Faculty Handbook
The Jackson State Community College Faculty Handbook was edited and updated for consistency during the Spring 2021 semester and was read and approved for release on XXXXXXX.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Mission Statement
- Organization and Governance
- Definitions
- Academic Freedom and Responsibility
- Faculty Development
- Faculty Resources
- Library
- AAC
- Writing Center
- OIT
- Physical Plant
- Campus Safety and Security
- Disability Resource Center
- Institutional Research and Accountability
- Communications
- Registration Center
- Veterans Affairs
- Faculty Responsibilities: Teaching and Workload
- Duties of Full-Time Teaching Faculty
- Work Week and Teaching Loads
- Teaching Load for Academic Year Faculty
- Teaching Load for Fiscal Year Faculty
- Teaching Load for Summer Terms of Academic-year Faculty
- Class Size
- Equitable Workload
- Catalog Course Description and Syllabus
- Evaluation of Learning
- Grading
- Auditing a Course
- Attendance, Records, Class Rolls
- Confidentiality of Student Records
- Academic and Classroom Misconduct
- Faculty Responsibilities: Committees and Service
- College-sanctioned Trips
- Student Advising
- Great Expectations Orientation
- Faculty Meetings
- Committee Service
- Curriculum Development
- Textbooks and Instructional Materials
- Traffic and Parking Regulations
- Copyright Requirements
- Commencement
- ADA Accessibility
- Personnel Policies and Procedures
- English Proficiency Policy
- Faculty Appointments in Community Colleges
- Renewal of Contracts
- Resignation
- Outside Employment
- Teaching at Other Institutions
- Compensation Procedures
- Faculty Compensation Plan
- Dual Services Contract
- Course Overload Policy for Faculty
- Extra Compensation
- Extra Compensation Schedule
- Faculty Compensation during Summer Sessions and Intersessions
- Salary Payments
- Comp Time
- Guidelines for Promotion, Tenure, and Minimum Rank Criteria
- Faculty Promotion Policy
- Faculty Tenure Policy
- Changes in Tenure and Tenure-Track Status
- Faculty Evaluation