It is important that faculty who are new to the college (faculty who have taught for 3 years or less at the college) receive the support and formative feedback they need early in their teaching career at ACC. Department Chairs are responsible for organizing this support.

    • During their first semester teaching in the Department, Department Chairs are required to coordinate faculty mentors and course observations and provide assistance to the new faculty member in setting up their courses and becoming familiar with ACC systems and policies. Further, they are strongly encouraged to arrange for some formative feedback opportunities for these faculty on their course design and teaching methods. While this feedback should not be a part of the evaluation process, it is important that the college support these new faculty as they begin their work at the college. This investment of time and effort on the part of the Department and these new faculty can lead to better student learning outcomes in future years.
    • Full-time faculty in their first 3 (academic) years of teaching at the college will have a modified faculty evaluation calendar for those years – they should be evaluated during the summer (instead of the fall, see below):
        • Course materials for at least 2 courses (more if required by the department) taught each year are required for all faculty members during their first three years of teaching at the college.
        • Evaluation materials must be submitted after the spring semester (by a deadline determined by the Department) so that Departments can carry out the evaluation process during the first summer semester over the preceding fall and spring semesters.
        • The Dean may set a reasonable deadline for this to be completed for new full-time faculty during the summer, but the annual Summary Evaluation Form (Adjunct / Full-Time) should be returned to the faculty member no later than the end of the first 5 week summer session.
        • Note: 
          • If a new full-time faculty member starts teaching in the Fall semester, they will turn in their materials at the end of the Spring semester, to be evaluated during the Summer
          • If a new full-time faculty member starts teaching in the Spring semester, they will still turn in their materials at the end of the Spring semester, to be evaluated during the Summer
          • If a new full-time faculty member starts teaching in the Summer semester, they will turn their materials in during the following Spring, to be evaluated during the Summer after that
    • Special cases:  
      • “Temporary Emergency Hires” (i.e., “Temporary full-time faculty”) – If they teach for at least 2 semesters as “temporary full-time”, they should be evaluated as full-time faculty for that term. If they only teach 1 semester as temporary full-time, they should be evaluated as (very busy) adjunct faculty for that year.
      • Full-time faculty who do not teach during the academic year are not evaluated under this process for that year, since this is a teaching evaluation. If they do other work for the college, they should be evaluated for that work by their supervisor, but they will not receive an evaluation in the Faculty Evaluation Summary System. (Note that Counselors and Librarians have a separate evaluation process of their own.)
      • Faculty who change classifications from full-time to adjunct or adjunct to full-time should be evaluated for whichever of these they spent the most time in that academic year. After a classification change of this type, the evaluation cycle should be restarted in Year 1. If they are becoming full-time, they should be considered “new faculty” for evaluation purposes (i.e., they would turn in course materials for their first 3 years). If they are becoming adjunct, the department may choose to just consider them “continuing” faculty (so only collect course materials every third year).
      • Full-time faculty who teach one or more courses in a second department with a different department chair should be evaluated twice: once by their “home” department as a full-time faculty member and once by the second department as an adjunct faculty member. If the second department shares the same department chair with their “home” department, they should only be evaluated one time, as a full-time faculty member, but listing both departments on the Faculty Evaluation Summary Form.

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