Guidelines for hiring and reviewing newly hired adjunct (FTII) faculty, and for the review of newly-hired fixed-term (FTM, FTI) faculty at 宾州州立大学蒙阿尔托分校
I. 介绍
这些指导方针的目的是确保聘请教授学分课程的兼职教师与聘请全职教师一样认真. This is essential to the proper integration of adjuncts into the campus community. 2002年7月, the American Federation of Teachers, a union representing more than 50,在全国各地聘用了000名兼职教师, recommended steps to improve the working conditions of adjuncts. These steps include an equitable pay scale, 评价程序, and professional support such as orientation on expectations, 课程, 以及治理结构. 这些指导方针还试图统一目前存在于欧博体育官网蒙奥图分校的不同的辅助招聘程序.
II. HIRING OF ADJUNCT (FTII) FACULTY
- 教务处主任(DAA)和该学科的专职教师将审查申请兼职职位的申请人的简历和其他证书. 没有的地方, 或者不够, 本学科的师资力量, 相关学科的教师或该学科的联邦学院(CWC)分部将被邀请参加评审.
- If the initial review is positive, 候选人将被邀请为该学科的全职教师教学做一次演讲, related disciplines or the discipline's CWC division. The candidate will be asked to select any topic or issue in his or her field for the presentation, which will seek to simulate a classroom teaching experience as much as possible. Even for adjuncts with extensive prior teaching experience, this presentation serves several useful purposes. First, it gives our faculty and the adjunct a chance to connect. 第二个, 它允许我们的教员分享关于助教对他或她将要教的学生水平的理解的见解, judging from the nature of the presentation. Third, it allows the adjunct’s questions to be answered by faculty from different perspectives. 第四, 它确保我们不会通过简单地询问和检查以前的学生评估来取代助教可能在以前的机构教过的学生的判断.
- 我们将尽一切努力,确保在课程开始前的两周内不要求对考生进行上述复核.
- 然后,参与上述审查的教师将建议是否寻求部门主管(DH)批准候选人在欧博体育官网蒙奥图分校担任兼职教师. If the decision is to seek such approval, then the request will be processed on the necessary forms by the DAA’s office.
- If the DH approves, a contract will be prepared for the adjunct by the DAA’s office.
- 我们会指派一名导师来分享教学大纲的准备和其他相关事宜的欧博官网app下载,如上课出勤和评分政策. The DAA’s office will provide copies of excellent syllabi on file to assist in this process. DAA还将提供其他相关欧博官网app下载,以帮助顺利过渡到欧博体育官网蒙奥图分校的教学, including a copy of the University Handbook for Part-Time 教师.
3. REVIEW OF ADJUNCT (FTII) FACULTY
- Newly hired adjuncts will go through a mid-semester peer evaluation (see attached instrument). The evaluation will be done by a full-time faculty member in the discipline, a related discipline or the discipline's CWC division. In order not to create an overly burdensome review procedure, 劳动分工将在这些类别的所有全职教师同意的轮岗基础上进行. 评估将寻求根据评估工具得出关于辅助教师教学的客观欧博官网app下载,并消除因对不同教学风格的偏见而产生的主观判断.
- If the peer review results in recommendations for improvement, 然后将在第一学期结束时进行后续审查,以确定建议成功实施的程度(见附件)。.
- 除非后来出现绩效问题,否则在以后的年份不会进行同行评议. Thus, under normal circumstances, peer reviews will be done only in the first semester.
- SRTEs will be administered at the end of each semester. 除了, 只在第一学期, 为更深入地了解学生对教学成效的看法,我们将实施补充srte的其他学生评估(见附件)。. 替代评估将在课程学期结束后立即邮寄给学生. Adjuncts who desire to continue using 另类学生评价 are free to do so.
IV. RETENTION OF ADJUNCT (FTII) FACULTY
The decision as to whether to retain an adjunct will depend on campus 教学的需要, 预算的考虑, and results of the adjunct’s peer reviews, SRTE分数, 另类学生评价, and other student feedback received by the DAA during the semester. 只要有可能, adjuncts shall be given reasonable notice of their retention for a subsequent term. 不被聘用的兼职教授也将得到合理的通知,并感谢他们为欧博体育官网蒙奥图分校提供的服务. As a way of showing the campus's appreciation for their services, a social will be held in honor of adjuncts at the end of each semester . The social will be held in the evening to allow for maximum participation.
V. REVIEW OF NEWLY HIRED FIXED-TERM (FTM, FTI) INSTRUCTORS
联邦学院制定了广泛的雇佣固定期限教员的指导方针(联邦学院教员搜寻指导方针), 2002年10月). 然而, apart from the administration of SRTEs, 没有经过深思熟虑的政策和程序来审查新聘用的定期教员,以使他们适当地融入新的学术环境并促进他们的成功. To that end, new fixed-term faculty will undergo the same review procedures as new adjuncts.
因此:
- Newly hired fixed-term faculty will go through a mid-semester peer evaluation. The evaluation will be done by a full-time faculty member in the discipline, a related discipline or the discipline's CWC division. In order not to create an overly burdensome review procedure, 劳动分工将在这些类别的所有全职教师同意的轮岗基础上进行. 评估将寻求根据评估工具得出关于辅助教师教学的客观欧博官网app下载,并消除因对不同教学风格的偏见而产生的主观判断.
- If the peer review results in recommendations for improvement, 然后在第一学期结束时进行后续审查,以确定建议成功实施的程度.
- 除非后来出现绩效问题,否则在以后的年份不会进行同行评议. Thus, under normal circumstances, peer reviews will be done only in the first semester.
- SRTEs will be administered at the end of each semester. 除了, 只在第一学期, 作为srte的补充,我们将实施其他学生评估,以更深入地了解学生对教学效果的看法,并提供进一步的指导. 替代评估将在课程学期结束后立即邮寄给学生. Fixed-term faculty who desire to continue using 另类学生评价 are free to do so.
VI. VOLUNTARY REVIEW OF EXISTING FIXED-TERM (FTM, FTI) AND STANDING FACULTY
在欧博体育官网蒙奥图分校任教超过一年的现有固定期限和长期教职员工不受新聘用的固定期限教职员工的强制性审查程序的约束, as these faculty participate in the annual review as prescribed by HR 40. 然而, 现有的固定任期和长期教职员工,他们希望有一个评论家访问他们的班级,目的是为改进他们的教学提供反馈, may either directly request a peer to conduct such a review or ask the DAA to arrange one.
7. RETENTION OF FIXED-TERM (FTM, FTI) AND STANDING FACULTY
固定期限教员和长期教员的保留将取决于目前使用的相同因素:合同类型, FTI, 站), 教学的需要, 预算的考虑, and the results of HR 40 evaluations of faculty performance.
8. 指引的范围
These guidelines only apply to newly-hired adjunct and fixed-term faculty. 这些准则不适用于在执行这些准则时已经服务满一年并经过年度教员审查的定期教员. Nor do these guidelines apply to non-teaching faculty, existing faculty who teach an overload under a supplemental contract or tenure-track faculty. 根据联邦学院教师搜索指南和联邦学院同行评审手册,聘用终身教职员工并进行同行评审.
IX. DEFINITIONS OF TYPES OF APPOINTMENTS
The following definitions are abridged versions of those appearing in University Policy HR 06.
- Standing Appointment: An appointment which is full-time and for which no ending date is specified.
- FTM (Fixed-Term - Multi-Year):为期最少36周,最长5年,并指定结束日期的全职聘用.
- 固定期限I (FTI):至少六个日历月的全职任用,并指定结束日期.
- Fixed-Term II (FTII): An appointment which is full-time for less than six calendar months or, less than full-time and has an ending date specified.
Endorsed by the 宾州州立大学蒙阿尔托分校 教师 Senate March 19, 2003