Faculty and Professional Staff Resources

3.1 The school maintains and strategically deploys sufficient participating and supporting faculty who collectively demonstrate significant academic and professional engagement that, in turn, supports high-quality outcomes consistent with the school’s mission.

3.2 Faculty are qualified through initial academic or professional preparation and sustain currency and relevancy appropriate to their classification, as follows: Scholarly Academic (SA), Practice Academic (PA), Scholarly Practitioner (SP), or Instructional Practitioner (IP). Otherwise, faculty members are classified as Additional Faculty (A).

3.3 Sufficient professional staff are available to ensure high-quality support for faculty and learners as appropriate.

3.4 The school has well-documented and well-communicated processes to manage, develop, and support faculty and professional staff over the progression of their careers that are consistent with the school’s mission, strategies, and expected outcomes.