What is the Teaching and Learning Competency Requirement?
The teaching and learning competency requirement consists of four courses in the following content areas: course construction – a credit course; teaching/instructional methods – a credit course; student outcomes assessment/evaluation – a credit course; and philosophy of community and technical college education – a non-credit course. New faculty members who hold a degree in education focused on a post secondary student learning environment, have documented evidence of successful completion of equivalent coursework in the specified teaching and learning content areas, or three years of successful full-time (or equivalent) secondary, postsecondary, industry, or trade apprenticeship teaching experience in the field for which they are being hired will be exempt from taking the first three courses. The philosophy course shall be waived for individuals who, at the time of hire, have documented evidence of successful completion of equivalent coursework. The equivalency determination will be m
