Standard Five
Standard Five
Faculty qualifications, numbers, and performance are sufficient to accomplish the institution's mission and objectives.
Faculty competently offer the institution's academic programmes and fulfil those tasks appropriately assigned them.
Comply to the standard.
Note: Faculty numbers are linked to the student numbers through adoption of the mentor/tutor principle.
The preparation and qualifications of all faculty are suited to the field and level of their assignments.
Qualifications are measured by:
Calvary University complies to the standard.
Note: Professors and study leaders hold final degrees, tutors hold degrees and are studying on post-graduate level.
Faculty are sufficiently numerous to carry out duties in addition to instruction.
These may include such functions as:
Calvary University complies to the standard.
The institution employs an open and orderly process for recruiting and appointing its faculty.
Faculty should be allowed to participate in the search process for new members of the instructional staff.
The institution observes all legal requirements related to equal employment opportunity. It addresses its own goals for the achievement of diversity of race, gender, and ethnicity which are compatible with its mission and objectives.
Faculty selection reflects the effectiveness of the process and should results in a variety of intellectual backgrounds and training.
Each prospective faculty member is provided with a written contract that states explicitly the nature and term of the initial appointment and, when applicable, institutional considerations that might preclude or limit future appointments.
Calvary University complies to the standard.
Note: Faculty comes from and works accross the world due to the nature of our structure and presence.
Similarly, the institution publishes, makes accessible, and explains upon appointment the explicit criteria and procedures for:
of academic support staff who are not faculty but who have academic responsibilities.
Such staff are appropriately qualified and are provided applicable employment security. Salaries and benefits where applicable are consistent with the requirements of the positions. The institution provides appropriate opportunities for staff development.
Calvary University complies to the standard.
Where graduate teaching assistants are employed, the institution will carefully select, train, supervise and evaluate them.
Calvary University complies to the standard.
Faculty are accorded reasonable contractual security for appropriate periods consistent with the institution's ability to fulfil its mission.
The institution sets salaries and benefits at levels which ensure its continued ability to attract and maintain an appropriately qualified instructional staff of a quality consistent with the institution's mission and objectives.
Calvary University complies to the standard.
Faculty assignments and workloads are consistent with the institution's mission and objectives.
In order to fulfil the mission and objectives of the institution, workloads are fairly determined to allow faculty adequate time to:
Faculty workloads are reappraised periodically and adjusted as institutional conditions change.
Calvary University complies to the standard.
Faculty categories (e.g., full-time, part-time, adjunct) are clearly defined by the institution as is the role of each category in fulfilling the institution's mission and objectives.
Should part-time or adjunct (incidental) faculty be utilized, the institution has in place policies governing their role compatible with its mission and objectives.
There are an adequate number of faculty whose time commitment to the institution is sufficient to assure the accomplishment of regular classroom and out-of-classroom responsibilities essential for a large part of the fulfilment of institutional mission and objectives.
The institution uses part-time faculty, adjuncts, and graduate assistants to conduct classroom instruction in those cases where it does not warrant full-time appointments in the light of the intermittent work-load requirement or the availability of suitably qualified lecturers for the level of tuition in which they are employed.
Calvary University complies to the standard.
Note: Professors are mainly full time and Tutors are part time since they may choose how many students they will mentor on a part time basis.
In a faculty handbook or in other written documents that are current and readily available, the institution clearly defines the responsibilities of faculty and the criteria for their:
Such policies provide for the fair redress of grievances, and they are consistently applied and periodically reviewed.
Calvary University complies to the standard.
Note: Need development of existing faculty handbook for changed position when Web-site database is put into operation. Additional criteria will be elaborated on as this new quality management system is used as a world-first.
Faculty should be demonstrably effective in carrying out their assigned responsibilities.
The institution employs effective procedures for the regular evaluation of faculty appointments, performance, and retention.
The evaluative criteria reflect the mission and objectives of the institution and the importance it attaches to the various responsibilities of faculty, e.g., teaching, scholarship, creative activities, research, and professional and community service.
The institution has equitable and broad-based procedures for such evaluation, in which its expectations are stated clearly and weighted appropriately for use in the evaluative process.
Calvary University complies to the standard.
Note: QMS is very sophisticated and provides adequate means of assuring quality deliverance.
The institution provides its faculty with substantial and fair opportunities for continued professional development throughout their careers.
Such opportunities are consistent with and enhance the achievement of the institution's mission and objectives. Faculty accept the obligation to take advantage of these opportunities and take the initiative in ensuring their continued competence and growth as:
Calvary University complies to the standard.
Note: Financial encouragement in the form of almost free studies is offered to full-time faculty.
The institution protects and fosters academic freedom of all faculty regardless of rank or term of appointment.
Calvary University complies to the standard.
The institution has mechanisms to ensure that faculty:
Calvary University complies to the standard.
Note: We operate these in a Christian context according to the twelfth Standard of CQA.
These Standards of Accreditation are copied by permission from Christian Quality Assurance, Copyright © 1997. All rights reserved.
This document shows in which way Calvary University complies to the CQA standards as an International Christian Institution for Higher Education.