Common use of Associates Program Clause in Contracts

Associates Program. 6.4.1.1 The District recognizes that the faculty consists of dedicated professional instructors, many of whom have taught at Lake Tahoe Community College for many years and have taken extraordinary steps to improve their teaching skills. To recognize their contributions to the academic program of the college, the District has established the level of Associate Faculty. 6.4.1.2 In order to achieve the status of Associate Faculty, all of the following criteria must be satisfied 6.4.1.2.1 Completion of twenty-four (24) units of teaching at Lake Tahoe Community College, and 6.4.1.2.2 Completion of any one of the following at Lake Tahoe Community College [NOTE: part-time faculty will have priority access over LTCC full-time faculty to limited spaces available in LTCC trainings], and a) The Excellence in Teaching Workshop for any modality (ETW) (or if the faculty member is already an approved ETW instructor); or b) The attainment of tenure by full-time faculty plus formal evaluation training and the completion of 3 part-time faculty evaluations post evaluation training; or c) The “complete review” and approval by the OEI of one online course. Course review may be conducted by LTCC POCRs and completed by the OEI or may be completed through the formal review and approval that occurred under the previous OEI approval program. 6.4.1.2.3 Completion of any one of the following at Lake Tahoe Community College, and a) the Excellence in Teaching Observation Form (Appendix 8); or b) the satisfactory completion of two peer evaluations of either part time or full time faculty following the completion of 6.