ADMINISTRATIVE RULE NO: B001

RELATED TO POLICY SERIES NO: 4020

TITLE: GUIDELINES FOR COORDINATING THE DEVELOPMENT, SCHEDULING, AND PART-TIME STAFFING OF LBCC COURSES

COURSE DEVELOPMENT

Course development and revisions are the responsibility of every faculty member working through his/her division, and it is expected that each faculty member will spend some time aiding in the development of courses. Accordingly, the following procedures have been outlined for the development and maintenance of college courses.

A. Course Proposals

1. Proposals for courses to be offered by the college may originate with faculty, administration, students, Board of Education, and community groups. Anyone wishing to originate a course will fill out a course outline and deliver it to the appropriate Department Chair or administrator for review and recommendation.

2. Proposals for new courses will normally be reviewed by the appropriate instructional division staff members, the Dean or designee, and the Executive Assistant to the President for Academic and Administrative Affairs before final approval. Proposals for professional technical courses may also be reviewed by an advisory committee from the professional technical area concerned.

3. The Executive Assistant to the President for Academic and Administrative Affairs will assign course numbers according to the guidelines set forth by the State Board of Education for Oregon community colleges.

4. The President has charged Deans of the Business, Training, and Health Occupations; Liberal Arts and Human Performance; Science and Industry; and Student Services with the primary responsibility for the following courses:

Lower Division Collegiate

Occupational Preparatory (Professional Technical)

Occupational Supplementary Leading to a Degree or Certificate

Complementary General Education

General Self-Improvement Development Skills

Extended Learning and Information Services has primary responsibility for the following courses:

Adult Education

General Self-Improvement/other

All Deans are responsible for Occupational Supplementary courses not leading to a degree or certificate.

5. Single courses approved by the Executive Assistant to the President for Academic and Administrative Affairs and (where applicable) the Oregon Board of Education may be included in the scheduled offerings of the college. (It should be noted the approval of a course does not authorize its being scheduled as an offering of LBCC. That authorization must come from the appropriate division administrator.)

B. Course Outlines

1. Outlines for all courses must be on file in Academic Affairs. The Dean or designee has the responsibility to see that each course outline is on file and reviewed by members of the division concerned. This is part of the catalog revision process. Any revised courses require submission of updated course outlines to the Academic Affairs Office.

2. Course outlines will include descriptions which are needed to implement articulation with four-year colleges, to assist new faculty, to answer inquiries about the instructional program, and to secure approval of the authorizing agencies.

3. All faculty members have the responsibility of conducting courses according to the outlines on file. The attention of new faculty members is particularly directed to this responsibility.

4. For any courses leading to a degree or certificate, the same course outlines and course goals and objectives will be used on campus and at all off-site locations.

C. Course Scheduling

1. The course schedule is developed by each department and each center. The Department Chair or Center Manager, in consultation with faculty, has the responsibility of planning the schedule for his/her department. They shall consider courses to be offered, number of sections of each course, time schedules, and class sizes. Suggestions received from counselors, students, and other interested groups are referred to the departments for their consideration.

2. Center directors will coordinate transfer and professional technical offerings with on-campus departments and programs.

3. The Dean or designee will review the proposed course scheduling for possible conflicts or other concerns. Resolutions of problems should occur at the division level.

4. Schedule recommendations are submitted to the Executive Assistant to the President for Academic and Administrative Affairs. The Academic Affairs Office will be responsible for coordination of the college-wide schedule including time conflicts and room scheduling. Center directors are responsible for local community room scheduling.

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT/REVISION

A. New Curriculum Development

Any faculty member may bring ideas for new programs or program options to the attention of their Dean or designee or the Executive Assistant to the President for Academic and Administrative Affairs. The issues to be considered include: 1) Reason for new program. 2) Impact on other programs. 3) Estimated cost of program, including equipment and staffing needs. 4) Employment data for program completers.

Any proposals for new programs will receive extensive review by the Dean or designee as well as other administrative staff prior to a recommendation being made to the Board that we pursue the possibility of developing the program. There are specific state guidelines that must be followed and applications to be submitted in order to receive state approval for adding new programs or program options. Working with the Academic Affairs Office, the respective program/ department is responsible for completing the application.

B. Curriculum Revision

Curriculum revisions are done on an annual basis at the time catalog material for the upcoming year is submitted. Course outlines for any new or revised courses must be submitted at the same time in order for revisions to be included in the new catalog. Any changes that have a budget impact should be discussed with the Dean or designee, and any changes that impact another division should be discussed with the appropriate representatives from that division.

APPROVAL AND HIRING OF FACULTY

A. If a Dean or designee decides that an applicant should be considered for employment as a faculty member, the following information relating to the applicant must be submitted to Academic Affairs: 1) College application, 2) Transcripts and/or certification of all academic and education work; 3) Work experience records and documentation, and 4) Placement papers and/or letters of recommendation.

B. Academic Affairs will review the applicant's file to determine if minimum standards have been met and notify the appropriate Dean or designee of action taken.

C. Commitment on hiring faculty who teach credit courses shall not be made until after an instructor approval has been acted upon favorably by the Executive Assistant to the President for Academic and Administrative Affairs.

D. Center Directors will coordinate the hiring of part-time faculty within their division but will involve the appropriate campus division in consideration of new faculty for any credit courses leading to a degree. Prior to making a commitment to hire new faculty for credit classes, Center Directors will communicate with on-campus Deans or designee to determine if faculty who have already been approved for the courses in question are available through the divisions.

E. Academic Affairs will maintain a master list of approved faculty.

F. The following are current minimum hiring standards for contracted and non-contracted faculty of transfer, professional technical, occupational supplementary, or general education courses:

Transfer

A master's degree in the subject matter area to be taught and/or twenty-seven graduate quarter hours in the primary subject matter area to be taught or twenty-four quarter hours in the secondary subject matter area.

The master's degree requirement for lower division courses may be waived in subject areas in which individuals have demonstrated their competencies and served in professional fields. If this approval is requested, the individual's proficiency and high level of competency must be documented by: 1) Professional work experience history and relationship to classroom assignment, and 2) Signatures of agreement by Dean or designee and Department Chair and indication of support by program faculty.

Professional Technical, Occupational Supplementary, Complementary General Education

Subject matter competence: By degree and experience; an appropriate degree and four years of successful work experience in an occupational area may also be used as a standard for approval of professional technical faculty.

Experience: Seven years of successful experience in an occupational area may be used as an additional standard for approval of a professional technical faculty.

Non-Credit

Demonstrated knowledge of subject matter, which may be documented through related work experience and/or course work.

Other desirable standards for all faculty
Knowledge of the community college, its students, programs, and philosophy.
Excellent interpersonal relations.
Knowledge and skill in teaching/learning methods and equipment.
Excellent communicative experience and ability.
A sincere interest in people.
Commitment to helping others.
Energy.

DATE OF APPROVAL: 8/13/84

DATE OF REVISION: 8/19/97