Common use of Professional Development Evaluation Clause in Contracts

Professional Development Evaluation. The College and the Faculty Council aver the value of evaluation and development for probationary and tenured instructors. The primary purpose of such activity is improvement of instruction. 1. Probationary faculty deserve and may require assistance adjusting to their duties and environment. Therefore, resources permitting, each probationary instructor will be assisted by a team consisting of the appropriate instructional administrator, tenured department members, and another tenured faculty member. The team will be guided by materials in section 4560 of the procedures manual. 2. Tenured faculty deserve institutional attention and support. Therefore, in consultation with his/her instructional administrator, each tenured faculty member will yearly create and pursue a professional development plan aimed at maintaining competency, increasing proficiency, and broadening skills. The plan will include minimally: a. an analysis of the employee's course work and methodology during the prior year, b. a statement of future professional goals, and c. methods to achieve such goals. 3. Tenured faculty will: a. Solicit student course evaluations in at least two (2) courses (sections) per semester (see c. below). The student survey instrument may be designed by the instructor in Consultation with the instructional team. The method for distributing and collecting the survey instrument is described in the procedures manual (#4560). All materials (including student evaluations) will be provided to the instructional team. For counselors, all students with a scheduled appointment will be solicited for evaluation of the counseling appointment. The instrument may be designed by the counselors in consultation with the appropriate administrator. b. At least once every three (3) years, engage in one of the following: i. Share a course portfolio with the instructional team. The contents of the course portfolio are described in the procedures manual (#4560). ii. Share a teaching or counseling portfolio with the instructional team. The contents of the teaching or counseling portfolio are described in the procedures manual (#4560). iii. Arrange a classroom visitation by and a follow-up discussion with the instructional team. Counselors may have another counselor with required credentials observe an appointment. iv. Electronically record audio and video of one or more classes or counseling appointments and share the recordings with the instructional team. v. Keep a daily log of classroom interactions and share this log with the instructional team. c. If an instructor teaches more than ten (10) contact hours of overload in a semester, then: 1. Student course evaluations must be solicited in all courses (sections) taught that semester, and 2. A member of the instructional team will review the instructor’s performance during that semester. Additionally, faculty are encouraged to take courses and/or visit classes taught by peers in their own and other departments, both inside and outside the institution. Occupational faculty are encouraged to seek input from one or more of their advisory committees. d. The administrator on the instructional team will, by the end of the spring semester, submit to the chief academic officer a statement that the process has been completed. e. At least once every three (3) years, the instructional team by consensus will rate the instructor as “satisfactory” or “unsatisfactory.” i. An instructor rated “satisfactory” will continue in good standing as a tenured Faculty member. ii. An instructor rated “unsatisfactory” will: (a). Be frozen on the salary schedule,

Professional Development Evaluation. The College and the Faculty Council aver the value of evaluation and development for probationary and tenured instructors. The primary purpose of such activity is improvement of instruction. 1. Probationary faculty deserve and may require assistance adjusting to their duties and environment. Therefore, resources permitting, each probationary instructor will be assisted by a team consisting of the appropriate instructional administrator, tenured department members, and another tenured faculty member. The team will be guided by materials in section 4560 of the procedures manual. 2. Tenured faculty deserve institutional attention and support. Therefore, in consultation with his/her instructional administrator, each tenured faculty member will yearly create and pursue a professional development plan aimed at maintaining competency, increasing proficiency, and broadening skills. The plan will include minimally: a. an analysis of the employee's course work and methodology during the prior year, b. a statement of future professional goals, and c. methods to achieve such goals. 3. Tenured faculty will: a. Solicit student course evaluations in at least two (2) courses (sections) per semester (see c. below). The student survey instrument may be designed by the instructor in Consultation consultation with the instructional team. The method for distributing and collecting the survey instrument is described in the procedures manual (#4560). All materials (including student evaluations) will be provided to the instructional team. For counselors, all students with a scheduled appointment will be solicited for evaluation of the counseling appointment. The instrument may be designed by the counselors in consultation with the appropriate administrator. b. At least once every three (3) years, engage in one of the following: i. (1) Share a course portfolio with the instructional team. The contents of the course portfolio are described in the procedures manual (#4560). ii. (2) Share a teaching or counseling portfolio with the instructional team. The contents of the teaching or counseling portfolio are described in the procedures manual (#4560). iii. (3) Arrange a classroom visitation by and a follow-up discussion with the instructional team. Counselors may have another counselor with required credentials observe an appointment. iv. (4) Electronically record audio and video of one or more classes or counseling appointments and share the recordings with the instructional team. v. (5) Keep a daily log of classroom interactions and share this log with the instructional team. c. If an instructor teaches more than ten (10) contact hours of overload in a semester, then: (1. ) Student course evaluations must be solicited in all courses (sections) taught that semester, and (2. ) A member of the instructional team will review the instructor’s performance during that semester. Additionally, faculty are encouraged to take courses and/or visit classes taught by peers in their own and other departments, both inside and outside the institution. Occupational faculty are encouraged to seek input from one or more of their advisory committees. d. The administrator on the instructional team will, by the end of the spring semester, submit to the chief academic officer a statement that the process has been completed. e. At least once every three (3) years, the instructional team by consensus will rate the instructor as “satisfactory” or “unsatisfactory.” i. (1) An instructor rated “satisfactory” will continue in good standing as a tenured Faculty faculty member. ii. (2) An instructor rated “unsatisfactory” will: : (a). ) Be frozen on the salary schedule, (b) Be assigned an improvement team consisting of the original instructional team, an additional administrator, and two additional faculty members (one chosen by the instructor and the other chosen by the instructional team), and (c) Meet regularly with the improvement team to design and implement a program to restore the instructor to a “satisfactory” rating within two (2) years. The instructional team will rate the instructor at the end of the first year and, if necessary, at the end of the second year. (i) An instructor restored to a “satisfactory” rating will resume salary schedule advancement from the point at which the instructor was frozen. (ii) An instructor who receives an “unsatisfactory” rating after both the first and second years will be dismissed.