TEACHING
The principal activity of Full-time faculty, Core Faculty, and
Part-time Faculty is teaching. The prime requisites of an effective teacher
are intellectual competence, integrity, independence, and a willingness
to consider suggestions and to cooperate in teaching activities. Faculty will adhere to tenets of the official
course syllabus and, as part of the underlying philosophy of Chapman,
integrate values inherent in their discipline in each course taught. Faculty will show evidence of scholarly inquiry,
which leads the teacher to develop and strengthen course content
including new developments in the field and comprehensive graduate-level
knowledge base. Faculty
will show a vital interest in teaching and working with students
by demonstrating reasonable accessibility to students, and above
all, by stimulating students’ intellectual interest and enthusiasm.
Faculty will apply adult learning theory and collaborative
strategies, use resources provided by Thurmond Clark Memorial Library,
utilize teaching tools such as internet, power point, black board,
and/or e-mail, and outside sources such as guest speakers and field
trips to enhance the learning environment.
Faculty are responsible for evaluating individual and group
work of students that demonstrate recognition of differences in
level of performances. The quality of teaching is admittedly difficult to evaluate. This evaluation is so important, however, that
recommendations for an individual’s continued employment or promotion
should consider, at a minimum evidence drawn from such sources as: end of course student evaluations, colleagues
who have visited the class or who have been closely associated with
his or her teaching as a supervisor or in some other capacity, course
development and revision, syllabus preparation, tutorial assistance,
and administrative evaluation.
FULL-TIME FACULTY
Full-time Faculty are ranked faculty who teach 24-credits
(8 blocks) per academic year (Terms IV, V, I, and II) and maintain a presence
in the office four days per week, for a total of 16 hours per week, to ensure
availability to students and cover administrative responsibilities. Release blocks (exchange time) for administrative
and/or University service will be determined by needs of specific programs by
the Associate Deans.
Teaching is the principal activity of faculty and
includes appropriate work and involvement with students beyond, as well as within,
the classroom. As advisors and mentors,
full-time faculty serve as departmental advisors for students in their major
area, and assist students in following University and academic discipline requirements
and in setting academic and future educational and career goals.
Duties of the full-time faculty may include but are not limited to: teaching,
student advising, mentoring, curriculum design, approvals for courses by reading
and conference and independent study courses, part-time faculty approvals, program
assessment and management, participation in campus and regional faculty meetings,
University service, and community outreach.
CORE FACULTY
Core
Faculty are ranked faculty who teach four classes (no additional
courses may be taught) annually and maintain eight office hours
per week within a region. Duties
of the Core Faculty may include but are not limited to: teaching, curriculum design, program assessment
and management, outreach, mentoring, student advising, and participation
in campus and regional faculty meetings. These duties may require travel.
The purpose of University College Core Faculty
is to ensure a diverse contingent of educational experts. Core faculty are expected to provide effective
instruction through the use of a variety of teaching techniques and the incorporation
of technology when appropriate. Additionally,
they are required to develop curriculum, evaluate students’ work in a timely
manner, and provide students with both advisement and mentoring. Core Faculty members build internal relationships
with students, administrative staff, the Discipline Chair and their Associate
Dean. Core Faculty are evaluated by
their Associate Dean and/or Dean.
PART-TIME INSTRUCTORS
Part-time instructors teach five or fewer classes
per annum and no more than 30% of the classes offered in any one discipline.
Duties of part-time instructors may include but are not limited to: teaching, curriculum design, mentoring, ensuring the oral and written
competence of students, and participation in campus faculty meetings.
The purpose of University College
part-time instructors is to ensure a breadth of capable instructors
who remain practitioners in their field of expertise.
These individuals, employed in their area of content instruction,
bring the practicalities of the workplace alive in the classroom.
Part-time instructors may build internal relationships with students,
Full-Time Faculty, and an Associate Dean. Part-time instructors are evaluated by the
Full-Time Faculty, students, peers, and Associate Dean and/or Dean.
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