Common use of Professional Development and Continued Eligibility Clause in Contracts

Professional Development and Continued Eligibility. Adjunct faculty members are expected to engage in professional development activities that are intended to improve the quality of their students’ learning, and that enable them to maintain their professional skills and currency in their fields. To remain eligible for continued employment, adjunct faculty members must periodically demonstrate professional development/content currency and/or institutional service by submitting evidence of activities relevant to teaching and learning. Adjunct faculty may consult with their chair or coordinator to identify appropriate professional development activities for their teaching discipline. The ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Vice President for Academic Affairs or designee(s) shall determine the acceptability of evidence for continued eligibility to ensure a measure of uniformity as well as reasonable expectations of faculty throughout the College. See Attachment D: Continued Eligibility Form and Sample Letter. A. Implementation: Each fall, the Department of Human Resources will identify adjunct faculty who, by the end of that semester or the following spring semester, will have taught for five academic years or a multiple thereof. 1. By October 1, Academic Affairs will notify these adjunct faculty members in writing of the requirement to submit evidence of appropriate activities, and will supply the list of such adjuncts to the Association. 2. By the following June 1, the adjunct faculty members will submit evidence of continued eligibility to their department chair or coordinator (as described in Attachment D). Evidence of three activities over five years must be provided, at least two of which must be a professional development activity. At least one of the professional development activities must be used to maintain currency in the adjunct faculty member’s content area or industry. 3. After review by the chair/coordinator and the division ▇▇▇▇, the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Vice President for Academic Affairs or designee will notify faculty members of acceptance or rejection of evidence, along with specific rationale, within two months of submission by the adjunct faculty member. B. Evidence of continued eligibility: Evidence of continued eligibility includes but is not limited to: Professional Development Activities ● Center for Professional Development offerings and online learning platform (e.g., D2L) trainings ● Completion of a graduate or undergraduate course relevant to the teaching assignment ● Creative works relevant to teaching assignments (e.g., films, sculptures, etc.) ● Earned continuing education units ● Earned licensure or certification ● Orientation Week and Learning Day sessions ● Other workplace training relevant to the teaching assignment ● Participation in a professional development activity relevant to the teaching assignment ● Preparation of a portfolio demonstrating professional development activities/content currency ● Presentation or participation in a professional conference or workshop, including Oakton programs ● Publication of an article or book Institutional Service Activities ● Adjunct faculty mentor ● Development of departmental/program assessments ● Facilitation or leadership of a co-curricular activity ● Master course shell development ● Meeting commitment package ● Participation in a college-wide student success initiative ● Participation in a grant project ● Participation in Persistence Project ● Service on a college-wide, department, or division committee ● Student club advisor ● Study Breakfast volunteer Community Service Activities • Community service activities which are related to your teaching discipline (consult your chair/Coordinator). ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ to submit acceptable evidence: Failure to submit acceptable evidence as evaluated by the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Vice President for Academic Affairs or designee may make the faculty member ineligible for future assignments. Faculty who subsequently submit acceptable evidence will be reemployed in the next semester in the customary manner.