Policy IV-D-1: Policy on Faculty Education Requirements: Academic
Policy on Faculty Education Requirements: Academic

Minimum Educational Requirements for Employment

To be eligible for initial employment at San Jacinto College District, academic faculty members must have completed at least 18 graduate semester hours in their teaching field(s) and hold the master's degree. All faculty members are subject to assignment with regard to their teaching field and assigned classes.

Academic faculty members who were employed prior to the 1986-87 academic year and who do not meet the minimum requirements specified above must develop a plan to remove the educational deficiencies by earning a minimum of nine semester hours credit each year, or the actual credit hours if the deficiency is less than nine hours, until the deficiencies are removed.

(See Guidelines and Procedures, Section 5-12)
(Effective March 2, 1981. Revised August 9, 1982; May 5, 1986; February 3, 1992; September 7, 1993; December 3, 2007.)