Purpose
This policy is in place to ensure that all instructors of record are academically qualified to teach in the content area, or precept students in the courses or rotations to which they are assigned. The hiring of highly qualified and appropriately credentialed teaching faculty is essential in accomplishing the mission and goals of the component colleges of CHSU. The policy provides a foundation for faculty credentialing that is aligned with best practices in the health sciences. To conform to the highest academic standards of excellence, the CHSU conducts regular verification of faculty credentials for teaching at both the CHSU and CHSU-affiliated educational teaching sites. This policy includes all the information necessary to guide faculty, department chairs, administrators and others through the credentialing process.
Credentialing
Responsibility for credentialing of on campus faculty is vested with the Office of the Dean of each school within CHSU. As part of this credentialing process, the Dean (or designee) considers the documented education and experience of each faculty member, including graduate degrees, professional licensure and certifications, related work experiences in the field, honors and awards, competence, effectiveness, continuous documented excellence in teaching, and any other demonstrated competencies and achievements that contribute to effective teaching and student learning outcomes.
A faculty member must be credentialed upon hiring and before the faculty member begins teaching or precepting students at the CHSU or at CHSU-affiliated sites.
Human Resources will collect all required credentialing information from each employed faculty member. and The Dean, or designee, will review all required credentialing information obtained by HR, as well as reference letters and determine whether the employed faculty is appropriately credentialed.
The Department of Community Clinical Education will collect all required credentialing information for Clinical Preceptor Faculty. The Dean, or designee, will review all required credentialing information from clinical preceptor faculty and determine whether the preceptor is appropriately credentialed to precept CHSU students on their clinical rotations.
The Dean makes all final credentialing decisions. Such credentialing decisions will be documented and maintained in the Office of Human Resources for employed faculty teaching on campus and maintained in the Community Clinical Education Office for Clinical Preceptor Faculty.
The Dean or designee will be responsible for verifying and documenting the following information to the extent it is applicable for the particular instructor of record or preceptor. Accordingly, the Dean or designee will determine what documents from the below list are required of the faculty member for teaching a particular course or precepting a particular rotation. (Note: These requirements will differ for full-time clinical faculty, adjunct faculty/ clinical preceptors, and basic science faculty.)
- Curriculum vitae from the faculty member and attestation regarding any changes that have been made to the curriculum vitae after initialsubmission;
- Terminal degree earned in or sufficiently related to the discipline being taught as verified by the Dean, and documented in transcripts from degree-granting institution;
- Pharmacy, medical or other professional license as verified directly with the California state licensing board (only clinical faculty);
- Board certification in relevant disciplines (only for clinical faculty);
- All other academic accomplishments including but not limited to research and publications, post-graduate education and special training, related work experience, leadership and administrative experience, documented teaching excellence in the discipline, honors, awards or other special recognitions that may be relevant to the course taught or course precepted.