Course Outline of Record Accessibility to Part-time Temporary Faculty

Fall
2001
Resolution Number
09.02
 
Contact
Assigned to
Curriculum Committee
Category
Curriculum
Status
Completed
Status Report

Primary responsibility for this task was referred to Local Senates Committee as part of their ongoing contact with local senates; reminders have also been incorporated in breakouts and the planned 2003 Curriculum Institute.

Whereas, Title 5 55002 (Standards and Criteria for Courses and Classes) requires that, for both degree applicable and nondegree-applicable credit courses, the course outline of record be made available to each instructor;

Whereas, There is continuing anecdotal evidence that many part-time temporary faculty members begin teaching in California community colleges without being provided a copy of the course outline of record for their assignments and often continue to teach for many years without knowing that course outlines exist; and

Whereas, Many, if not most, part-time temporary faculty do not currently participate in program review or curriculum review and are not informed of changes in the course outlines for their assignments;

Resolved, That the Academic Senate develop and recommend to local senates effective means to assure that all faculty members be provided a copy of the course outline of record for each course they a reassigned; and

Resolved, That the Academic Senate develop and recommend to local senates effective means to assure that all faculty members be provided regular updates of program review and curriculum review as relevant to the faculty member's assignments.