Letter of Understanding: Global Studies Graduate Certificate Program Sample Clauses

Letter of Understanding: Global Studies Graduate Certificate Program. Overview The Global Studies Graduate Certificate program is designed to assist students from a wide variety of academic backgrounds to apply their learning to international, global, and intercultural situations. Students will utilize and/or apply their existing international awareness; achieve recognition for formal learning which has been applied in an international or intercultural context; document knowledge, skills and attitudes developed during an international placement; and present their achievement in a portfolio. Class Grouping Arrangement Individual courses within this program may be delivered by faculty in one of two ways: 1. In an individualized self-directed format 2. In a cohort arrangement. When the student(s) enrolling in a GLST course are enrolling at different times and/or with very different topics or locations for study, the course will be offered in an individualized format. When 10 or more students with similar learning objectives enroll in one course with the expectation of beginning and completing the course at the same time, the College may elect to deliver the course in a cohort arrangement. Course delivery may include teaching strategies such as mentoring, PLA, distance delivery, practicum or internship experience, and portfolio development. Faculty Appointment The College of the Rockies and the College of the Rockies Faculty Association agree to pilot the following process: • Prior to each academic year a general advertisement indicating possible employment opportunities in the Global Studies Certificate program will be posted. • When the course is delivered in an individualized, self-directed format, the instructor will be assigned a total of nine (9) hours of accountable duty time1 for each student in each course offering at his or her salary schedule at the time of the assignment. • When the course is delivered in a cohort arrangement, it will be considered as one section as defined by the University Studies model. Before an external candidate is hired, all internal candidates who meet the following criteria will be considered, and once deemed qualified for this work will have the right of first refusal to this work. Faculty selection for each course assignment will be based on the following criteria: 1 For the purpose of this Letter of Understanding, nine hours of accountable duty time per student per course is equal to 9 hours out of 1302 annual duty hours or .69% of annual duty time (calculated using 186 annual duty days w...
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