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College Faculty Credentialing
(RCTC Procedure 3.32.1)
Part 1. Applicability:
RCTC will employ faculty who meet minimum qualifications per MNSCU
Procedure 3.32.1. No exceptions will be allowed for unlimited fulltime
and temporary fulltime faculty. Hiring exceptions (as listed in 3.32.1)
for other faculty (temporary part time, adjunct and external) are
sanctioned. Temporary part time, adjunct and external instructors
employed 2004-2005 and/or 2005-2006 who do not meet minimum qualification
and who do not meet one of the MNSCU 3.32.1 exceptions may be employed
2006-2007 and 2007-2008. Thereafter, they must meet minimum qualifications
or qualify for an exception. Current unlimited faculty should meet
minimum qualifications if assigned available work outside of their
credential field unless such faculty are team teaching a course and
a faculty team member meets minimum qualification in the course related
credential field, or if exceptions in MnSCU 3.32.1 procedures are
met. New hire unlimited faculty will meet, within their probationary
period, the teacher education/teaching and learning competency requirement
or meet one of the approved (3.32.1) exceptions. Current unlimited
faculty have the option to complete this requirement per MNSCU 3.32.1
Part 5.
Part 2. Professional Development Plan:
All faculty shall prepare an individual (3 year) Professional Development
Plan as approved by AASC. Not all six 3.32.1 currency areas need be
addressed. Faculty must address currency in their credential field
in the PDP. If a faculty member has more than one credential field,
each must be addressed in the PDP. The PDP may be part of the regular
faculty evaluation but in itself may not be cause for a negative evaluation.
PDP component 6 (“other components”) activities are not
to be used for alternative salary column movement. Administration
PDP approval is not required. However, faculty must consult with their
administrative supervisor when writing or amending the PDP. The PDP
belongs to the individual faculty; copies may be kept in appropriate
files, including the faculty’s personnel file.
Part 3. Reporting:
Records pertaining to hiring exceptions (as listed in MNSCU 3.32.1
Procedure) will include specific exception category as follows: 1)
number of exceptions; 2) exact exception area; 3) evidence of effort
to hire fully qualified; 4) suggestion for how fully qualified will
be secured in the future. Additionally, a rationale for permitting
unlimited faculty to teach courses in fields without meeting minimum
qualifications must be documented. The report will also indicate whether
current temporary part time, adjunct and external instructors (employed
2004-2005 and/or 2005/2006 granted waiver 2006-2007 and 2007-2008)
who do not meet one of the MNSCU exceptions have thereafter met minimum
qualifications or have been granted an exception. This "exceptions"
report will be generated and maintained by RCTC Human Resources, and
presented by Teaching and Learning to AASC. On a semester-by-semester
basis, Teaching and Learning will provide AASC information about exceptions;
whenever possible, it will provide this information prior to the start
of each semester.
Date of Implementation: Immediate
Date of Adoption: 9/26/06