FACULT CREDETIAL MAUAL August 2015 Updated ov. 14, 2015 UT Arlington Provost s Office FAQs for Faculty Credentials 1
1. What is faculty credentialing? Faculty credentialing is a process that ensures that all instructors of record are qualified to teach their assigned course(s). SACSCOC and UT Arlington subscribe to the principle that the content/level of the course determines the qualifications required to teach it. UT Arlington is committed to ensuring that all teaching faculty have the highest standards of academic preparation and experience to teach in a higher education academic setting. 2. Who needs to have a credentials form on file? All full-time and part-time faculty, including Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) who teach a credit-bearing course and/or have direct instructional activity in a credit-bearing class must have a credential form on file. In addition, all teaching faculty must have an official transcript of the highest academic degree earned and a current curriculum vitae (CV) on file with their department. This policy applies to all tenured (Professor and Associate Professor) and tenure-track (Assistant Professor) faculty and all non-tenure track faculty (Instructors, Senior Lecturers and Lecturers, Specialists, Visiting faculty, Adjunct faculty, Clinical faculty, Research faculty who are teaching, and Assistant Instructors) who are Instructors of Record for courses that are or could be part of a degree program. Graduate teaching assistants who are instructors of record for credit-bearing courses will also need their credentials on file. 3. What information must be included in the credentials (CCQ) form? The form provides evidence that the faculty member in question is qualified to teach a particular course or set of courses. The area of expertise that the degree demonstrates must align with the course s learning objectives. Departments must include the course title and description on the CCQ form. The credential form for all faculty is available through the Provost s webpage under Forms: www.uta.edu/provost. When instructors are not credentialed by their advanced degree, departments must submit the Supplemental Qualifications Form that provides sufficient evidence that the prospective faculty member is qualified to teach the assigned course. Through the Supplemental Qualifications Form the hiring unit presents the prospective instructor s certificates, licensures, artistic accomplishments, publications, professional recognitions, and other demonstrated skills and experiences that establish beyond doubt that the instructor is qualified to teach the specific course(s) assigned through an alignment of course learning outcomes and instructor expertise, degrees, and other evidence. 4. When is a faculty credential form (CCQ) required? When hiring a new Instructor of Record scheduled to teach a credit-bearing course (Semester Credit Hours (SCH) greater than 0). When an existing faculty member or instructor is assigned a credit-bearing course outside of their teaching discipline. When a faculty member or instructor has acquired a new degree. 2
Departments are encouraged to submit one credential form for each faculty member that includes as many courses as a faculty member may be required to teach during the prescribed academic year. 5. What if the prospective faculty member has a terminal degree but it is OT in the same discipline as the assigned course? The prospective faculty member may be qualified to teach the assigned course through one or both of the following approaches: 1. The prospective faculty member provides evidence of earning a minimum of 18 graduate semester credit hours of coursework that can serve as a basis for the instructional assignment. 2. The prospective faculty member presents evidence of substantial and current accomplishments in the field of the teaching assignment: the prospective instructor s certificates, licensures, artistic accomplishments, publications, professional recognitions, and other demonstrated skills and experiences that establish beyond doubt that the instructor is qualified to teach the specific course(s) assigned through an alignment of course learning outcomes and instructor expertise, degrees, and other evidence. The hiring department presents the evidence required by filling out the Supplemental Qualifications Form in addition to the Certification of Credentials and Qualifications form (CCQ). SACSCOC Comprehensive Standard 3.7.1 states: a. Faculty teaching general education courses at the undergraduate level: doctorate or master s degree in the teaching discipline or master s degree with a concentration in the teaching discipline (a minimum of 18 graduate semester hours in the teaching discipline). b. Faculty teaching associate degree courses designed for transfer to a baccalaureate degree. c. Faculty teaching associate degree courses not designed for transfer to the baccalaureate degree. d. Faculty teaching baccalaureate courses: doctorate or master s degree in the teaching discipline or master s degree with a concentration in the teaching discipline (minimum of 18 graduate semester hours in the teaching discipline). e. Faculty teaching graduate and post-baccalaureate course work: earned doctorate/terminal degree in the teaching discipline or a related discipline. f. Graduate teaching assistants: master s in the teaching discipline or 18 graduate semester hours in the teaching discipline, direct supervision by a faculty member experienced in the teaching discipline, regular in-service training, and planned and periodic evaluations. 6. What deadlines are important to remember regarding faculty credentials? Faculty must have credentials approved by the chair, dean, and provost before the first day of classes and as soon as an instructor is assigned to a class. UT Arlington Faculty Credential Decision Chart 3
SACSCOC Comprehensive Standard 3.7.1 The institution employs competent faculty members qualified to accomplish the mission and goals of the institution. When determining acceptable qualifications of its faculty, an institution gives primary consideration to the highest earned degree in the discipline. The institution also considers competence, effectiveness, and capacity, including, as appropriate, undergraduate and graduate degrees, related work experiences in the field, professional licensure and certifications, honors and awards, continuous documented excellence in teaching, or other demonstrated competencies and achievements that contribute to effective teaching and student learning outcomes. For all cases, the institution is responsible for justifying and documenting the qualifications of its faculty. PROSPECTIVE FACULT WHO SEEK TO TEACH UDERGRADUATE COURSES *IER: Institutional Effectiveness and Reporting ES The prospective faculty member is qualified to teach. Submit CCQ Form to the Provost s Office Does prospective faculty member have a doctorate or terminal degree in teaching discipline? O Does prospective faculty member have a master s degree in teaching discipline? Please specify teaching discipline in justification section of SQ Form Please specify teaching discipline in COURSES Does the master s degree transcript offer evidence of 18 graduate ES semester hours in the justification section The approval of the O prospective faculty teaching discipline? member is pending further qualifications provided including significant demonstrated The prospective competencies, work faculty member is experience and/or qualified to teach. achievements Submit that must CCQ Form to be demonstrated the (See Provost s Office C.S. 3.7.1) Submit both CCQ and SQ Forms to the Provost s Office. ES O PROSPECTIVE FACULT WHO SEEK TO TEACH GRADUATE AD POSTBACCALAUREATE 4
ES Does prospective faculty member have a doctorate or terminal degree in teaching discipline? O Please specify teaching discipline in justification section of SQ form The prospective faculty member is qualified to teach. Submit CCQ form to the Provost s Office ES Does prospective faculty member have a DOCTORATE or terminal degree in a related discipline? O Does the prospective faculty member have extensive related work experience, professional licensure, certifications, honors and awards or other demonstrated competencies in the teaching discipline? ES The prospective faculty member is qualified to teach provided that a justification citing demonstrated competencies is documented. Please specify teaching discipline in justification section. Submit both CCQ and SQ Forms to the Provost s Office. The approval of the prospective faculty member is pending further qualifications provided including significant demonstrated competencies, work experience and/or achievements (See C.S. 3.7.1) Submit both CCQ and SQ Forms to the Provost s Office The Graduate Dean s office will submit the CCQ forms to Institutional Effectiveness and Reporting for recording. UT Arlington s Handbook of Operating Procedures Section on Instructor and Faculty Credentials is at: https://www.uta.edu/policy/hop/6-550 PROSPECTIVE GRADUATE STUDETS (GTA) AS ISTRUCTOR OF RECORD FOR UDERGRADUATE COURSES * 5
Does the graduate teaching assistant have a master s degree in teaching discipline or 18 graduate credit hours in teaching discipline? Please specify teaching discipline in Credential Form. ES The GTA is qualified to teach undergraduate courses. Submit CCQ Form to the Provost s Office. O The approval of the prospective GTA as instructor is pending further qualifications provided including significant demonstrated competencies, work experience and/or achievements (See C.S. 3.7.1) Submit both CCQ and SQ Forms to the Provost s Office. *Please note that there are no provisions in the SACSCOC requirements for graduate teaching assistants to teach a graduate course for credit. Best practices suggest that graduate students should not teach graduate (masters or doctoral) courses for credit, and this option should be avoided. GTAs must have the 18 graduate credit hours in the teaching discipline completed before the start of the course for which they will be the instructor or record. Thesis, dissertation and internship hours do not count towards formal coursework credit. SACSCOC Standard 7.3.1 also call for graduate teaching assistants that serve as instructors of record to be under the direct supervision of a faculty member, receive regular in-service training and receive planned and periodic evaluation of their teaching. Departments must maintain evidence of compliance with SACSCOC Standard 3.7.1. CLASSIFICATIO OF GRADUATE TEACHIG ASSISTATS O MMAV 6
According to UT Arlington s Graduate Student Handbook (http://grad.pci.uta.edu/resources/pdf/gta_handbook.pdf), GTAs may be required to give presentations, conduct demonstrations, lead discussions, administer tests and assist with grading; but they are not responsible for officially assigning final grades to students enrolled in the course. This is the responsibility of the faculty member who is being assisted by the GTA. UT Arlington identifies the person with grading authority as the instructor of record and that person s name is the one that appears as the instructor on the official class roll. Advanced students who have a master s degree or equivalent and who have completed 18 hours of graduate study in the teaching discipline may serve as an instructor of record including all grading for one or more undergraduate classes. Departments providing access to GTAs to MyMav to assist an instructor must ensure that students are classified as TAs under the Instructor Role category, and not as instructors with a teaching percentage. Please see the screen shot example below: Related and Terminal Degrees 7
One of the criteria for meeting SACSCOC Comprehensive Standard 3.7.1 Faculty Credentials is having a terminal degree in the teaching discipline, and in the case of faculty teaching graduate and postgraduate courses, a degree in a related discipline. UT Arlington s Related and Terminal Degree List provides department chairs and their staff with a guide for determining terminal degrees and related degrees in the disciplines areas for courses taught at the university. If a prospective instructor has a related degree in the discipline of the graduate course in which he/she will be teaching, only the CCQ form is required, not the Supplemental Qualifications for Faculty Credentials Form. UT Arlington Related and Terminal Degree List Updated 11/14/2015 College/School Department/ School Related and Terminal Degrees Terminal Degree: / Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs Architecture Masters in Architecture MLA in Landscape Architecture Ph.D. in History of Art and Architecture Ph.D. in Architecture History Planning and Landscape Architecture Master of Urban Planning Masters in City and Regional Planning Doctor of Design in Landscape Architecture MLA in Landscape Architecture Ph.D. in Environmental Design/Environmental Studies Ph.D. in Landscape Architecture Ph.D. in Land-use Planning Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Public Policy 8
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