260C.36 QUALITY FACULTY PLAN.
1. The community college administration shall establish a
committee consisting of instructors and administrators, equally
representative of the arts and sciences faculty and the
vocational-technical faculty, which has no more than a simple
majority of members of the same gender. The faculty members shall be
appointed by the certified employee organization if one exists and if
not, by the college administration. The administrators shall be
appointed by the college administration. The committee shall develop
and maintain a plan for hiring and developing quality faculty that
includes all of the following:
a. An implementation schedule for the plan.
b. Orientation for new faculty.
c. Continuing professional development for faculty.
d. Procedures for accurate recordkeeping and documentation
for plan monitoring.
e. Consortium arrangements when appropriate, cost-effective,
and mutually beneficial.
f. Specific activities that ensure faculty attain and
demonstrate instructional competencies and knowledge in their subject
or technical areas.
g. Procedures for collection and maintenance of records
demonstrating that each faculty member has attained or documented
progress toward attaining minimal competencies.
h. Compliance with the faculty accreditation standards of the
north central association of colleges and schools and with faculty
standards required under specific programs offered by the community
college that are accredited by other accrediting agencies.
i. Determination of the faculty that will be included in the
plan including but not limited to all instructors, counselors, and
media specialists. The plan requirements may be differentiated for
each type of employee.
2. The committee shall submit the plan to the board of directors,
which shall consider the plan and, once approved, submit the plan to
the department of education and implement the plan not later than
July 1, 2003.
3. The administration of the college shall encourage the
continued development of faculty potential by doing all of the
following:
a. Regularly stimulating department chairpersons or heads to
meet their responsibilities for the continued development of faculty
potential.
b. Reducing the instructional loads of first-year instructors
whose course preparation and in-service training demand a reduction.
c. Stimulating curricular evaluation.
d. Encouraging the development of an atmosphere in which the
faculty brings a wide range of ideas and experiences to the students,
each other, and the community.
4. The department of education shall establish the following
committees:
a. An ad hoc accreditation quality faculty plan protocol
committee to advise the department in the development of protocols
related to the quality faculty planning process to be used by the
accreditation teams during site visits. The committee shall, at a
minimum, determine what types of evidence need to be provided,
develop interview procedures and visit goals, and propose
accreditation protocol revisions.
b. An ongoing quality faculty plan professional development
committee. The committee shall, at a minimum, do the following:
(1) Develop systemic, ongoing, and sustainable statewide
professional development opportunities that support institutional
development as well as individual development and support of the
quality faculty plans. The opportunities may include web-based
systems to share promising practices.
(2) Determine future professional development needs.
(3) Develop or identify training and assistance relating to the
quality faculty plan process and requirements.
(4) Assist the department and community colleges in developing
professional development consortia.
(5) Review and identify best practices in each community college
quality faculty plan, including best practices regarding adjunct
faculty.
c. A community college faculty advisory committee consisting
of one member and one alternate from each community college,
appointed by the committee established pursuant to subsection 1. The
committee membership shall be equally represented by individuals from
the liberal arts and sciences faculty and the career and technical
faculty. The committee shall, at a minimum, keep faculty informed of
higher education issues, facilitate communication between the faculty
and the department on an ongoing basis, and serve as an advisory
committee to the department and community colleges on faculty issues.
Section History: Early Form
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 280A.36]
Section History: Recent Form
C93, § 260C.36
2002 Acts, ch 1047, §5; 2007 Acts, ch 214, §21, 22; 2008 Acts, ch
1181, § 27, 28
Referred to in § 260C.47
260C.36 QUALITY FACULTY PLAN.
1. The community college administration shall establish a
committee consisting of instructors and administrators, equally
representative of the arts and sciences faculty and the
vocational-technical faculty, which has no more than a simple
majority of members of the same gender. The faculty members shall be
appointed by the certified employee organization if one exists and if
not, by the college administration. The administrators shall be
appointed by the college administration. The committee shall develop
and maintain a plan for hiring and developing quality faculty that
includes all of the following:
a. An implementation schedule for the plan.
b. Orientation for new faculty.
c. Continuing professional development for faculty.
d. Procedures for accurate recordkeeping and documentation
for plan monitoring.
e. Consortium arrangements when appropriate, cost-effective,
and mutually beneficial.
f. Specific activities that ensure faculty attain and
demonstrate instructional competencies and knowledge in their subject
or technical areas.
g. Procedures for collection and maintenance of records
demonstrating that each faculty member has attained or documented
progress toward attaining minimal competencies.
h. Compliance with the faculty accreditation standards of the
north central association of colleges and schools and with faculty
standards required under specific programs offered by the community
college that are accredited by other accrediting agencies.
i. Determination of the faculty that will be included in the
plan including but not limited to all instructors, counselors, and
media specialists. The plan requirements may be differentiated for
each type of employee.
2. The committee shall submit the plan to the board of directors,
which shall consider the plan and, once approved, submit the plan to
the department of education and implement the plan not later than
July 1, 2003.
3. The administration of the college shall encourage the
continued development of faculty potential by doing all of the
following:
a. Regularly stimulating department chairpersons or heads to
meet their responsibilities for the continued development of faculty
potential.
b. Reducing the instructional loads of first-year instructors
whose course preparation and in-service training demand a reduction.
c. Stimulating curricular evaluation.
d. Encouraging the development of an atmosphere in which the
faculty brings a wide range of ideas and experiences to the students,
each other, and the community.
4. The department of education shall establish the following
committees:
a. An ad hoc accreditation quality faculty plan protocol
committee to advise the department in the development of protocols
related to the quality faculty planning process to be used by the
accreditation teams during site visits. The committee shall, at a
minimum, determine what types of evidence need to be provided,
develop interview procedures and visit goals, and propose
accreditation protocol revisions.
b. An ongoing quality faculty plan professional development
committee. The committee shall, at a minimum, do the following:
(1) Develop systemic, ongoing, and sustainable statewide
professional development opportunities that support institutional
development as well as individual development and support of the
quality faculty plans. The opportunities may include web-based
systems to share promising practices.
(2) Determine future professional development needs.
(3) Develop or identify training and assistance relating to the
quality faculty plan process and requirements.
(4) Assist the department and community colleges in developing
professional development consortia.
(5) Review and identify best practices in each community college
quality faculty plan, including best practices regarding adjunct
faculty.
c. A community college faculty advisory committee consisting
of one member and one alternate from each community college,
appointed by the committee established pursuant to subsection 1. The
committee membership shall be equally represented by individuals from
the liberal arts and sciences faculty and the career and technical
faculty. The committee shall, at a minimum, keep faculty informed of
higher education issues, facilitate communication between the faculty
and the department on an ongoing basis, and serve as an advisory
committee to the department and community colleges on faculty issues.
Section History: Early Form
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 280A.36]
Section History: Recent Form
C93, § 260C.36
2002 Acts, ch 1047, §5; 2007 Acts, ch 214, §21, 22; 2008 Acts, ch
1181, § 27, 28
Referred to in § 260C.47
260C.36 QUALITY FACULTY PLAN.
1. The community college administration shall establish a
committee consisting of instructors and administrators, equally
representative of the arts and sciences faculty and the
vocational-technical faculty, which has no more than a simple
majority of members of the same gender. The faculty members shall be
appointed by the certified employee organization if one exists and if
not, by the college administration. The administrators shall be
appointed by the college administration. The committee shall develop
and maintain a plan for hiring and developing quality faculty that
includes all of the following:
a. An implementation schedule for the plan.
b. Orientation for new faculty.
c. Continuing professional development for faculty.
d. Procedures for accurate recordkeeping and documentation
for plan monitoring.
e. Consortium arrangements when appropriate, cost-effective,
and mutually beneficial.
f. Specific activities that ensure faculty attain and
demonstrate instructional competencies and knowledge in their subject
or technical areas.
g. Procedures for collection and maintenance of records
demonstrating that each faculty member has attained or documented
progress toward attaining minimal competencies.
h. Compliance with the faculty accreditation standards of the
north central association of colleges and schools and with faculty
standards required under specific programs offered by the community
college that are accredited by other accrediting agencies.
i. Determination of the faculty that will be included in the
plan including but not limited to all instructors, counselors, and
media specialists. The plan requirements may be differentiated for
each type of employee.
2. The committee shall submit the plan to the board of directors,
which shall consider the plan and, once approved, submit the plan to
the department of education and implement the plan not later than
July 1, 2003.
3. The administration of the college shall encourage the
continued development of faculty potential by doing all of the
following:
a. Regularly stimulating department chairpersons or heads to
meet their responsibilities for the continued development of faculty
potential.
b. Reducing the instructional loads of first-year instructors
whose course preparation and in-service training demand a reduction.
c. Stimulating curricular evaluation.
d. Encouraging the development of an atmosphere in which the
faculty brings a wide range of ideas and experiences to the students,
each other, and the community.
4. The department of education shall establish the following
committees:
a. An ad hoc accreditation quality faculty plan protocol
committee to advise the department in the development of protocols
related to the quality faculty planning process to be used by the
accreditation teams during site visits. The committee shall, at a
minimum, determine what types of evidence need to be provided,
develop interview procedures and visit goals, and propose
accreditation protocol revisions.
b. An ongoing quality faculty plan professional development
committee. The committee shall, at a minimum, do the following:
(1) Develop systemic, ongoing, and sustainable statewide
professional development opportunities that support institutional
development as well as individual development and support of the
quality faculty plans. The opportunities may include web-based
systems to share promising practices.
(2) Determine future professional development needs.
(3) Develop or identify training and assistance relating to the
quality faculty plan process and requirements.
(4) Assist the department and community colleges in developing
professional development consortia.
(5) Review and identify best practices in each community college
quality faculty plan, including best practices regarding adjunct
faculty.
c. A community college faculty advisory committee consisting
of one member and one alternate from each community college,
appointed by the committee established pursuant to subsection 1. The
committee membership shall be equally represented by individuals from
the liberal arts and sciences faculty and the career and technical
faculty. The committee shall, at a minimum, keep faculty informed of
higher education issues, facilitate communication between the faculty
and the department on an ongoing basis, and serve as an advisory
committee to the department and community colleges on faculty issues.
Section History: Early Form
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 280A.36]
Section History: Recent Form
C93, § 260C.36
2002 Acts, ch 1047, §5; 2007 Acts, ch 214, §21, 22; 2008 Acts, ch
1181, § 27, 28
Referred to in § 260C.47
