Policy IV-D-3: Policy on Faculty Education Requirements: Remedial
Minimum Requirements for Employment
The minimum requirement for faculty members teaching remedial-level coursework on a full-time basis is a master's degree. The master's degree or the bachelor's degree must be in a field related to the teaching assignment, in elementary education, in secondary education or in another related field in education, or, the master's degree or the bachelor's degree may be in any field, provided the degree holder also has an elementary, secondary, all-level or a related teaching certificate from a state (any state). In addition, the instructor must have (1) teaching experience in the classroom with the field relating to the teaching assignment, or (2) completed graduate training, as approved, in remedial education.
Requirement for Continued EmploymentThere is no education requirement beyond the master's degree for faculty members whose full-time assignment is that of teaching remedial level coursework.
(See Guidelines and Procedures, Section 5-14)