Tenure: Towards a Model Four Year Tenure Process
A position paper written by the Educational Policies Committee. Paul Setziol and Regina Stanback Stroud, principal authors.
A position paper written by the Educational Policies Committee. Paul Setziol and Regina Stanback Stroud, principal authors.
The Academic Senate encourages faculty evaluation to be done in a non-punitive, collegial atmosphere. Faculty evaluation is a complex process; no single source of data is adequate. The evaluation process should begin with a written self evaluation. This encourages discussion and goal setting, giving increased value to the process. The combined appraisals of students, colleagues, administrators, and faculty member's self assessment are required for reasonably reliable and valid judgments.
Assembly Bill 1725, section 87458, made an important change in the employment rights of certificated administrators. This document is intended to explain the provisions of the law on this matter and to provide one model for how a local district might establish its Administrator Retreat Rights Procedure.
This is an older version, also see the revised document. Suggestions for local academic senates to use in reaching joint agreement with administration on the process to be used to determine equivalent qualifications for hire under the new minimum standards mandated by AB 1725.
One of the major issues discussed by the Californians, a group comprised of representatives from CCC/CFT, CCA/CTA, CACC, CCCT, ACCCA, CEOs, and the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, involved the baccalaureate degree as a minimum requirement for tenure in the California Community Colleges.
Educational Policies Committee has adopted this statement with only minor editorial changes, for the reasons which follow.
Concern over the quality of education from elementary school through postgraduate levels has provoked much discussion, both nationwide and here in California. The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges believes that quality education can be provided only by an outstanding faculty.
A compilation of definitions and descriptions from the 1982 Great Teachers Seminar