Instructor Diploma or Equivalent.
7.6.1 Employees are encouraged to undertake advanced training to augment instructional processes and professional skills. This undertaking can be shown through the completion of the BC Provincial Instructor Diploma, the Native Adult Instructors Diploma, or equivalent.
7.6.2 If not already completed on hire, regular instructors shall complete the BC Provincial Instructor Diploma Program or have demonstrated its equivalence within three years after the date of appointment. Extensions may be granted by the appropriate Xxxx, provided there has been evidence of regular progress toward completion. To ensure each employee is aware of this requirement, a copy of Article 7.6 will be included with each new employee’s letter of hire. For the purposes of this Article, an equivalent credential shall be:
i) Studies at a post-secondary institution of one hundred and eighty (180) accumulated course hours or its equivalent in instructional or pedagogical methodology and theory based on such as the following: • curriculum design • instructional skills and techniques • learning theory • adult education theory • evaluating students • evaluating the effectiveness of instruction OR:
ii) Experience as a teaching assistant in a post-graduate university or polytechnic program, or as a teacher in a secondary school, or as an instructor in another college or institute, or as a trainer/instructor in a corporation, agency or government service, or as an instructor at College of the Rockies or a combination of any of the foregoing provided that the experience is:
a) of one year full-time experience or equivalent duration and;
b) has been augmented by studies at a post-secondary institution of ninety (90) accumulated course hours or its equivalent in instructional or pedagogical methodology and theory based on such as the following: • curriculum design • instructional skills and techniques • learning theory • adult education theory • evaluating students • evaluating the effectiveness of instruction
7.6.3 Where an employee completes the BC Provincial Instructor Diploma, the Native Adult Instructors Diploma, or the equivalent as described in (i) or (ii) above, the employee shall advance one (1) additional step on the appropriate salary scale effective on the next anniversary/increment date.
7.6.3.1 Where a regular or term employee does not meet the requirements of 7.
6.1 above they shall not receive their third increment when due but shall continue to advance normally thereafter.
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Instructor Diploma or Equivalent. 7.6.1 Employees are encouraged to undertake advanced training to augment instructional processes and professional skills. This undertaking can be shown through the completion of the BC Provincial Instructor Diploma, the Native Adult Instructors Diploma, or equivalent.
7.6.2 If not already completed on hire, regular instructors shall complete the BC Provincial Instructor Diploma Program or have demonstrated its equivalence within three years after the date of appointment. To ensure each employee is aware of this requirement, a copy of Article 7.6 will be included with each new employee’s letter of hire. For the purposes of this Article, an equivalent credential shall be:
i) Studies at a post-secondary institution of one hundred and eighty (180) accumulated course hours or its equivalent in instructional or pedagogical methodology and theory based on such as the following: • curriculum design • instructional skills and techniques • learning theory • adult education theory • evaluating students • evaluating the effectiveness of instruction OR:
ii) Experience as a teaching assistant in a post-graduate university or polytechnic program, or as a teacher in a secondary school, or as an instructor in another college or institute, or as a trainer/instructor in a corporation, agency or government service, or as an instructor at College of the Rockies or a combination of any of the foregoing provided that the experience is:
a) of one year full-time experience or equivalent duration and;
b) has been augmented by studies at a post-secondary institution of ninety (90) accumulated course hours or its equivalent in instructional or pedagogical methodology and theory based on such as the following: • curriculum design • instructional skills and techniques • learning theory • adult education theory • evaluating students • evaluating the effectiveness of instruction
7.6.3 Where an employee completes the BC Provincial Instructor Diploma, the Native Adult Instructors Diploma, or the equivalent as described in (i) or (ii) above, the employee shall advance one (1) additional step on the appropriate salary scale effective on the next anniversary/increment date. Auxiliary employees will progress to their maximum immediately upon obtaining the BC Provincial Instructor Diploma, the Native Adult Instructors Diploma, or equivalent.
7.6.3.1 Where a regular or term employee does not meet the requirements of 7.6.1 above he/she shall not receive his/her third increment when due but shall ...
Instructor Diploma or Equivalent. 9.1 The Provincial Instructor Diploma Program consists of the following component parts:
9.1.1 The College and the Association recognize that the components of the Instructor Diploma Program may be changed by the appropriate Ministry from time to time.
9.1.2 The College considers the following to be the equivalent of the Provincial Instructor’s Diploma:
Instructor Diploma or Equivalent. If not already completed on hire, regular instructors shall complete the BC Provincial Instructor Diploma Program or have demonstrated its equivalence within three years after the date of appointment. Extensions may be granted by the appropriate Xxxx, provided there has been evidence of regular progress toward completion. To ensure each employee is aware of this requirement, a copy of Article 7.6 will be included with each new employee’s letter of hire.
Instructor Diploma or Equivalent. 9.1 The Provincial Instructor Diploma Program consists of the following component parts:
9.1.1 The College and the Association recognize that the components of the Instructor Diploma Program may be changed by the appropriate Ministry from time to time.
9.1.2 The College considers the following to be the equivalent of the Provincial Instructor’s Diploma: valid B.C. Professional Teaching Certificate; VCC’s Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Diploma (formerly known as Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) Certificate); and others as determined by the Xxxx or Director.
9.2 At the time of their initial appointment, new instructors shall receive written notification regarding their status with respect to the Instructor's Diploma or equivalent. The notification shall include the following information:
a) the components of the Instructor's Diploma or their equivalents, if any, that the instructor is determined to have completed;
b) the rationale used in the determination; and
c) the components of the Instructor's Diploma or their equivalents, if any, that the instructor must complete in order to acquire the total credential.
9.3 Upon completion of one year's service, instructor’s progress toward acquisition of total credentials or their equivalent shall be monitored and the instructor shall be advised.
9.4 In the event instructors are dissatisfied with the evaluation under the provisions of this Article, they may re-submit their credentials to the appropriate Vice President for re- evaluation.
9.5 Instructors on staff who have been denied their 4th increment because they have not obtained the Instructor's Diploma or its equivalent (see Article 5.7.7 (Increments and Instructor’s Diploma)), will be considered “frozen”. In any event, instructors will be denied their increment to the top step of the salary scale without the Instructor’s Diploma certificate or equivalent and will be considered “frozen” until they complete the Instructor’s Diploma or its equivalent. Instructors will be granted the next increment level, effective the first of the month immediately following receipt by Human Resources of reasonable proof of completion of the Instructor's Diploma or the certification of its equivalent.
9.6 Notwithstanding the above, the date for other increments shall remain as outlined in Article 5.7, (Increments).
