Improvement of Instruction (evaluations) and Tenure Review

The purpose of evaluation is to provide a program for continuing improvement for academic faculty members. The evaluation process is facilitated by the Office of Institutional Effectiveness in coordination with Human Resources and the Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs. The agreement between the Riverside Community College District and the RCCD-CTA/NEA delineates the evaluation procedures. (See Article XI, of the RCCD-CTA District Agreement.) Processes and procedures are standard throughout the district. Questions regarding the process should be directed to the Associate Vice Chancellor for Institutional Effectiveness, Kristina Kauffman, kristina.kauffman@rcc.edu.

Part-Time Faculty - Every part-time faculty member shall be evaluated during the first term of hire (winter and summer included), once each year for the next two years, and at least once every three years thereafter.

Contract Faculty Evaluations - Every contract faculty member shall be evaluated formally during the first semester of employment and in the fall semester of each of the following three years.

Regular Faculty - Every regular faculty member shall be evaluated once every three years, usually in the spring semester.

Categorically funded faculty shall be evaluated once every year for the first four years of hire, usually in the fall, and once every three years thereafter, usually in the spring semester. This does not obligate the district to rehire or grant tenure to faculty who are categorically funded.

Evaluation forms and related materials are available at http://www.rcc.edu/administration/academicaffairs/effectiveness/improvement.cfm