Blue Ridge Community College provides its employees with a meaningful employment experience and is an equal access and equal opportunity employer (See BRCC Policies and Procedures 2.23.1).
Full-time Faculty
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For each vacancy, a selection committee is established. In the case of curriculum faculty positions, this committee is a diverse group—faculty and/or staff—and chosen to serve based on related skills sets, similar duties and responsibilities, and education requirements of the position being filled. Committee members review all application packets and select the most qualified candidates for interview based on the job description and stated requirements. The hiring manager makes the recommendation of the successful candidate to the Vice President for Instruction. The recommendation is then sent to the Human Resources Director for employment verification and salary computation. The computation is sent to the Vice President for review and approval, and then onto the President for approval. The offer is then made to the successful candidate by the Human Resources Director. All offers are made contingent of a successful criminal background check. The President presents the name of all newly hired employee, along with salary, at the first meeting of the Board following employment.
Part-time Faculty
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The contract for part-time instructional employees will be completed by the designated assistant in the Office for Instruction. The completed contract is signed by the part-time instructional employee and the respective department personnel before being submitted to the Office for Finance for payment (See BRCC Policies and Procedures 3.3.2.B.1.). See Appendix B for a sample Adjunct Instructor Agreement.
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Faculty Credentials
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The institution employs competent faculty members qualified to accomplish the mission and goals of the institution. When determining acceptable qualifications for faculty, an institution gives primary consideration to the highest earned degree in the discipline. The institution also considers competence, effectiveness, and capacity, including, as appropriate, undergraduate and graduate degrees, related work experiences in the field, professional licensure and certifications, honors and awards, continuous documented excellence in teaching, or other demonstrated competencies and achievements that contribute to effective teaching and student learning outcomes. For all cases, the institution is responsible for justifying and documenting the qualifications of its faculty.
When an institution defines faculty qualifications using faculty credentials, institutions should use the following as credential guidelines:
- Faculty teaching general education courses at the undergraduate level: doctorate or master’s degree in the teaching discipline or master’s degree with a concentration in the teaching discipline (a minimum of 18 graduate semester hours in the teaching discipline).
- Faculty teaching associate degree courses designed for transfer to a baccalaureate degree: doctorate or master’s degree in the teaching discipline or master’s degree with a concentration in the teaching discipline (a minimum of 18 graduate semester hours in the teaching discipline).
- Faculty teaching associate degree courses not designed for transfer to the baccalaureate degree: bachelor’s degree in the teaching discipline, or associate’s degree and demonstrated competencies in the teaching discipline.
- Faculty teaching baccalaureate courses: doctorate or master’s degree in the teaching discipline or master’s degree with a concentration in the teaching discipline (minimum of 18 graduate semester hours in the teaching discipline).
- Faculty teaching graduate and post-baccalaureate course work: earned doctorate/terminal degree in the teaching discipline or a related discipline.
- Graduate teaching assistants: master’s in the teaching discipline or 18 graduate semester ours in the teaching discipline, direct supervision by a faculty member experienced in the teaching discipline, regular in-service training, and planned and periodic evaluations.
Approved: College Delegate Assembly, December 2006
Faculty Competency
The SACS-COC permits in certain situations a waiver of traditional credential requirements for instructors (refer to SACS-COC Comprehensive Standard 3.7.1.). Blue Ridge Community College endorses the principle that some instructors, as a result of non-traditional educational or training experiences or as a result of related work experiences, are fully qualified to teach in many area. The College acknowledges the need in such circumstances to fully document and maintain a record of those competencies.The Evidence of Competency/Capacity Form (See Appendix B) is completed for occupational extension instructors, literacy instructors, and others for whom formal credentials are required by accrediting or by common practice. This form is provided for supervisors of such instructors to document those competencies. This form is completed as soon as possible after hiring such an instructor, and the form along with any attachments become part of that instructor’s personnel file. (Attachments may include certificates that document non-traditional educational experiences, letters of reference that describe special skills and abilities possessed by the individual, etc.)
Compensation
BRCC offers a competitive pay scale for its curriculum full-time faculty according to a salary plan, which is sued to determine the starting salary or any salary changes caused by promotion, attainment of further education or degrees, assignment of special duties, merit pay, or Presidential awards (See BRCC Policies and Procedures 3.8.1.).
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