Common use of DEFINITION OF CLASSES Clause in Contracts

DEFINITION OF CLASSES. To be considered for salary placement purposes, academic degrees, units, and experience must be related1 to the field or discipline in which the faculty member is assigned. Upon a change in the unit member’s primary discipline of assignment, the unit member may request a review of applicable degrees and/or experience by submitting the unit member’s relevant transcripts/documentation to the unit member’s campus professional development committee. Academic degrees and units must be earned degrees or units from regularly accredited institutions of higher education7. Academic degrees from unaccredited domestic colleges and universities will be accepted only if a registrar of a regularly accredited institution of higher education7 certifies that the degree in question is the equivalent of an earned academic degree granted by his/her institution (see footnote 5 for foreign degrees). In addition, academic degrees and units earned from an institution prior to its accreditation may be considered for salary placement and advancement upon application for such credit, and only if such course work was either (1) completed during that institution’s candidacy for accreditation, or (2) earned prior to candidacy, but has been certified by the institution as substantially equivalent in content and instruction as those offered under accreditation. Official transcripts are to be delivered unopened and sealed to the hiring manager or SDCCD/Human Resources. Electronic transcripts which can be directly accessed from the accredited institution by SDCCD are also acceptable. Work experience must be verified on the appropriate form by: (1) previous employer; or (2) submission of Schedule C or 1099 tax returns, or written verification from tax preparer; or (3) Military DD214; or (4) other related official documents relating to the assignment.

DEFINITION OF CLASSES. To be considered for salary placement purposes, academic degrees, units, and experience must be related1 to the field or discipline in which the faculty member is assigned. Upon a change in the unit member’s primary discipline of assignment, the unit member may request a review of applicable degrees and/or experience by submitting the unit member’s relevant transcripts/documentation to the unit member’s campus professional development committee. Academic degrees and units must be earned degrees or units from regularly accredited institutions of higher education7. Academic degrees from unaccredited domestic colleges and universities will be accepted only if a registrar of a regularly accredited institution of higher education7 certifies that the degree in question is the equivalent of an earned academic degree granted by his/her their institution (see footnote 5 for foreign degrees). In addition, academic degrees and units earned from an institution prior to its accreditation may be considered for salary placement and advancement upon application for such credit, and only if such course work was either (1) completed during that institution’s candidacy for accreditation, or (2) earned prior to candidacy, but has been certified by the institution as substantially equivalent in content and instruction as those offered under accreditation. Official transcripts are to be delivered unopened and sealed to the hiring manager or SDCCD/Human Resources. Electronic transcripts which can be directly accessed from the accredited institution by SDCCD are also acceptable. Work experience must be verified on the appropriate form by: (1) previous employer; or (2) submission of Schedule C or 1099 tax returns, or written verification from tax preparer; or (3) Military DD214; or (4) other related official documents relating to the assignment.