Common use of Selection of New Faculty Clause in Contracts

Selection of New Faculty. A. All bargaining unit member vacancies shall be filled through a competitive process. The Vice Presidents for Academic Affairs, Workforce Development/CTE, and Student Affairs, in consultation with Human Resources, are the appropriate administrative authority in compliance with Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) criteria and College policy and shall establish minimum criteria for Faculty, Librarian, and Senior Academic Advisor positions. B. The Administration recognizes the importance of conferring with Faculty in the hiring of new part-time and full-time Faculty, Librarians, and Senior Academic Advisors, while the Faculty also recognize their responsibility to participate in this process. Therefore, the appropriate Vice President will establish Faculty Hiring Committees consisting of full-time Faculty, Librarians, or Senior Academic Advisors as appropriate who will participate in the screening and interviewing of all candidates. C. The committee shall be formed and will function as follows: i. The appropriate Vice President or his/her designee will invite all Faculty, Librarians, or Senior Academic Advisors with Continuing Contract from the appropriate department to serve on the full- or part-time Faculty Hiring Committee. If an insufficient number of Faculty with Continuing Contract are available and/or interested in serving on the committee, Faculty without Continuing Contract will be invited to serve on the committee. ii. The committee members shall review all applications for a Faculty vacancy and make recommendations as to which candidates to interview. iii. The committee will interview and recommend finalists according to approved, objective criteria. iv. The committee will file a written recommendation, listing finalists alphabetically and/or by ranked preference as directed by the Committee Chair, with the appropriate administrator concerning the employment of candidates. v. Input from Faculty Hiring Committees will be utilized in the final selection. vi. In the event that the hiring decision deviates from the Committee’s recommendation, the President shall provide feedback to the Committee. The final decision for the selection of new Faculty shall rest with the President.

Selection of New Faculty. A. All bargaining unit member vacancies shall be filled through a competitive process. 646 The Vice Presidents for Academic Affairs, Workforce Development/CTE, and Student Affairs, in consultation with Human Resources, are the appropriate administrative authority in compliance with Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) criteria and College policy and shall establish minimum criteria for Faculty, Librarian, and Senior Academic Advisor positions. B. The Administration recognizes the importance of conferring with Faculty faculty in the hiring of new part-time and full-time Faculty, Librarians, and Senior Academic Advisors, while the Faculty also recognize their responsibility to participate in this process. Therefore, the appropriate Vice faculty 647 members. 648 A. The College President or designee will establish Faculty Hiring Committees consisting faculty screening committees that will be 649 consulted prior to the hiring of new full-time faculty members. Any such committee shall consist 650 of full-time Facultyfaculty members. The Union shall be notified of the creation and membership of all 651 faculty screening committees and may recommend additional members if needed. If the Union 652 cannot identify additional volunteers, Librariansthe College may move forward with the committee. When 653 sufficiently diverse faculty members are available to serve on a screening committee for the 654 selection of new faculty, or Senior Academic Advisors as appropriate who will participate they shall have the following credentials in the screening and interviewing of all candidates.priority indicated: C. 655 1. The committee shall consist of at least four (4) tenured faculty members, the majority of 656 whom teach in the same field or subject area as the candidate under consideration and 657 who are assigned to the campus for which the candidate is being considered. 658 2. If sufficient numbers of faculty are not available from the appropriate discipline and 659 campus or division, faculty members from another campus or division shall be formed and included, 660 as needed, to meet the majority discipline requirement. If sufficient numbers of faculty 661 are still not available to meet the majority requirement, then faculty from closely 662 related disciplines shall be appointed. 663 3. For a library faculty position, the Administration will select faculty members to serve on 664 the screening committee from the library faculty. 665 4. For a counseling faculty position, the Administration will select faculty members to 666 serve on the screening committee from the counseling faculty. 667 5. In the event sufficient numbers of full-time, tenured faculty members are not available, 668 non-tenured faculty members may be asked to serve. Tenured faculty shall have priority 669 over non-tenured faculty for assignment to a screening committee for selection of new 670 faculty. 671 6. Temporary full-time faculty, whether grant-funded or not, shall not serve on a screening 672 committee. 673 B. The committee shall function as follows: i. The appropriate Vice President or his/her designee will invite all Faculty, Librarians, or Senior Academic Advisors with Continuing Contract from the appropriate department to serve on the full- or part-time Faculty Hiring Committee. If an insufficient number of Faculty with Continuing Contract are available and/or interested in serving on the committee, Faculty without Continuing Contract will be invited to serve on the committee. ii674 1. The committee members shall select its own chairperson. 675 2. The committee shall review all applications for a Faculty faculty vacancy and make recommendations as to determine which 676 candidates to interview. iii677 3. The committee will interview and recommend finalists according to approved, objective 678 criteria. iv679 4. The committee will file a written recommendationrecommendation concerning the finalists, listing finalists 680 alphabetically and/or by ranked preference as directed by the Committee Chairpreference, with the appropriate administrator concerning Supervising 681 Administrator who will provide this information to the employment Vice President of candidatesAcademic 682 Affairs. v. 683 5. Input from Faculty Hiring Committees faculty screening committees will be utilized in advisory only; final decision rests with 684 the College President, who will notify the Supervising Administrator of his final selection. videcision. 685 In the event that the hiring this decision deviates from the Committee’s committee recommendation, the President 686 Supervising Administrator shall provide feedback to the Committeecommittee chairperson to assist 687 in future selections. 688 C. If the College conducts a campus or division or College-wide orientation for newly employed 689 faculty, the Union may, at its discretion, make a presentation, and provide a separate packet of 690 information to be distributed with orientation materials. The final decision for College will notify the selection Union of new Faculty shall rest with the President691 date of orientation, and number of participants as soon as practical prior to the orientation.

Selection of New Faculty. A. All bargaining unit member vacancies shall be filled through a competitive process. The Vice Presidents for Academic Affairs, Workforce Development/CTE, and Student Affairs, in consultation with Human Resources, are the appropriate administrative authority in compliance with Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) criteria and College policy and shall establish minimum criteria for Faculty, Librarian, and Senior Academic Advisor positions. B. The Administration recognizes the importance of conferring with Faculty faculty in the hiring of new part-time and full-time Faculty, Librarians, and Senior Academic Advisors, while the Faculty also recognize their responsibility to participate in this process. Therefore, the appropriate Vice faculty members. A. The President will establish Faculty Hiring Committees consisting faculty screening committees that will be consulted prior to the hiring of new fulltime faculty members. Any such committee shall consist of full-time Facultyfaculty members. When sufficiently diverse faculty members are available to serve on a screening committee for the selection of new faculty, Librarians, or Senior Academic Advisors as appropriate who will participate they shall have the following credentials in the screening and interviewing of all candidates.priority indicated: C. 1. The committee shall consist of at least four (4) faculty members the majority of whom shall be formed full-time, tenured faculty teaching in the same field or subject areas for which a candidate is being considered. If sufficient numbers of faculty are not available from the appropriate discipline and campus or division, faculty members from other campus or division shall be included, as needed, to meet the majority discipline requirement. If sufficient numbers of faculty are still not available to meet the majority requirement, then faculty from closely related disciplines shall be appointed. The Union shall be notified of the creation and membership of all faculty screening committees and may recommend additional members if needed. If the Union cannot identify additional volunteers, the College may move forward with the committee. 2. For a library faculty position, the Administration will select faculty members to serve on the screening committee from the library faculty. 3. For a counseling faculty position, the Administration will select faculty members to serve on the screening committee from the counseling faculty. 4. In the event sufficient numbers of full-time, tenured faculty members are not available, non-tenured faculty members may be asked to serve. Tenured faculty shall have priority over non-tenured faculty for assignment to a screening committee for selection of new faculty. 5. Temporary full-time faculty, whether grant-funded or not, shall not serve on a screening committee. B. The committee shall function as follows: i. The appropriate Vice President or his/her designee will invite all Faculty, Librarians, or Senior Academic Advisors with Continuing Contract from the appropriate department to serve on the full- or part-time Faculty Hiring Committee. If an insufficient number of Faculty with Continuing Contract are available and/or interested in serving on the committee, Faculty without Continuing Contract will be invited to serve on the committee. ii1. The committee members shall select its own chairperson. 2. The committee shall review all applications for a Faculty faculty vacancy and make recommendations as to determine which candidates to interview. iii3. The committee will interview and recommend finalists according to approved, objective criteria. iv4. The committee will file a written recommendation, listing finalists alphabetically and/or by ranked preference as directed by the Committee Chairpreference, with the appropriate administrator concerning the employment of candidates. v. 5. Input from Faculty Hiring Committees faculty screening committees will be utilized in advisory only; final decision rests with the President, who will notify the committee chairperson of his final selection. videcision. In the event that the hiring this decision deviates from the Committee’s committee recommendation, the President shall also provide feedback to the Committee. The final decision committee chairperson to assist in future selections. C. If the College conducts a campus or division or College-wide orientation for newly employed faculty, the selection Union may, at its discretion, make a presentation, and provide a separate packet of new Faculty shall rest information to be distributed with the Presidentorientation materials.

Selection of New Faculty. A. All bargaining unit member vacancies shall be filled through a competitive process. The Vice Presidents for Academic Affairs, Workforce Development/CTE, and Student Affairs, in consultation with Human Resources, are the appropriate administrative authority in compliance with Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) criteria and College policy and shall establish minimum criteria for Faculty, Librarian, and Senior Academic Advisor positions. B. The Administration recognizes the importance of conferring with Faculty faculty in the hiring of new part-time and full-time Faculty, Librarians, and Senior Academic Advisors, while the Faculty also recognize their responsibility to participate in this processcontinuing contract faculty members. Therefore, the appropriate Vice President will establish Faculty Hiring Committees consisting of each applicant for a regular full-time Facultytime, Librarians, or Senior Academic Advisors continuing contract faculty position will be required to follow the College’s approved hiring procedures which include an evaluation and recommendation by a screening committee as appropriate who will participate set forth in the screening this section. The faculty and interviewing of all candidatesadministration jointly seek broad involvement in hiring for new positions. C. The committee B. For an instructional or library faculty member, the respective departments shall be formed and will function as follows: i. The appropriate Vice President or his/her designee will invite all Faculty, Librarians, or Senior Academic Advisors with Continuing Contract from the appropriate department elect members to serve on the full- or part-time Faculty Hiring Committeescreening committee. If an insufficient number The Xxxx will initiate the formation of Faculty the screening committee by issuing a request for volunteers from the department. i. The screening committee will, when possible, include at least three faculty members with Continuing Contract are available and/or interested in serving the majority being on continuing contract from the committee, Faculty without Continuing Contract will be invited to serve on specific discipline of the committeeposition. ii. The Department Chair is given priority to act as the chair of the screening committee. If the Department Chair declines to serve as the screening committee chair, then the faculty screening committee member with the most years of service to the College will be given the option to serve as the screening committee chair. After all faculty screening committee members shall review all applications for a Faculty vacancy and make recommendations (in order of years of service to the College) have been given the opportunity to chair the screening committee an administrator may serve as to which candidates to interviewchair. iii. The committee will interview If sufficient numbers of faculty are not available from the appropriate discipline and recommend finalists according to approvedschool, objective criteriafaculty members from another closely-related discipline shall be included, as needed. iv. Temporary full-time faculty, whether grant funded or not, shall not serve on a screening committee. C. The committee will file a written recommendationXxxx, listing finalists alphabetically and/or by ranked preference as directed by the Committee Chair, in collaboration with the appropriate administrator concerning screening committee, will make the employment of candidateshiring recommendation to the Xxxxxxx. v. Input from Faculty Hiring Committees will D. All faculty positions shall be utilized in the final selectionadvertised for a minimum of ten (10) business days. vi. In the event that the hiring decision deviates from the Committee’s recommendation, the President shall provide feedback to the Committee. The final decision for the selection of new Faculty shall rest with the President.

Selection of New Faculty. A. All bargaining unit member vacancies shall be filled through Each applicant for a competitive process. The Vice Presidents for Academic Affairs, Workforce Development/CTE, and Student Affairs, in consultation with Human Resources, are the appropriate administrative authority in compliance with Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) criteria and College policy and shall establish minimum criteria for Faculty, Librarian, and Senior Academic Advisor positions. B. The Administration recognizes the importance of conferring with Faculty in the hiring of new part-time and regular full-time Facultyfaculty position will be required to follow the Board of Trustees approved hiring procedures, Librarians, and Senior Academic Advisors, while the Faculty also recognize their responsibility to participate which include an evaluation by an appropriately constituted screening committee as set forth in this processSection. ThereforeFaculty input into the selection of new faculty will be advisory only. The Administration will form a screening committee which will include faculty members and the supervising xxxx, or his designee, who will not vote. The majority composition of the appropriate Vice President will establish Faculty Hiring Committees consisting of committee is to be full-time Facultytenured faculty from the discipline or cluster in which a faculty position is being filled. In order to further the College’s goal to have a workplace that is reflective of the community, Librarianscommittee composition will be made as diverse as is reasonably possible, provided the majority, where possible, are from the discipline and have satisfactory evaluations. If faculty members outside the discipline are necessary for diversity, faculty members within the discipline and the supervising xxxx shall make recommendations for committee appointments from a list of available faculty provided by the Executive Director of Human Resources. Full time temporary faculty, whether grant funded or Senior Academic Advisors as appropriate who will participate in not, shall not serve on a screening committee, unless they themselves were hired through the screening and interviewing of all candidates. C. The committee shall be formed and will function as follows: i. The appropriate Vice President or his/her designee will invite all Faculty, Librarians, or Senior Academic Advisors with Continuing Contract from the appropriate department process. When sufficiently diverse faculty members to serve on the full- or part-time Faculty Hiring Committee. If an insufficient number of Faculty with Continuing Contract are available and/or interested in serving on the committee, Faculty without Continuing Contract will be invited to serve on the committee. ii. The a screening committee members shall review all applications for a Faculty vacancy and make recommendations as to which candidates to interview. iii. The committee will interview and recommend finalists according to approved, objective criteria. iv. The committee will file a written recommendation, listing finalists alphabetically and/or by ranked preference as directed by the Committee Chair, with the appropriate administrator concerning the employment of candidates. v. Input from Faculty Hiring Committees will be utilized in the final selection. vi. In the event that the hiring decision deviates from the Committee’s recommendation, the President shall provide feedback to the Committee. The final decision for the selection of new Faculty faculty are available, they should have the following credentials in the priority indicated: A. For an instructional faculty position, the Administration will select faculty members to serve on the screening committee from the discipline in which the instructional faculty position is being filled. B. If no faculty member from the discipline is available to serve, then the cluster must be represented on the screening committee. C. For a library faculty position, the Administration will select faculty members to serve on the screening committee from the library faculty. D. For a counseling faculty position, the Administration will select faculty members to serve on the screening committee from the counseling faculty. E. Tenured faculty shall rest with have priority over non-tenured faculty for an assignment to a screening committee to select new faculty. If screening committee meetings are to be held during the summer, faculty members in the discipline will be emailed asking for volunteers. The committee will present its recommendations in alphabetical order to the supervising xxxx who may make additional comments and will then forward to the Campus President. The committee will promptly be notified in writing when a decision is made to recommend an appointment to the Board.

Selection of New Faculty. A. All bargaining unit member vacancies shall be filled through a competitive process. The Vice Presidents for Academic Affairs, Workforce Development/CTE, and Student Affairs, in consultation with Human Resources, are the appropriate administrative authority in compliance with Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) criteria and College policy and shall establish minimum criteria for Faculty, Librarian, and Senior Academic Advisor positions. B. The Administration recognizes the importance of conferring with Faculty faculty in the hiring of new part-time and full-time Faculty, Librarians, and Senior Academic Advisors, while the Faculty also recognize their responsibility to participate in this process. Therefore, the appropriate Vice faculty members. A. The President will establish Faculty Hiring Committees consisting faculty screening committees that will be consulted prior to the hiring of new fulltime faculty members. Any such committee shall consist of full-time Facultyfaculty members. When sufficiently diverse faculty members are available to serve on a screening committee for the selection of new faculty, Librarians, or Senior Academic Advisors as appropriate who will participate they shall have the following credentials in the screening and interviewing of all candidates.priority indicated: C. 1. The committee shall consist of at least four (4) faculty members the majority of whom shall be formed full-time, tenured faculty teaching in the same field or subject areas for which a candidate is being considered. If sufficient numbers of faculty are not available from the appropriate discipline and campus, faculty members from other campuses shall be included, as needed, to meet the majority discipline requirement. If sufficient numbers of faculty are still not available to meet the majority requirement, then faculty from closely related disciplines shall be appointed. The Union shall be notified of the creation and membership of all faculty screening committees and may recommend additional members if needed. If the Union cannot identify additional volunteers, the College may move forward with the committee. 2. For a library faculty position, the Administration will select faculty members to serve on the screening committee from the library faculty. 3. For a counseling faculty position, the Administration will select faculty members to serve on the screening committee from the counseling faculty. 4. In the event sufficient numbers of full-time, tenured faculty members are not available, non-tenured faculty members may be asked to serve. Tenured faculty shall have priority over non-tenured faculty for assignment to a screening committee for selection of new faculty. 5. Temporary full-time faculty, whether grant-funded or not, shall not serve on a screening committee. B. The committee shall function as follows: i. The appropriate Vice President or his/her designee will invite all Faculty, Librarians, or Senior Academic Advisors with Continuing Contract from the appropriate department to serve on the full- or part-time Faculty Hiring Committee. If an insufficient number of Faculty with Continuing Contract are available and/or interested in serving on the committee, Faculty without Continuing Contract will be invited to serve on the committee. ii1. The committee members shall select its own chairperson. 2. The committee shall review all applications for a Faculty faculty vacancy and make recommendations as to determine which candidates to interview. iii3. The committee will interview and recommend finalists according to approved, objective criteria. iv4. The committee will file a written recommendation, listing finalists alphabetically and/or by ranked preference as directed by the Committee Chairpreference, with the appropriate administrator concerning the employment of candidates. v. 5. Input from Faculty Hiring Committees faculty screening committees will be utilized in advisory only; final decision rests with the President, who will notify the committee chairperson of his final selection. videcision. In the event that the hiring this decision deviates from the Committee’s committee recommendation, the President shall also provide feedback to the Committee. The final decision committee chairperson to assist in future selections. C. If the College conducts a campus or College-wide orientation for newly employed faculty, the selection Union may, at its discretion, make a presentation, and provide a separate packet of new Faculty shall rest information to be distributed with the Presidentorientation materials.

Selection of New Faculty. A. All bargaining unit member vacancies shall be filled through a competitive process. The Vice Presidents for Academic Affairs, Workforce Development/CTE, and Student Affairs, in consultation with Human Resources, are the appropriate administrative authority in compliance with Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) criteria and College policy and shall establish minimum criteria for Faculty, Librarian, and Senior Academic Advisor positions. B. The Administration recognizes the importance of conferring with Faculty faculty in the hiring of new part-time and full-time Facultyfaculty members. A. The President or designee will establish faculty screening committees that will be consulted prior to the hiring of new fulltime faculty members. Any such committee shall consist of full- time faculty members. When sufficiently diverse faculty members are available to serve on a screening committee for the selection of new faculty, Librariansthey shall have the following credentials in the priority indicated: 1. The committee shall consist of at least four (4) faculty members the majority of whom shall be full-time, tenured faculty teaching in the same field or subject areas for which a candidate is being considered. If sufficient numbers of faculty are not available from the appropriate discipline and Senior Academic Advisorscampus or division, while faculty members from other campus or division shall be included, as needed, to meet the Faculty also recognize their responsibility majority discipline requirement. If sufficient numbers of faculty are still not available to participate in this processmeet the majority requirement, then faculty from closely related disciplines shall be appointed. ThereforeThe Union shall be notified of the creation and membership of all faculty screening committees and may recommend additional members if needed. If the Union cannot identify additional volunteers, the appropriate Vice President College may move forward with the committee. 2. For a library faculty position, the Administration will establish Faculty Hiring Committees consisting select faculty members to serve on the screening committee from the library faculty. 3. For a counseling faculty position, the Administration will select faculty members to serve on the screening committee from the counseling faculty. 4. In the event sufficient numbers of full-time Facultytime, Librarianstenured faculty members are not available, or Senior Academic Advisors as appropriate who will participate in the non-tenured faculty members may be asked to serve. Tenured faculty shall have priority over non-tenured faculty for assignment to a screening and interviewing committee for selection of all candidatesnew faculty. C. 5. Temporary full-time faculty, whether grant-funded or not, shall not serve on a screening committee. B. The committee shall be formed and will function as follows: i. The appropriate Vice President or his/her designee will invite all Faculty, Librarians, or Senior Academic Advisors with Continuing Contract from the appropriate department to serve on the full- or part-time Faculty Hiring Committee. If an insufficient number of Faculty with Continuing Contract are available and/or interested in serving on the committee, Faculty without Continuing Contract will be invited to serve on the committee. ii1. The committee members shall select its own chairperson. 2. The committee shall review all applications for a Faculty faculty vacancy and make recommendations as to determine which candidates to interview. iii3. The committee will interview and recommend finalists according to approved, objective criteria. iv4. The committee will file a written recommendationrecommendation concerning the employment of candidates, listing finalists alphabetically and/or by ranked preference as directed by the Committee Chairpreference, with the appropriate supervising administrator concerning who will provide this information to the employment of candidatesPresident. v. 5. Input from Faculty Hiring Committees faculty screening committees will be utilized in advisory only; final decision rests with the President, who will notify the supervising administrator of his final selection. videcision. In the event that the hiring this decision deviates from the Committee’s committee recommendation, the President supervising administrator shall provide feedback to the Committee. The final decision committee chairperson to assist in future selections. C. If the College conducts a campus or division or College-wide orientation for newly employed faculty, the selection Union may, at its discretion, make a presentation, and provide a separate packet of new Faculty shall rest information to be distributed with the Presidentorientation materials.

Selection of New Faculty. A. All bargaining unit member vacancies shall be filled through Each applicant for a competitive process. The Vice Presidents for Academic Affairs, Workforce Development/CTE, and Student Affairs, in consultation with Human Resources, are the appropriate administrative authority in compliance with Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) criteria and College policy and shall establish minimum criteria for Faculty, Librarian, and Senior Academic Advisor positions. B. The Administration recognizes the importance of conferring with Faculty in the hiring of new part-time and regular full-time Facultyfaculty position will be required to follow the Board of Trustees approved hiring procedures, Librarians, and Senior Academic Advisors, while the Faculty also recognize their responsibility to participate which include an evaluation by an appropriately constituted screening committee as set forth in this processSection. ThereforeFaculty input into the selection of new faculty will be advisory only. The Administration will form a screening committee which will include faculty members and the supervising xxxx, or his designee, who will not vote. The majority composition of the appropriate Vice President will establish Faculty Hiring Committees consisting of committee is to be full-time Facultytenured faculty from the discipline or cluster in which a faculty position is being filled. In order to further the College's goal to have a workplace that is reflective of the community, Librarianscommittee composition will be made as diverse as is reasonably possible, provided the majority, where possible, are from the discipline and have satisfactory evaluations. If faculty members outside the discipline are necessary for diversity, faculty members within the discipline and the supervising xxxx shall make recommendations for committee appointments from a list of available faculty provided by the Executive Director of Human Resources. Full time temporary faculty, whether grant funded or Senior Academic Advisors as appropriate who will participate in not, shall not serve on a screening committee, unless they themselves were hired through the screening and interviewing of all candidates. C. The committee shall be formed and will function as follows: i. The appropriate Vice President or his/her designee will invite all Faculty, Librarians, or Senior Academic Advisors with Continuing Contract from the appropriate department process. When sufficiently diverse faculty members to serve on the full- or part-time Faculty Hiring Committee. If an insufficient number of Faculty with Continuing Contract are available and/or interested in serving on the committee, Faculty without Continuing Contract will be invited to serve on the committee. ii. The a screening committee members shall review all applications for a Faculty vacancy and make recommendations as to which candidates to interview. iii. The committee will interview and recommend finalists according to approved, objective criteria. iv. The committee will file a written recommendation, listing finalists alphabetically and/or by ranked preference as directed by the Committee Chair, with the appropriate administrator concerning the employment of candidates. v. Input from Faculty Hiring Committees will be utilized in the final selection. vi. In the event that the hiring decision deviates from the Committee’s recommendation, the President shall provide feedback to the Committee. The final decision for the selection of new Faculty faculty are available, they should have the following credentials in the priority indicated: A. For an instructional faculty position, the Administration will select faculty members to serve on the screening committee from the discipline in which the instructional faculty position is being filled. B. If no faculty member from the discipline is available to serve, then the cluster must be represented on the screening committee. C. For a library faculty position, the Administration will select faculty members to serve on the screening committee from the library faculty. D. For a counseling faculty position, the Administration will select faculty members to serve on the screening committee from the counseling faculty. E. Tenured faculty shall rest with have priority over non-tenured faculty for an assignment to a screening committee to select new faculty. If screening committee meetings are to be held during the summer, faculty members in the discipline will be emailed asking for volunteers. The committee will present its recommendations in alphabetical order to the supervising xxxx who may make additional comments and will then forward to the Campus President. The committee will promptly be notified in writing when a decision is made to recommend an appointment to the Board.

Selection of New Faculty. A. All bargaining unit member vacancies shall be filled through Each applicant for a competitive process. The Vice Presidents for Academic Affairs, Workforce Development/CTE, and Student Affairs, in consultation with Human Resources, are the appropriate administrative authority in compliance with Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) criteria and College policy and shall establish minimum criteria for Faculty, Librarian, and Senior Academic Advisor positions. B. The Administration recognizes the importance of conferring with Faculty in the hiring of new part-time and regular full-time Facultyfaculty position will be required to follow the Board of Trustees approved hiring procedures, Librarians, and Senior Academic Advisors, while the Faculty also recognize their responsibility to participate which include an evaluation by an appropriately constituted screening committee as set forth in this processSection. ThereforeFaculty input into the selection of new faculty will be advisory only. The Administration will form a screening committee which will include faculty members and the supervising xxxx, or his designee, who will not vote. The majority composition of the appropriate Vice President will establish Faculty Hiring Committees consisting of committee is to be full-time Facultytenured faculty from the discipline or cluster in which a faculty position is being filled. In order to further the College’s goal to have a workplace that is reflective of the community, Librarianscommittee composition will be made as diverse as is reasonably possible, provided the majority, where possible, are from the discipline and have satisfactory evaluations. If faculty members outside the discipline are necessary for diversity, faculty members within the discipline and the supervising xxxx shall make recommendations for committee appointments from a list of available faculty provided by the Executive Director of Human Resources. Full time temporary faculty, whether grant-funded or Senior Academic Advisors as appropriate who will participate in not, shall not serve on a screening committee, unless they themselves were hired through the screening and interviewing of all candidates. C. The committee shall be formed and will function as follows: i. The appropriate Vice President or his/her designee will invite all Faculty, Librarians, or Senior Academic Advisors with Continuing Contract from the appropriate department process. When sufficiently diverse faculty members to serve on the full- or part-time Faculty Hiring Committee. If an insufficient number of Faculty with Continuing Contract are available and/or interested in serving on the committee, Faculty without Continuing Contract will be invited to serve on the committee. ii. The a screening committee members shall review all applications for a Faculty vacancy and make recommendations as to which candidates to interview. iii. The committee will interview and recommend finalists according to approved, objective criteria. iv. The committee will file a written recommendation, listing finalists alphabetically and/or by ranked preference as directed by the Committee Chair, with the appropriate administrator concerning the employment of candidates. v. Input from Faculty Hiring Committees will be utilized in the final selection. vi. In the event that the hiring decision deviates from the Committee’s recommendation, the President shall provide feedback to the Committee. The final decision for the selection of new Faculty shall rest with faculty are available, they should have the Presidentfollowing credentials in the priority indicated: A. For an instructional faculty position, the Administration will select faculty members to serve on the screening committee from the discipline in which the instructional faculty position is being filled. B. If no faculty member from the discipline is available to serve, then the cluster must be represented on the screening committee. C For a library faculty position, the Administration will select faculty members to serve on the screening committee from the library faculty.