what you will actively accomplish during the sabbatical period, i.e., conduct research, visit college campuses, attend work-shops.
 Your activities must produce at least one tangible result such as a revised/new curriculum or written report based on findings.

6. Writing the Proposal: The Narrative
 Provides a detailed plan of how you will meet your goal and complete your objectives. All language refers to your goal and objectives.
 All activities must be completed within the official sabbatical period.
 Language must be positive and specific of what you will do, not what you plan to do. Example: I will write a new textbook. NOT: I plan to write a new textbook.
 When including an activity that is subject to processes and decisions outside of your control, provide alternative possibilities or preferences.
 I will travel to Central America to complete 9-12 units of formal study on pre- classic and classic periods of Mayan civilization. My top choices are the University of Mexico and/or the University of Mesoamerica in Guatemala.

7. Writing the Proposal: The Abstract
 Reflect all activities you will complete.
 Describe the tangible result of your sabbatical that benefits the campus community.
 Must be written in the third-person.

8. The Sabbatical Report
Due the semester following the completion of your sabbatical. Check timeline for actual date.
 Describe what actually happened on your sabbatical; how you completed every activity and achieved your desired outcome.
 Change all “I will” to “I did” statements.
 Follow same organization of proposal.
 Edit for changes from proposal (i.e., if you included options for an activity, only write about the one you did).
 Submit your report as a word document not as a pdf. Attach reports, transcripts, power points, course outlines, teaching modules and/or presentation material, etc. as appendices in electronic format also.

9. Recommendations
 Use definitive language, such as, he will visit, write, research versus plans to accomplish any of the above.
 Avoid making promises you can’t keep, such as publishing a work by the end of the sabbatical or giving a PDA presentation.
 Determine the feasibility of completing every planned activity within the official sabbatical period.
 Proof your work for professionalism, clarity and writing errors before submission.

10. Common Committee Feedback
 Difficult to identify desired outcome: Request clarification.
 Outcome is not related to SRJC assignment: Request modification.
 Outcome/Activities do not seem appropriate for requested length of leave: Suggest adjustment of work load or sabbatical length.
 Activities are not clearly related to desired outcome.
 Is not clear how outcome will benefit the campus community or further SRJC’s Strategic or Department Educational Plan.
 Problems with overall clarity, format and writing.