Guidelines on Appointment of New Teachers by International College
at I-Shou University
Approved by the 2nd College-level Teacher Review
Committee in the Spring Semester March 29, 2011
Approved by the 4th University-level Teacher Review
Committee in the Spring Semester May 25, 2011
Articles 2~5, 7~8 and 14 ratified and promulgated by
the President on May 6, 2014
I.
The Guidelines on Appointment of New Teachers by International College at I-Shou
University (hereinafter referred to as the “Guidelines”) are enacted in accordance with the
Regulations for Faculty Appointment of the University.
II.
Unless otherwise stipulated in laws and decrees and other regulations of the University, faculty
appointment of the College shall be governed by the Guidelines.
III. Each department of the College shall draw up a mid- and long-term faculty appointment
project on the basis of the existing faculty and curriculum planning. Such a project shall be
submitted to the College Affairs Council for review, and then delivered to the Office of Human
Resources for future reference in order to assure the quality and speciality of faculty are in line
with the University’s development as well as the standards of faculty professional attributes of
the AACSB (the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business). The criteria for
faculty members’ status of AACSB as follows:
1. Faculty members whose teaching, academic and mission-related performance within the
most recent five academic years shall be categorized as either the Academically Qualified
Faculty (hereinafter referred to as the “AQ faculty”) or Professionally Qualified Faculty
(hereinafter referred to as the “PQ faculty”).
2. The AQ faculty members shall be no less than 50% of the total faculty members at the
departments (programs) of the College which offered undergraduate degrees while AQ
faculty members along with PQ faculty members shall be no less than 90% of the total
faculty members.
3. Applicants who do not fall into either aforementioned category can be appointed as one of
the Other Faculty (hereinafter referred to as the “O faculty”) only when the current O
faculty members are less than 10% of the total faculty members at the College. Such an
appointment shall be discussed and approved by the college-level Teacher Review
Committee.
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IV. The College establishes the Selection Committee for New Teachers to take charge of affairs
with respect of college-level teacher selection. The regulations for establishment of the
Selection Committee and selection procedure are enacted in accordance with the provision
VIII of the Guidelines on Appointment of New Teachers of the University.
V.
Faculty appointments of the College shall be dealt with in a fair, just and open manner.
Furthermore, the information on initial appointments shall be compiled and published on the
mass media or academic publications by the Office of Human Resources. In principle, initial
appointments are made once each semester, and the beginning date of an appointment is the
first day of each semester (i.e. February 1st or August 1st). The procedure and timeline for new
faculty appointment shall be in accordance with relevant regulations of the University.
VI. Besides having exceptional character and integrity, applicants must not get involved in any
situations in which they are not eligible to take office as educators as stipulated in the Act
Governing the Appointment of Educators. Appointment qualifications shall be in accordance
with the Regulations for Faculty Appointment of the University.
VII. When an applicant for a full-time post is holding a doctoral degree conferred by the University,
he/she shall have worked full time with remarkable achievements in teaching, research,
professional field(s) or capacity in relation to his/her major(s) in other public/private
institutions and schools for two years or more. However, the foregoing rule is not applicable to
applicants who possess specialties or have extraordinary accomplishments, and at the same
time are recognized by the Selection Committee.
VIII. The department/institute-level Teacher Review Committee shall conduct a department-level
examination of qualifications on applicants, and the college-level Teacher Review Committee
shall review the department-level examination results. Then, the review results shall be
referred by the Office of Human Resources to the university-level Teacher Review Committee
for approval. For teachers appointed by the College, the college-level Teacher Review
Committee shall conduct a college-level examination of qualifications on applicants. Then, the
examination results shall be directly referred by the Office of Human Resources to the
university-level Teacher Review Committee for approval.
IX. In the event that an application for initial appointment is based on advanced degree and
educational background, the college-level Teacher Review Committee shall deliver the
credentials to five off-campus scholars and experts for external review. To pass the review, the
publications or theses/dissertations ought to receive 70 points or more from at least four
scholars and experts (the scores shall be rounded up to an integer). Then, the applications for
initial appointment will be referred to the university-level Teacher Review Committee for
reviewal.
For an applicant of initial appointment who is subject to screening on the basis of publications
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and work experiences, the qualifications screening procedure and scoring criteria on external
review of publications shall be in accordance with university regulations for faculty promotion.
However, teaching and service scores shall not be included as screening items. An applicant
whose external review score meets the requirement of screening cut-off score as stipulated in
the Regulations for Faculty Promotion System of the University will be appointed by the
University; however, when an applicant fails to meet the screening requirement, he/she may
choose the screening on the basis of diploma and educational background.
For an applicant of initial appointment who is subject to screening on the basis of a foreign
degree or diploma, the Regulations Regarding the Assessment and Recognition of Foreign
Academic Credentials for Institutions of Higher Education shall apply to admission
qualifications, school of graduation, courses of study, years of study, and circumstances under
which a degree or diploma is not accredited. Moreover, an applicant's years of study shall
exceed two-thirds of the periods specified in Paragraph 1 or 3 of Article 9 in the foregoing
Regulations. An applicant’s thesis/dissertation, publications or works shall be delivered by the
college- and university-level Teacher Review Committees to off-campus scholars and experts
for review, and the screening procedures shall be in accordance with the provisions of the
foregoing paragraph.
When the educational system, the title and attributes of an advanced degree conferred by a
foreign academic institution are different from those officially recognized in Taiwan, foregoing
rules and criteria in the Principles for Recognition of Foreign Degree or Diploma of the
University shall both apply.
X.
Faculty appointments of the University are classified into initial appointments, reappointments
and long-term appointments. The term of initial appointments is one year and shall be regarded
as a probationary period. At the expiration of the said term of appointment, the
newly-appointed teacher will not be reappointed unless he/she satisfies the assessment criteria
on newly-appointed teachers for reappointments. For new teachers appointed at the second
semester, their term of appointment expires when the given semester ends. However, when the
department- (institute) and college-level Teacher Review Committees deem it necessary to
extend the probationary period, the said term of appointment may extend for one year.
XI. Appointed teachers shall be subject to performance assessment on teaching, research,
counseling & guidance and services. The assessment results will be important reference for the
University to consider promotion, salary progression, reappointments, suspension &
termination of appointments, awards & punishments, off-campus part-time (teaching) jobs,
temporary transfer, and sabbatical leaves for teachers.
XII. The Teachers’ Act, Act Governing the Appointment of Educators and relevant university
regulations shall apply to non-renewal, suspension and termination of faculty appointments.
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XIII. Appointment of part-time teachers by the college shall be in accordance with the Guidelines
and the Guidelines on Appointment of Part-time Teachers of the College. Any issues not
mentioned herein shall be subject to relevant laws and regulations of the Ministry of Education
as well as relevant regulations and rules of the University.
XIV. The Guidelines become effective upon reviews and adoption by the college- and
university-level Teacher Review Committees and ratification by the President.
Note: In the event of any disputes or misunderstanding as to the interpretation of the language or
terms of these Guidelines, the Chinese language version shall prevail.
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