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Part‐time faculty teaching loads vary by program, individual and rank. However, all faculty are
expected to carry out their assigned teaching with the same integrity and quality as full‐time
faculty, including availability to students outside of class. Associate Lecturers and Lecturers may
teach up to nine credits per semester, 18 per year. Senior Lecturers teach one to four courses
(3‐12 credit hours) per traditional semester, to a maximum of eight courses per year. An
additional eight CE/Grad courses, distributed during intercession, summer, and CE semesters,
can be taught as well. Senior Lecturers may also participate in events such as family weekend,
open houses, accepted students day, commencement, and orientation. Although not required,
some also contribute to curriculum development and other departmental affairs, serve on
committees, serve in leadership capacities, and advise students.
Faculty evaluation at Curry College is built on a foundation of collegial peer feedback in all
categories of performance, in concert with the mission and purposes of the institution:
professional performance (teaching and advising); service; and professional activity
(scholarship, research, and creative work). Department Evaluation Committees (DECs) are
charged with delivering “developmental and formative” feedback to “improve the performance
of the faculty,” as well as with being “specific in summarizing the strengths and weaknesses” of
their colleagues, referring to shared standards, quality, and evidence of “actual performance
consistent with the criteria,” including the criteria articulated in the CBA and further specified in
the Criteria for Promotion and Rolling Contract (CPRC or “Same Standards”). xcv DECs forward
their recommendations, along with supporting materials (including the faculty member’s selfevaluation;
summaries of student evaluations of teaching; relevant artifacts of teaching such as
syllabi, assignments, and student work; and relevant artifacts of service and professional
activity) to the CAO, who communicates final decisions back to DECs and the faculty. In general,
all full‐time faculty, senior lecturers, and lecturers are evaluated every three years and when
applying for promotion. Associate and full professors on “rolling contracts” are evaluated every
five years.
Grievances regarding the outcome of evaluations may be pursued through the All Faculty
Evaluation Committee. During the period of 1998 ‐2011, AFEC heard three grievances related to
faculty evaluation procedures. The faculty evaluation process and criteria are regularly
reviewed and revised through the work of AFEC and through the collective bargaining process.
Teaching and Advising
Faculty allocate their time to teaching and advising; service on committees and in departments;
and scholarship, research, and creative activity differentially according to requirements
apportioned by rank. The following chart summarizes teaching and advising loads, as well as
faculty membership on committees and in academic leadership positions.
Curry College 2012 Self-Study
Standard Five