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1.The community college administration shall establish a committee consisting of
instructors and administrators, equally representative of the arts and sciences faculty
and the career and technical faculty. 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-effe
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1. The community college administration shall establish a committee consisting of
instructors and administrators, equally representative of the arts and sciences faculty
and the career and technical faculty. 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. Specificactivitiesthatensurefacultyattainanddemonstrateinstructionalcompetencies
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 similar accredited institutions
of higher education that are consistent with the standards established pursuant to section
260C.48, and compliance with faculty standards required under specific programs offered by
the community college that are accredited by other accrediting agencies. For purposes of this
paragraph, “accredited” means that an institution of higher education meets the standards
established by an accrediting agency recognized under 34 C.F.R. pt. 602 and by Tit. IV of the
federal Higher Education Opportunity Act, Pub. L. No. 110-315.
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.
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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 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.