WHERE BUSINESS MEETS FASHION Standard 10: Successful Strategies for Adjunct and Non-Traditional Faculty
Dec 16, 2015
WHERE BUSINESS MEETS FASHION
Standard 10: Successful Strategies
for Adjunct andNon-Traditional Faculty
Presenters
• Jacqueline LeBlanc, Ph.D., Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
• Rick A. Lester, Ph.D., Dean of Academic Affairs
• Adam Rosen, M.S., Director of Academic Administration
LIM COLLEGE
• Founded in 1939• 1500 Undergraduates/70 Graduate
Students• Located in Mid-town Manhattan• Focus on the Business of Fashion• Adjunct Driven
What are we Covering Today?
Preparing for Self Study in Regards to Adjunct Faculty
• Laying the Groundwork• Context for Success• Assessing, Measuring and Reporting
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) - June 2009
Standard 10: Faculty
The institution’s instructional, research, and service programs are devised, developed, monitored, and supported by qualified professionals.
Within some institutions, functions previously assumed to be a part of traditional faculty roles are now the responsibility of other qualified professionals. A professional is qualified by virtue of education, training, experience or appropriate skills. Designatedshould be consistent with the expected academic outcome, reflecting both appropriate standards of quality and the institutional mission.
professional qualifications
LIM College Mission
LIM College educates and prepares students in the businesses of fashion merchandising, visual merchandising, marketing and management through an integrated, experiential and creative approach utilizing the classroom, internships, and the fashion industry at large.
Laying the Groundwork
For institutions relying on part-time, adjunct, temporary, or other faculty on time-limited contracts,
employment policies and practices
orientationevaluation professional development
into the life of theopportunities for integration
should be as carefully developed and communicated as those for full-time faculty. The greater the dependence on such employees, the greater is the institutional responsibility to provide , oversight,
, and
institution.
Employment Policies & Practices
• Adjunct Handbook– Policies– Responsibilities– Salary Structure– Rank– Teaching Load
• Space & Resources• Assurance of Future Employment• Availability to Students
Laying the Groundwork
For institutions relying on part-time, adjunct, temporary, or other faculty on time-limited contracts,
employment policies and practices
orientationevaluation professional development
into the life of theopportunities for integration
should be as carefully developed and communicated as those for full-time faculty. The greater the dependence on such employees, the greater is the institutional responsibility to provide , oversight,
, and
institution.
Laying the Groundwork
For institutions relying on part-time, adjunct, temporary, or other faculty on time-limited contracts,
employment policies and practices
orientationevaluation professional development
into the life of theopportunities for integration
should be as carefully developed and communicated as those for full-time faculty. The greater the dependence on such employees, the greater is the institutional responsibility to provide , oversight,
, and
institution.
Laying the Groundwork
For institutions relying on part-time, adjunct, temporary, or other faculty on time-limited contracts,
employment policies and practices
orientationevaluation professional development
into the life of theopportunities for integration
should be as carefully developed and communicated as those for full-time faculty. The greater the dependence on such employees, the greater is the institutional responsibility to provide , oversight,
, and
institution.
Professional Development
• Mentoring• CAP• Faculty Development Seminars• Support for Research & Scholarship
Laying the Groundwork
For institutions relying on part-time, adjunct, temporary, or other faculty on time-limited contracts,
employment policies and practices
orientationevaluation professional development
into the life of theopportunities for integration
should be as carefully developed and communicated as those for full-time faculty. The greater the dependence on such employees, the greater is the institutional responsibility to provide , oversight,
, and
institution.
Assessing, Measuring & Reporting
• Factbook• End of Semester Reports• National Surveys• Homegrown Surveys and Focus
Groups• Faculty/Course Evaluations
Assessing, Measuring & Reporting
• Connect to Institutional Strategic Plan
• Analyze Relationship of Faculty Characteristics to…– Retention– Outcomes– Grading– Rigor
• Measuring Outcomes