section five: faculty (postgraduate)
- what does the program seek to achieve for its staff?
- academic staffing of the program
- how staff are recruited and appointed to, and promoted and appraised on the program
- are there sufficient staff to service the program?
- are there sufficient staff to ensure health and safety in the program?
- equity principles
- number of (regular) faculty and areas of expertise: full-time and part-time
- quality, credentials and experience of the faculty
- match between background, expertise and qualifications of the staff and the program and courses on which they work
- induction and support for new staff
- expectations of faculty in respect of teaching, research, scholarly activity and service
- research training for staff
- supervision training for staff
- publications of faculty (in an annex)
- how does the program provide for the realization of the full potential of the staff, and reward staff in their movement toward achieving the highest possible standards of performance?
- how are data used to improve staff and to enable them to achieve their highest performance?
- how is a climate of staff support promoted on the program?
- how are staff complaints, grievances and concerns identified and addressed on the program?
- how are cooperative activities, teaching, planning and mutual support addressed on the program?
- how can, and do, staff share and benefit from innovative ideas on the program?
- how are staff professional development needs identified?
- staff professional development programs/activities and engagement of staff in staff professional development
- what staff development is provided for curriculum content, teaching, learning, research, supervision, assessment, quality assurance, community networking and relationships
- why do staff engage/not engage in staff professional development?
- how relevant, timely, sufficient and useful are the staff development activities?
- how does the program committee know that the skills and capabilities of the staff are sufficient for the demands of their work, teaching, research, changes in the external environment etc.?
- teaching loads, their calculation and distribution
- teaching assistants
- commentary on the number of new faculty and faculty who have left each year over the preceding three years and the present year
- commentary on the faculty to graduate ratio
- commentary on the faculty to student ratio
- staff morale
- staff consultation and involvement in program matters, e.g. staffing, student numbers, budgeting, teaching, learning, assessment?
- staff promotion and appointments
- external review and quality assurance
- strategies for staff career development, and the impact of these
- number of support staff
- future directions
- key challenges and prospects
- key opportunities
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