Who Should we be Hiring? Minimum Qualifications?

Recommended Qualifications?

Dianna Chiabotti, Chair, Basic Skills Committee

Michelle Pilati, Vice President, ASCCC

Overview

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inimum Qualifications Basics

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ho do you want to hire?

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trategies for recruiting the faculty you want

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trategies for hiring the faculty you want

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iscussions/questions

What is required?

Ed Code 87357 – Minimum Qualifications must be established

• Non-credit and credit faculty

• Counselors

• Librarians

Thus, the “Disciplines List”

Credit

1.Masters2.Non-masters + experience,

specific AA or BA3.Non-masters + experience,

any AA or BA

Thus, the “Disciplines List”

Non-credit

Others - Administrators, Learning Center Coordinators, Health Services Professionals, Apprenticeship Instructors, DSP&S Counselors, Work Experience Coordinators, Faculty Interns, EOPS..

Local Minimum Qualifications?

Can a district have its own minimum qualifications?

Yes – sort of...

A district can establish additional qualification that are more rigorous – a higher minimum.

ExamplesA

higher degree could be required.

Some degree options specified in the minimum qualifications might be excluded.

Credit Vs Noncredit

Some disciplines not used or hired.

Specific experience requirements.

Equivalencies

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itle 5 Section 53430 • May hire an individual who “possesses

qualifications that are at least equivalent to the [state] minimum qualifications.”

• “The process, as well as criteria and standards…shall be developed and agreed upon jointly by …the [local] governing board and the [local] academic senate.”

General Considerations

Meeting General Education requirements

Meeting Subject Area Knowledge

Same degree but the degree title varies

Teaching Experience

The equality of Work Experience and Subject Area Knowledge

Who do you want to hire?

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hat should you consider

when determining who to

hire?

Who do you want to hire?

Who are your students?

• Basic skill needs

• Demographics

What goals do your students have?

What do your students need?

Who are your existing faculty?

How do you consider the following?

Students with basic skill needs are more diverse that the general CCC population

Noncredit students represent more diverse student populations

How do you hire faculty who can relate to and best serve your students?

What about Cultural Competence

How important is it for faculty to be culturally competent?

Are your hiring committees trained in cultural competence?

Do you ask candidates questions that would illustrate cultural competence?

EEO Plans

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ave you seen your college’s plan?

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o you know what is says about

• Training hiring committees?

• Recruitment?

• Seeking diverse pools?

Strategies for recruiting the faculty you want

What preferred qualifications might you include?

Strategies for hiring the faculty you want

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ow can you design your hiring process to ensure that

you hire who you want?

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eaching demonstration

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nterview questions

Questions and Discussion