SACS Compliance Certification Report (PDF) - South Florida State ...

Faculty Roster Form2.8FacultyThe number of full-time faculty members is adequate to support the mission of the institution and toensure the quality and integrity of its academic programs.Upon application for candidacy, an applicant institution demonstrates that it meets the comprehensivestandard for faculty qualifications.JudgmentCompliant Non-Compliant Not ApplicableNarrativeSouth Florida Community College (SFCC) employs an adequate number of full-time faculty to support itsmission and to ensure the quality and integrity of its academic programs. By employing both full-timeand adjunct faculty, SFCC delivers quality postsecondary education, college transfer courses (includingdistance learning), workforce training, and adult education to meet the needs of its service area. SFCCmeets the comprehensive standard for faculty qualifications.DefinitionsFull-time faculty:• Full-time faculty work a 40-hour work week and fulfill the number of duty days specified in theannual contract. How the workweek hours are spent depends upon whether the faculty primarilyteach college credit courses or in contact-hour technology programs.• Full-time credit faculty teach a 15 college credit load each term, hold 10 office hours each week, anduse 15 hours each week for course preparation and professional tasks.• Full-time contact-hour faculty conduct the workweek with variations in time spent teaching, holdingoffice hours, and performing professional duties:◦ Occupational programs—30 contact teaching and office hours/10 hours preparation andprofessional duties.◦ Allied Health faculty—20 contact teaching hours/5 office hours/10 hours professional duties.◦ Adult education faculty—35 contact teaching and office hours/5 hours professional duties. Fulltimefaculty are initially hired on an annual contract. Generally, after three years of satisfactoryservice, faculty are placed on continuing contract.• Full-time faculty contracts vary in length: nine-, 10-, 11-, and 12-month contract optionssupport the needs of the educational departments.• Besides contractual obligations spelled out in the Employee Handbook, full-time faculty obligationsare defined in SFCC Administrative Procedure 5220.Adjunct (part-time) faculty:• Adjunct faculty are hired when an insufficient number of full-time instructors are available to coverall of the courses needed and when special expertise is required to bring high quality education tothe classroom. Adjunct faculty are "hired on a 'term-by-term' or 'per class' basis with noexpectation of continuing employment beyond the ending date of the term or class. Letters of Intent(LOIs) are issued to all adjunct faculty members, specifying the class(es) to be taught, class meetingdates and times, location, basis for remuneration (per credit, per clock hour, or per student), payrate, total pay, and conditions of employment.”South Florida Community College Page 27 / 202Mission and Faculty