FQAS Requirements

New Hire Requirements
New Hire: Verification of credentials, orientation and onboarding

All new faculty members are required to submit official academic transcripts, licenses, certificates, and verification of employment as identified by each academic department through the credentialing process. Requirements vary in relation to the particular academic discipline and can even be specific to a course.

All new faculty members receive comprehensive orientation and onboarding at MATC so they feel engaged in the college community, knowledgeable about their role and the institution, and proud of the valuable work they do at MATC. Faculty are invited by Human Resources to take part in the New Employee Orientation held in-person every two weeks or as online modules. The Center offers in-person onboarding before each Fall and Spring semester. In addition, new faculty orientation and onboarding modules are also required in SumTotal.

Initial FQAS Requirements
The initial FQAS period provides faculty the opportunity to develop WTCS defined competencies through training, coaching, observation, and evaluation. A one-page summary of the Initial FQAS  requirements is available.

New faculty work with a Faculty Coach throughout their initial period. The process involves regular meetings with the coach, reviewing goals, and a classroom observation with the purpose of coaching and mentoring. Coaches continue working with part-time faculty in developing and updating Teaching Action Plans (TAP) that identify opportunities for personal and professional growth. The Faculty Evaluation of Professional Development is done at the end of the FQAS cycle and is completed with the faculty’s supervisor (Dean or Associate Dean).

Part-time faculty continue working with their Faculty Coach in developing and updating a Teaching Action Plans (TAP) that identify opportunities for personal and professional growth. The Faculty Evaluation of Professional Development is done at the end of the FQAS cycle and is completed with the faculty’s supervisor (Dean or Associate Dean). Part-time faculty complete their initial FQAS requirements within five years of hire, whether they teach consecutive semesters or not.

Full-time faculty review their goals, conduct a self-assessment, and a performance evaluation with their supervisor throughout their initial FQAS period. This period lasts a maximum of three years from hire.

Ongoing FQAS Requirements
The ongoing FQAS cycle provides faculty the opportunity to gain and maintain mastery of MATC Standards of Teaching Excellence through peer-to-peer coaching, self-identified goals, and professional learning requirements in currency, teaching excellence and student success.  A one-page summary of the Ongoing FQAS Post-Probationary requirements is available, which includes links to many commonly used forms, such as: PARCE, VOE, Verification of Professional Development Activity, etc.

Faculty in their ongoing cycles continue to demonstrate mastery of MATC Standards of Teaching Excellence through sixty hours of professional development activities; 40 of these hours need to relate to Teaching Excellence and/or Student Success, and 20 of these hours need to apply to Currency in the discipline in which faculty are certified to teach. These categories can be defined as:

• Teaching Excellence: activities related to pedagogy
• Student Success: activities related to student services, experiences, and student life
• Currency: activities that specifically apply to the discipline and are unique to the area of expertise

In addition to the above, part-time faculty are also required to complete the Teaching Action Plan and Peer Coaching process each four-year cycle with a peer colleague of choice.

In addition to the above list, full-time faculty complete their goal setting, self-assessment and evaluation process with their supervisor (Dean). This process includes various check-in points throughout their three-year cycle. Full-time faculty are also required to participate in ongoing peer coaching activities.