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COMPREHENSIVE STANDARD CS P22:
The institution provides evidence of ongoing professional development
of faculty as teachers, scholars, and practitioners.
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Compliance |
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Partial Compliance |
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Non-Compliance |
Collin County Community College (CCCCD) offers a selection of both
informal and structured professional development opportunities
for faculty. Annual faculty retreat events offer a collegial
setting for faculty to enhance their teaching skills or
knowledge of their subject matter. To maintain mastery of
their subject matter, faculty are required to participate
in planned professional development, and they are financially
supported to attend professional meetings and conferences.
Each year, funding is provided by the Board of Trustees
for faculty development. Providing approval and funding
for individual faculty development is one function of the
Council on Excellence (COE) (Reference 1).
This elected, all-faculty body suggests plans for faculty
development, as well as approves faculty professional development
travel (Reference 2). In addition to
group workshops held on campus, and regional and state sponsored
workshops and conferences, a stipend is provided to each
faculty member for Council on Excellence-approved individual
faculty development.
The College also encourages faculty to continue their formal
education by pursuing advanced degrees and supports their
efforts through tuition reimbursement (Reference
3). The College supports faculty who want to pursue
scholarly interests through sabbaticals (Reference
4) and study grants (Reference 5).
Faculty supported through a study grant can pursue in-depth
study of topics in their academic disciplines. Results are
shared through workshop and seminar presentations during
the year. Faculty publications are highlighted through Faculty
in Print displays featured in the District Learning Resource
Centers. Through the annual publication of the Recognition
Book (Reference 6), the work of exemplary
teachers and scholars is shared with the academic community.
The institution provides formal faculty development opportunities
through the Teaching Learning Center (TLC), staffed by education
professionals. The Faculty Development Advisory Team, working
with the Executive Director of the TLC, gathers research
on suggested workshop topics and development (Reference
7). Faculty enhance their skills through Faculty Development
Week workshops (Reference 8), which
are sponsored by the TLC and held twice a year, All College
Day workshops (Reference 9), and periodic
workshops throughout the semester. The TLC (Reference
10) provides individual consultations with doctoral
and Master’s level instructional designers and educators,
training in using distance education technologies, on-line
curriculum development using the WebCT course management
system, video tapes and CDs (Reference
11) on teaching learning topics, and a comprehensive
Web site with self-instructional modules.
Finally, the Continuing Education Division provides training
for faculty and staff in specific technologies, such as
programming languages and Web design (Reference
12).
Each faculty member receives an annual appraisal by the
dean. This appraisal contains an evaluation of faculty development,
as well as a number of other components. These other components
are evaluation of teaching, assisting students, college
service, professional interactions, policy/procedure/timeline
adherence, and student evaluations of instruction. Faculty
members are recommended for a multi-year contract after
a careful multi-level review. Before awarding multi-year
contracts, the CCCCD Board of Trustees considers recommendations
from the College President, which include comments on faculty
development and college service performed by the faculty
member.
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