Professional Standards for EICC Faculty

EICC has established areas of competency and will ascertain that faculty continually work toward developing the following competencies:

Professional Standards for EICC Faculty

(Adapted from State of Iowa Professional Standards for Teachers)

Student Learning: The faculty member understands how students learn and provide learning opportunities that support their intellectual, career, and social development.
Diverse Learners: The faculty member understands how students differ in their approaches to learning, both individually and culturally, and creates equitable and adaptable instructional opportunities for diverse learners.
Instructional Planning: The faculty member plans instruction based on an understanding of the subject matter, students, the community, and curriculum goals and standards.
Instructional Strategies: The faculty member understands and uses appropriate instructional strategies to encourage students’ development of critical thinking, problem-solving, and performance skills.
Learning Environment/Classroom Management: The faculty member uses an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.
Communication: The faculty member uses knowledge of effective verbal, nonverbal, and media communication techniques, and other forms of symbolic representation, to foster active inquiry and collaboration, and support interaction in educational settings.
Assessment: The faculty member understands and uses formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate student learning and participates in program and institution-wide outcomes assessment.
Professional Development: The faculty member continually reflects on and assesses the effects of his or her choices and actions on others, and actively seeks out opportunities to grow professionally by maintaining professional competency in his or her field of expertise.
Collaboration, Ethics, and Relationships: The member fosters professional relationships with students, colleagues, and the community to support learning.
Technology Related to Instruction: The faculty member uses appropriate technology in the planning, delivery, and assessment of instruction.
Community College: The faculty member understands the mission and history of community colleges and the structure and scope of the community college that employs him or her.
Contribution to the College: The faculty member contributes to the institution through active participation in departmental and institutional tasks.